Snap jumps after formerly neutral analyst raises price target amid management changes (SNAP)

Greg Sandoval/Business Insider Snap shares are up following a rating upgrade from a team of analysts at Wedbush, who are encouraged by the company’s recent management changes. The social media company announced Monday that strategy chief Imran Khan was leaving, and Wedbush said his departure was beneficial to the company. Khan has “no meaningful strategy or operations […]

Myanmar: Top 10 facts about the country formerly known as Burma

1. The country’s official name was changed in 1989 from Burma to Myanmar. Traditionally Myanma was the literary and Bamar the colloquial name. 2. The national sport of Myanmar is chinlone, a sort of six-a-side football in which the object is to keep a woven rattan ball in the air. 3. Burmese language has 33 […]

A formerly homeless man gave us a tour of the gritty San Francisco neighborhood that’s been overrun by tech companies

Melia Robinson/Business Insider Over the past several years, the Tenderloin — a San Francisco neighborhood known as an enclave for the city’s chronically homeless — has been infiltrated by tech companies. The rent is cheaper than anywhere else downtown, and the city provides tax breaks to companies planting roots in specific low-income areas. Del Seymour […]

Hearthstone’s Formerly Garbage ‘Hungry Crab’ Is Making a Comeback

Screen capture of a YouTube video by Hearthstone Tournaments. Can a crab become a hero? In both Hearthstone and in the animal kingdom at large, the answer has long been a resounding “no.” But now the answer is: maybe. Advertisement Crabs are small creatures with pincers unsuited for serious combat, whose prime virtues include a […]