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Florian Homm, who spent five years in hiding, was arrested in Italy and faces extradition to America, where authorities have accused him of defrauding investors of at least $200 million.

Republican Strategist Steve Schmidt had some harsh words for his own party on Sunday, criticizing the GOP's standing on equal opportunity for women. As part...

Anyone who has searched for a job fresh out of college knows how difficult it is to get that first job. Sending out hundreds of resumes, only to get a few interviews in the end --if you’re lucky! -- and eventually...

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is promoting her controversial book, Lean In, on 60 Minutes tonight. In a CBS preview, she defends her message that women should take more responsibility for their own success by saying, "...

Competitiveness at the Crossroads (2012) is an alarming report with far-reaching implications. Forget the U.S. budget sequester. Set aside the financial bubbles on which the economy currently rests. Pay attention to some...

I couldn't resist reading Anne-Marie  Slaughter's review of Sheryl Sandberg's much-discussed new book, Lean In, in the Sunday Book Review of The New York Times. Both of these high powered women have opened the door to...

Staking a claim for diverse public displays of affection, approximately 250 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples and supporters gathered Saturday in the Roseville...

Mike Lazerow has started a number of successful businesses. His latest is Buddy Media, which was acquired last year by Salesforce for about $680 million. We saw him this morning at South by Southwest and asked, "How has ...

Economic indicators in the U.S. this week could determine whether the dollar's recent strength will prove sustainable.

A new trial presented at the ACC in San Francisco suggests that the mineralocorticoid receptor agonist eplerenone Pfizer, Inspra) may help prevent the development of heart failure when given acutely in STEMI patients wit...

There's no denying the power of a viral video.  The Dollar Shave Club is now a legendary example. The company, which sells $1 razors, made a low-budget video that went so viral it crashed the company's website almost ...

NEWS of what protagonists hope will be America's next big science project continues to dribble out. A leak to the New York Times, published on February 17th, let the cat out of the bag, with a report that Barack Obama's ...

Facebook is dishing out the latest updates on Facebook Platform and, well, they're big.

Paul Krugman accused a Republican Senator of trying to have a debate with all the wrong facts. During a heated Roundtable discussion on “This Week...

This is a guest post by Arien Malec, VP Strategy and Product Marketing RelayHealth, and David McCallie MD, VP Medical Informatics Cerner.

Americans have a reputation around the world for being both rebellious and just a little crazy. After all, this is the nation that was founded by whiskey-brewing Washington and his ragtag militia of musket-wielding farme...

Mike McGlade is experiencing his first South by Southwest, an annual technology, film and music conference in Austin, Texas that attracts more than 120,000 people during one week in March. Unlike a lot of other companies...

As one my most most highly-read and abundantly-commented posts, I thought I would share the following with my new Forbes readers. This appears on the Pharma & Healthcare page because the National Institute on Alcohol Abu...

The American workplace is still pretty sexist, according to Paul Krugman. The Pulitzer Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist said that the debate over...

With America creating jobs fast, some are starting to worry about inflation taking hold. Stagnating Britain can only wish it had such a problem With the UK economy going sideways and continental Europe in the doldrums, a...

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — On a morning the stock market was sailing to a record high and a chilly storm was blowing into Silicon...

Members of pressure group who occupied energy firm's plant in West Burton last year urge switch to smaller, greener suppliers A group of environmental campaigners being sued for £5m by energy company EDF for occupying...