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For this week's dispatch on the wide world of assistants, your Daily went totally bi-coastal! Via telephone, Sarah Haigh filled us in on her daily duties as the executive assistant to A.L.C.'s Andrea Lieberman. While the...

Transgender people are having their pop-culture moment. With "Orange Is the New Black" actress Laverne Cox, fashion model Andreja Pejic and transgender CEO Martine Rothblatt gracing magazine covers and making...

Lucas123 writes IBM Research and Switzerland-based Airlight Energy today announced a parabolic dish that increases the sun's radiation by 2,000 times while also producing fresh water and air conditioning. The new Concent...

If you've ever wondered how to engineer a flexible robot that can move like a flesh-and-blood creature, have we got some tools for you. Thanks, that is, to an open-source collaboration that has outlined exactly how to cr...

My Little Pony and Elmo are going to have to make room for Princess Anna and the rest of her Disney pals. Hasbro, which makes toys under the first two...

There was literally nobody on the planet more excited for Apple's first phablet than me.  As soon as rumors started popping up that Apple was going to make a 5.5-inch iPhone, I knew I was going to buy it. I had been usi...

Forget the vacation forms and rules. The best companies trust their people to know how much time off they need.

Iraqi soldiers celebrate the end of training, a volcano spews ash over Mexico, a calf is born with a lucky number and more.

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The Treasury Department announced sanctions on 11 individuals and one organization it said helped finance the flow of fighters for terrorist groups.

HTC is building a "lifestyle" camera that will compete against the popular GoPro line of shooters designed for documenting outdoor adventures. According to a report company is behind a Twitter account and web site teasin...

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Poll after poll indicates that the vast majority of Americans believe the minimum wage isn't high enough. Apparently, a lot of U.S. employers agree. A national survey of 2,000 human resource and hiring managers done for ...

Credit card companies are more willing to forgo late fees and lower your interest rate than you might think -- especially if you're older and make plenty of money.

Blizzard has decided to put out "Titan" after seven years of development, citing the company's creative struggles of developing a game it didn't identify well with.

Justin Bieber passed on the DJ Mustard-produced beat Big Sean used for 'I Don't F--k With You.'

Stock trading has never looked particularly inviting to young, first time investors. Minimum balances and US$8 per trade fees make it hard to dip your toe in the water. Startup brokerage Robinhood, which has just raised ...

Judge grants 2-month delay in Boston Marathon bombing trial, denies change of venue

A federal investigation of Pacific Investment Management Co. is the latest crack in the armor of the $2-trillion Newport Beach fund giant, where a trustee recently questioned the $200-million salary, "bullying" behavior ...

Stop the clock, the tech world has found something wrong with the new iPhone 6. Yes, the iPhone 6 Plus.... bends if you put it under a lot of pressure. Except that's not the real story. Look behind the bend and there is ...

In a press statement released today, Discovery Communications (DISCA) has ratified earlier reports regarding its controlling interest in children's tv, Hub network, which was established as a joint venture between Discov...