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Preparing for a world stripped of conveniences has always appealed to cranks and extremists. But can it be sold as plain common sense?

Apple tops the list of mostly small stores dealing in high-end goods.

What are the best countries to conduct business in these days? According to Grant Thornton management consulting firm, these are the places to get the job done.

Being in the Billion-Dollar Club limits how, and if, a start-up can get out. For one thing, when you're the most expensive product on the shelf, very few companies can afford to buy you.

Here's a fun fact: Hackers, just like bankers, real estate agents and collectors of Star Trek memorabilia, attend conferences. Even better: they play games at the conferences. One of the games they play has attendees agg...

Pat Nathan and Dress for Success help hundreds of Triangle women find their footing in the work world with career counseling and the right outfit. Click to Continue »

The Economist matters, at least in some circles. Hence, its recent cover on the French ticking time bomb angered leaders in France, not because it was all that devastating, but because it captured the attention of the in...

Last summer's European Championship hosted by Ukraine and Poland is estimated to have generated over $1.5B in sponsorship and broadcasting revenue for the UEFA, the governing body for soccer in Europe.

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The shadow banking industry has grown to about $67 trillion, $6 trillion bigger than previously thought, leading global regulators to seek more oversight of financial transactions that fall outside...

I recently reflected on a seeming parallel between economics and flying.  For those who have piloted an aircraft, they will be intimately familiar with a stall.  For those who have not, it is a condition of flight ...

Henry Ford famously decided in 1914 to pay many of his workers the then incredible sum of five dollars a day, which was substantially higher than the prevailing wage at the time. Ford's revolutionary approach to industri...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The best may be over for Singapore's booming hotel market as tightening corporate budgets and bank job cuts leave more luxury rooms empty, crimping profits at firms such as CDL Hospitality Trusts .

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The best may be over for Singapore's booming hotel market as tightening corporate budgets and bank job cuts leave more luxury rooms empty, crimping profits at firms such as CDL Hospitality Trusts .

(Reuters) - When reports surfaced in July that Indian newspaper publisher Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd was struggling for survival, several of its creditors were caught off-guard. Not HDFC Bank Ltd .

December 31st is not a cliff; it's a slope. Actually, the better metaphor is a showdown between two different visions for the country -- a showdown that will not only take place over the next four months, but will domina...

If you plan to line up outside Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT), Best-Buy (NYSE:BBY), Macy?s  (NYSE:M), Apple store or any other major retailer this Thanksgiving evening to buy merchandise at deep discount, you better th...

Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) was among the Republican lawmakers reiterating their criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi.

Yahoo! and Facebook may be joining forces.

If you’re working in the back officeat a hedge fund right now, congratulations! You should rip open your Oxford shirt and be proud of your monogrammed B.O.B. club t-shirt (the acronym stands for “Back Office...

The Nokia Lumia 920 is one of the more interesting smartphones we've played around with, but we still think it's a brick. Watch our hands-on video review of the Nokia Lumia 920 below to find out why. You can also catch t...

Just an unreal individual effort by Greg Toler of the Arizona Cardinals, who dove out of bounds, grabbed a fumble, and tossed it through his legs to his teammate. Was his foot out of bounds? Maybe. But what a play. It's ...

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