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We recently heard about an upscale British department store that has asked popular brands to create logos that exclude their names, thus reducing "visual clutter." This got us to thinking, are brand names really necessar...

In Uganda, a beer brewer is paying communities to protect wetlands in a bid to secure a steady supply of water for its businesses. In neighbouring Kenya, flower companies, ranchers and hotels are giving farmers vouchers ...

Some 3,000 people take part in a demonstration in the Greek capital Athens to protest against the rise of the neo-fascist party Golden Dawn.

Russia-- home to some of the craziest advertising you'll ever see -- has now taught the world a lesson on how to advertise meat. This ad, for Cherkashin meats, shows people jumping off their sofas and out of bath tubs in...

Google has revolutionised the way we holiday, shop, work and play. Now, with Knowledge Graph, it plans to radically transform the way we search the internet... again. But some voice qualms about the company's ambitions T...

Delayed speech will 'pacify all but the hard core' of Tory MPs David Cameron will deliver a "red-meat announcement" on Britain's future in the EU, which he believes will satisfy all but a hard core of Conservative MPs, w...

It is possible that the Dreamliner's batteries were overcharged, but to lift a grounding order, Boeing must demonstrate that it can prevent similar episodes from happening.

The freshmen in the 113th Congress are, on average, wealthier than the incumbents. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the median net worth of the 94 incoming lawmakers at the end of 2011 was $1,066,515. But...

Ezra's hosting MSNBC's "The Last Word" tonight at 10 p.m. The cast of "The Wire," here's where they all are now. Not good: "A rough calculation of current rates of soil degradation suggests we have about 60 years of tops...

Jesus lived and died a dedicated Jew. He had no intention of starting a new religion. Yet the belief persists that he was an apostate Jew who launched Christianity. A full appreciation of Jesus' Jewish identity could hel...

Justin Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, is stepping out of her son's shadow and into the spotlight as an executive producer on an anti-abortion short film. The makers of the film, which is called "Crescendo," said they ...

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Mint has stopped selling its 2013 American Eagle silver bullion coins.

A bold deal by the owner of IntercontinentalExchange to acquire the New York Stock Exchange shows how technology is transforming the world's markets.

The author of "The Laws of Subtraction" says that success often comes from knowing what to leave out of a project or situation.

Sure go ahead and regift that present your friend bought for you at Walmart, but whatever you do, don't return it. The world's largest retailer...

Sure go ahead and regift that present your friend bought for you at Walmart, but whatever you do, don't return it. The world's largest retailer is apparently slacking off on giving full refunds to customers with gift rec...

The Federal Reserve's new, more aggressive monetary policy has opponents within the central bank, but they don't have history on their side.

A three-day weekend marking the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's second term as well as the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. got under way Saturday with a day of service by volunteers around t...

Homebrewing is taking off, with thousands of people - old and young, men and women - doing it in their own homes. And some of the most successful are also leading the microbreweries boom It's 9am on a Tuesday and I'm thi...

Two sisters with experience in the film and toy industries -- but not in the fashion or tech fields -- started an online company that lets customers design their own shoes.

Most business leaders share Cameron's belief that altering our relationship is in the national interest I spend my days crisscrossing the country and talking to businesses, large and small. In recent months, the future o...