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Bain & Company is arguably the best place to work in America. 

The Boston-based management consulting firm, which was founded in 1973, frequently lands the No. 1 spot on national workplace rankings, including Glassdoor's 2014 list of "Best Places To Work" and Vault's 2015 "Best To Work For In Consulting" ranking.

"Our people tell us that it's a unique combination of two things that makes Bain so special," Keith Bevans, a Bain partner and head of the firm's global consultant recruiting, told Business Insider last year. Читать дальше...

Quality dress shoes are expensive, but they can last for decades, especially if they are cared for properly.

It can be easy to forget how vast America's landscape is.

The country is home to several national parks that offer everything from caves to petrified forests.

Inspirock.com created an infographic that highlights some of America's lesser-known national parks.

From Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park to Utah's Canyonlands National Park, here are 5 underrated US national parks. 

SEE ALSO: 55 awesome things to do in the US this summer

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Ah, summer. The perfect time to get caught in an unexpected rain shower accompanied by lightning and thunder.

Gallup just released the results of a poll asking Americans how much money they spent in a day on discretionary items, excluding major home purchases and regular bills. Respondents are asked how much they spent "yesterday," or the day before they were contacted by the pollster.

ATM queues are set to get worse in Greece, with banks staying shut until Thursday.

The ability to bring internet connection to nearly every type of consumer device will have huge implications for the insurance industry over the next five years. Insurers looking to cut costs, improve business practices, and better assess clients' risk levels, will increasingly invest in the Internet of Things (IoT). 

If the latest leak out of Apple's iPhone factories is true, then the next iPhone will start with just 16GB of storage.

In 2007, BI Video Producer Eames Yates interviewed His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During the interview His Holiness made it clear that he loves to laugh. To celebrate his 80th birthday we wanted to release this delightful and infectious video. 

Bloomberg TV's Joe Weisenthal was accosted by an individual and had his microphone snatched out of his hand while doing a live segment in Athens. 

Author, journalist, and entrepreneur Richard Kirshenbaum has landed a front row seat for the eye-popping, day-to-day extravagances of America's top 1% of earners.

Expected presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) family apparently isn't on the same page as he is when it comes to same-sex marriage.

Greece overwhelmingly voted "No" – or "OXI" – in the country's bailout referendum Sunday.

You'd think it would be easy for Pitchfork Music Festival to get lost in shuffle.

New York (AFP) - She was a teenager during World War I and her life spans three centuries. On Monday, New Yorker Susannah Mushatt Jones celebrated her 116th birthday as the world's oldest living person.

It's the end of an era.

After a 167-year run, the roaring sea of aggressive brokers and traders wearing colorful jackets shouting "buy" and "sell" orders will, for the most part, finally go quiet today.

The CME Group said earlier this year that most of its pits in Chicago and New York would close this summer with the exception of the S&P 500 futures and options on futures pits. By September, the remaining options pits will be located on a single floor in Chicago, the CME said. Читать дальше...

Contract negotiations between the Cleveland Cavaliers and free agent LeBron James haven't begun, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

Redditors are having a good laugh over a cake that was supposed to look like a Disney Princess but instead resembled an alien who fell asleep in a tanning bed.

Huy (Belgium) (AFP) - Joaquim Rodriguez won the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday as Chris Froome struck a blow to his overall rivals.

The group behind a 2014 attack on the authors of the FinFisher spyware has claimed credit for a strike on Italian surveillance software maker Team Hacking. 

In the weeks following Donald Trump's declaration that he's running for president, the billionaire mogul has taken some decidedly interesting positions on a number of issues.

Anaheim (United States) (AFP) - Fellow Nobel Peace laureates joined thousands of followers of the Dalai Lama to celebrate the Tibetan spiritual leader's 80th birthday, kicking off a three-day honorary bash in California.

Women were not out in full force for "Magic Mike" this weekend.

The sequel to the surprise 2012 hit, was not as big as analysts thought it would be over the holiday weekend.

The film opened to $11.6 million over the three-day weekend. Over the five-day weekend "Magic Mike XXL" brought in $26.7 million.

2012's "Magic Mike" made $39 million opening weekend on a $7 million budget.

Estimates for "Magic Mike" had it making between $45 million and $48 million over the five-day weekend. Читать дальше...

Greece voted "No" in its historic referendum on whether to accept the latest bailout terms from its European creditors. 

Dewsbury (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Ten years after the ringleader of the London bombings set out from his Dewsbury home to blow up a train, the small English town is again grasping for answers after a local teen-turned-suicide bomber staged a deadly attack in Iraq.