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For some, the best jobs are the ones that make the world a better place, and choosing the right college major can help get you there. PayScale recently filtered its salary data from this year's College Salary Report�...

People who never say die all have this one thing in common.

Mathematics has little surprises that are designed to test and push your mental limits. The following 12 simple math problems prove outstandingly controversial among students of math, but are nonetheless facts. They're p...

You can credit some of the world's biggest trends in business are management thinkers to the ideas that stemmed from the work of these authors and professors.

The $100 billion US beer market is about to get shaken -- again. Molson Coors Brewing Co. is expected to announce Wednesday that it will acquire full control of the Miller and Coors brands in the US for $12 billion, acco...

Now, instant articles are available for all Facebook users on iPhones, and while most of the social media population is excited or at least interested to use the feature, this could be a source of significant disruption ...

China's Alibaba opened its Singles Day Sale on Nov.11 and has recorded over $10 billion sales in just 12 hours. This has surpassed last year's $9.3 billion record and they are now trying to hit or exceed $13 billion.

You can learn a thing or two from the lasting wisdom of the world's greatest generals. Duty, honor, integrity, and, believe it or not, investment strategies. We've put together a list of 13 brilliant insights from milita...

Maybe the question isn't why your business isn't doing this. Maybe the real question is, "Why do you hate America?"

Consistent high performance doesn't happen by accident. Learn how the pros keep at the top of their game.

Science says performance reviews are useless. Here's one alternative.

Microsoft announced that it will open new data centers in Germany in late 2016, in a bid to protect consumers' digital information from U.S. government surveillance. Deutsche Telekom is the German data trustee in charge ...

Microsoft partners with start-up firm ConsenSys in a move to launch a cloud-based blockchain platform. Dubbed Ethereum, the new platform will work like a huge, decentralized ledger that represents every transaction where...

J.C. Penney said Wednesday that it will make $50 million available to settle a false advertising class-action lawsuit. …

The growing calls for a $15 minimum wage have infiltrated not just the Democratic primary campaign, but now the Republican one as well. But while Democrats are debating how high it should be raised, Republicans are expla...

A Duesseldorf, Germany, court reversed its decision Wednesday and ruled that cabin crew at Lufthansa airline working out of Duesseldorf airport can continue to strike. The court had ruled Tuesday that the cabin crew at t...

The founder and CEO of Chicago private-equity firm Valor Equity Partners and his wife paid $5.3 million to buy a third condominium unit in their luxury Gold Coast building where they previously had purchased the other tw...

Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev on Wednesday announced a final agreement to buy SABMiller for $107 billion in a deal that will combine the world's two biggest brewers and create a company that makes almost a third o...

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show taped in New York on Tuesday, and the multimillion-dollar production was as outrageous as ever.  After months of arduous training, top models Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, and Ca...

Investors, economists and pundits alike critiqued, praised and mocked the GOP presidential hopefuls and their platforms last night. What were the hot topics?

Carbon Roots, a social venture in Haiti, is tackling deforestation by creating charcoal that doesn't require wood. The entrepreneurs have literally risked their lives to make it work.

IAC/InterActiveCorp has put forth a proposal to acquire Angie’s List for $8.75 per share in an all-cash deal. The move would have combined Angie’s List’s crowd-sourced reviews service with IAC’s HomeAdvisor busin...