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We had the good fortune of having Adam Lashinsky,  Fortune editor and author of the best-selling book, Inside Apple, as a guest speaker at Makovsky yesterday  –  part of our Makovsky Speaker Series.

Safeway Incorporated (SWY) maintained its quarterly dividend of 17.5 cents per share. The dividend will be payable on December 31 to shareholders of record on December 17.

Santa may be shimmying down the chimney in less than a month, but chances are he won’t be laden with as many gifts as in years past, and he probably won’t be charging the one’s he is bringing. Thatâ...

On the same day it announced it was leaving the Big East Conference for the Big Ten Conference, Rutgers University filed a lawsuit against the Big East.  Amongst other things, Rutgers' lawsuit requests that the court ...

The new trailer for the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness has drawn lots of attention, but most people haven't seen the Japanese trailer for the film, which includes additional footage sure to get fans in an uproar.

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson (R) knows when he's made an ass of himself, and on Thursday he admitted that he doesn't do so infrequently....

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are Bank of Nova Scotia and KMG Chemicals.

Sound Pure will celebrate the opening of its retail store this weekend with clinics, demonstrations and musical performances. Sound Pure sells high-end recording equipment, guitars, drums and mikes. Click to Continue �...

Forrester released a new report today on mobile marketing. As it turns out, there's only one group of mobile customers that marketers want to target. Big shocker: it's not the 7 percent of American adults who still refus...

Stefano Pessina, chairman of Alliance Boots, talks Walgreens global growth with Bruce Japsen.

Cloudera has pulled in $65 million in its fifth round of venture capital funding, bringing the company's total funds to $140 million.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's C-Max and Fusion hybrids fell about 20 percent short of its fuel economy claims, Consumer Reports magazine said after running tests on both models.

Sen. Jim DeMint isn't associated with a particular policy project, the way, say, Rep. Paul Ryan is known for pushing premium support and private accounts in Social Security and block grants in Medicaid. He's not known as...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The falloff in visits to U.S. stores the week after Thanksgiving was not as steep this year as last, as retailers appear to be doing a better job of luring shoppers during the holiday season, the foun...

When parents get on the Internet, suddenly your Timeline is overflowing with bad country songs and embarrassing nicknames. These stats from Facebook break it down.

Apple doesn’t seem to get off the news these days. One day it is about the iPad and iPhone sales. Another day is about the volatility of its stock. And the third day is about the prospect of  Apple shifting man...

Hacktivist Christopher Weatherhead was convicted today of "conspiracy to impair" the operations of a number of payments companies in 2010.

The hypertension field has been troubled by repeated observations that normal weight patients have more cardiovascular (CV) events than obese patients. Now a new analysis of a large hypertension trial confirms this fi...

Goldman Sachs sees a strong year ahead for U.S. stocks, with the S&P 500 closing 2013 at 1,575. The team led by David Kostin isn't alarmed by market's recent increased volatility, stating that "the market has traded in a...

This is a guest post by Joe Pinsker. A senior at The University of Pennsylvania, Pinsker recently completed the course “Writing from Photographs” taught by veteran journalist Paul Hendrickson. Pinsker is the ...

After spending years trying to dump its Atlas online ad-serving business, Microsoft reportedly is in talks with Facebook to sell the unit that helps advertisers and ad agencies place ads on websites and track their impac...

In his decision to lead the Heritage Foundation, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) isn't taking any old think tank job. He's inheriting the top-paid think tank post in Washington: Current president Edwin Feulner earned $1.1 milli...