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Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple Inc. (AAPL) a patent for its much-awaited smartwatch called "iTime." The patent includes two versions of the same device.

It may sound hard to believe, but the world's widest tree, located near Kolkata, India, is bigger than the average Wal-Mart. The gigantic Banyan tree may look like a forest from far away, but it's actually comprised of ...

E-commerce firms offer online courses, coaching materials

J.P. Morgan Chase is nearing a deal to sell half its stake in the portfolio of its buyout arm, One Equity Partners, as the bank pares down to focus on core businesses, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google and currently serves as its chairman. He was originally brought in as the "adult supervision" for founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, but, as one of the most vocal senior executi...

After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison bought the Hawaiian island of Lanai in 2012, he told reporters that he planned to turn the island into a model for sustainable living. On Sunday, July 20, he took a step closer to his missi...

Mark Leslie is a capable computer programmer who speaks four languages, but until recently the latest entry on his résumé was a retail job he held for six years at a Barnes & Noble in New York City. Like many of the es...

A Cincinnati mother is concerned that the Wal-Mart ice cream sandwiches she bought for her family aren't melting in the summer heat. Christie Watson told local news station WCPO she was shocked upon finding a nearly inta...

For many years in the Middle East, the harsh weather, the oil wealth, male dominance of the public space, as well as a traditional patriarchal society made it difficult—or unnecessary—for women to enter the business ...

Private equity buzz.

Now, tinkerers can build snap-together hardware projects that connect to the Internet.

Concern for profits, sales at U.S. companies outweighs the what-ifs of geopolitical issues After a few jitters over the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, investors have used last week's stock market sell-off to buy ...

Last night, a company called Ethereum began selling the first batch of its cryptocurrency, called Ether. As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, investors had already bought $2.6 million worth. We're living in a time when an app that j...

It's just not a great idea to short stocks. Last night, drug development company Puma Biotechnology reported better than expected breast cancer trial results, and shares of the company rallied nearly 300% afterwards. Yes...

As the economy improves, lenders see loans for smaller properties as less risky. And with less competition, interest rates and potential profit can be higher.

It’s a tough economy out there, financing and managing supply chains can be challenging for some business, but one startup is providing them with an alternative means to keep the balance sheets going. Taulia is a San F...

Ackman fails to land Herbalife 'death blow,' shares surge.          

Apple's growth prospects are looking brighter as anticipation builds for the upcoming release of the next iPhone.

Latest earnings from social networking giant key up investors.

The Burmese tycoon is still ensnared in sanctions by U.S. officials wary of military mischief with North Korea.

A canny developer decides it's time to seek safer terrain.