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Before "Captain Phillips" Best Supporting Actor nominee Barkhad Abdi was thumbs-upping his way down the red carpet at Sunday's Academy Awards, the 28-year-old was driving a limo in Minnesota. Everything changed after Abd...

Last night, Leonardo DiCaprio was up for Best Actor at the 86th Academy Awards for his role in "The Wolf of Wall Street." Spoiler: He didn't take home the award. Instead, it went to his "Wolf" co-star Matthew McConaughey...

Most people will forever remember actress Margot Robbie as Jordan Belfort's blonde bombshell second wife in "The Wolf Of Wall Street." But after dying her blonde hair dark brown for an upcoming role in "Z for Zachariah,...

In the latest chapter of the MtGox saga, a London law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles. The bitcoin exchange filed for bankruptcy Friday, stating that more than 850,000 bitcoins, 100,...

In December, I wrote about a dozen exciting business books that debut this year. In the past three months, readers have asked what's coming next. After reading a series of gems, and hearing the buzz about others, here ar...

Mardi Gras 2014 is wrapping up with a bang in New Orleans with today's Fat Tuesday celebrations. The party's been as wild as ever this year, before the self-denial season of Lent begins. Hundreds of thousands of visitors...

Another Bitcoin site disappears. This time Flexcoin — which called itself a Bitcoin bank — has announced that it's going out of business after a huge theft that has wiped it clean. This is the announcement. There's n...

Andrew Stevens speaks to Professor Joshua Tucker about whether or not Russia could survive economic sanctions.

Forbes is out with its annual list of the wealthiest people on the planet, and there are some shakeups in the top 20. Microsoft founder Bill Gates reclaimed his spot at the top of the list, adding $9 million to his fortu...

Bill Gates regains his title as “World’s Richest Person” in the new Forbes’ Billionaire list for 2014. Gates spends so much of his money on charity that for four years, he was not listed as the richest of the ric...

Many months ago, I tweeted about totaling a new Maserati, which is something that actually happened to me. I should have seen it coming; I was so intoxicated when I bought the car (just 5 days previously) that the dealer...

Network will also be available to non-subscribers free for several hours each month or on a pay-per-use basisComcast customers looking for a Wi-Fi hot spot might want to try their neighbor's yard.

A New York judge said that Amazon rainforest residents cannot try to enforce a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in United States courts, ruling that it was obtained through fraud.     

The battle over Ukraine's future is also economic: on Tuesday, Russia cranked up the pressure by ending discounts on its natural gas supplies, while the U.S. and European Union offered quick-fix aid to the beleaguered go...

Housing and consumer activists warn that Wall Street is about to crash the housing market -- again. The activists said they are particularly concerned about the growing number of companies looking to issue bonds backed b...

Central bank spends as much as $12 billion of its reserves to prop up rouble as investors reacted to tensions

The BSE benchmark rises around 0.2% as risk aversion continues

Kahuna is interesting because it's a mobile-first marketing automation platform that can be used for marketing anything, not just a mobile app.     

The night of the closing reception at AON in Sydney, Australia, was one that really made me proud of the eight women entrepreneurs who were chosen for the Springboard Class of 2014. It started out with Wanida Chua-anusor...

Yesterday Kickstarter announced they’d passed $1 billion in pledges to creative projects. According to their nifty infographic, more than half was pledged in the last six months alone.

One of Aseptia's most exciting contributions is its patented technology that enables the production of shelf-stable fresh food products without using preservatives or refrigeration.     

We're almost to San Antonio, but you can still help out the entrepreneurs on the Startup Bus.