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It's always nerve-wracking the first time you talk to an attractive stranger. Tinder is a new mobile app that's used by millions of people to meet singles nearby. It's the equivalent to Hot or Not, but if both Tinder use...

CNN's Richard Quest talks to the CEO of Lego about the launch of their product line aimed at girls.

Imitation may be flattering, but not to Clay Harding, owner of a popular craft beer bar and restaurant in Alhambra called 38 Degrees Ale House & Grill.

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Canadian energy giant Encana is trying to get an embarrassing audio clip removed from the Internet, according to The Globe And Mail. During a February 14 earnings call, Canaccord Genuity analyst Phil Skolnick asked wheth...

Facebook's Graph Search, a tool released in beta last month, sounds like it could permit users to tap the intelligence of friends, and friends of friends, and so on. Once on it, you should be able to get tips on restaura...

In New York, Jewish delis, which once numbered in the thousands, now total a few dozen. L.A. landmarks are also closed or struggling. Food prices, more restaurant choices are partly to blame.When Junior's Deli closed in ...

FROM the Colorado state capitol in Denver, head south on Broadway, one of the city's main arteries, and before long you find yourself in "Broadsterdam", a cluster of dispensaries with names like Ganja Gourmet and Evergre...

The UK loses 7% of its remaining independent bookshops in the past year, with the total down a third since 2005 Another 73 independent booksellers shut up shop in 2012 - more than one casualty for every week of the year ...

We don't know much about this photo, but what little we do know is totally making us feel warm and fuzzy inside. Redditor Bogzz12, who...

Michigan has a serious PR problem on its hands, if you believe two studies this week that ranked its cities among the saddest, most depressed in America.

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) has taken over the #385 spot from Cincinnati Financial Corp. (NASD: CINF), acco...

Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service downgraded Britain's government bond rating one notch from the top AAA to AA1 Friday, saying sluggish growth and rising debt were weakening the country's...

GOOD FOR BUSINESS: Strong earnings from big U.S. companies pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to a rare triple-digit gain Friday. Hewlett-Packard, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and American International...

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s stock surged to its biggest one-day gain since 2008 after the company's latest quarterly earnings report indicated the ailing personal computer and printer maker isn't quite as sick...

The CEO of international insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, Joseph Plumeri, is selling his Fifth Avenue apartment and this place is just unreal (h/t Curbed). For $32 million you can get the entire 15th floor of 995 ...

When the top executives of the world's wireless industry gather next week in Barcelona for their annual trade show, cellphones will take a back seat to talk of cars, electric...

There's a press release making the rounds on the internet this afternoon saying that London police have arrested famed graffiti artist Banksy and revealed his identity. Don't believe it -- the whole thing seems to be a h...

A federal judge ordered Apple to halt collecting shareholder votes on a proposal to change some of its corporate charter, handing a victory to the hedge fund manager David Einhorn.

The Texas Republican Party is taking very seriously the possibility of Hillary Clinton running for president in 2016 -- and the idea that the red state juggernaut could actually become a battleground. In an interview wit...

This eighth trading week of 2013 comes to a close with investors sending stocks higher after two days of losses after an announcement by the Federal Reserve that stimulus measures may soon be halted.

While some in the media are wondering if Tim Tebow will even be in the NFL next season, the New York Jets are still holding out hope that they can get something in return for the maligned quarterback. Rich Cimini of ESPN...