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We've come a long way. This comes from an old show called "Computer Chronicles." In one episode, they brought in experts to explain what "The Net" is and used Pizza Hut's home page as an example. Now take a full tour of ...

There's been an increasing amount of reporting about the underground economy that powers the sale of retweets and followers on Twitter, leading to some questions as to how popular the service truly is. With reports of 50...

Which of the 100 most powerful women in the world have over one million Twitter followers?

Queens Park Rangers were tied for last in the English Premier League entering today's action. And with just six matches remaining, they are likely headed for a demotion out of England's top league. Watching QPR today it ...

Just over a year ago, we visited LinkedIn's New York offices. Many of the careers site's sales and marketing staff are based there (the tech staff is at the HQ in Mountain View, Calif.) At the time, only 100 people worke...

After 66 games over three weekends, the NCAA Tournament is down to just Michigan and Louisville, who will play in the national championship on Monday night. And as usual, the tournament has seen its share of crazy highli...

There are many times in an employer's hiring life where choices are second guessed. Often these feelings come when doubts arise about hiring a not-so-good employee. But what about missed opportunities, where quality cand...

A lawyer claims she was refused access to men who allege they were 'tortured' in jail Two British men who allege they were beaten and electrocuted after being imprisoned in Dubai on drugs charges have been refused access...

For every person who walked by her booth, Valerie Hansen had her pitch prepared.

A statement by the Bank of Greece has raised speculation that an expected merger between the National Bank of Greece (NBG), the country's largest, and EFG Eurobank may not happen.

For C.E.O.'s of some of the nation's biggest companies, overall compensation rose only modestly last year. But the amount of perks often soared.

A statement by the Bank of Greece has raised speculation that an expected merger between the National Bank of Greece (NBG), the country's largest, and EFG Eurobank may not happen.

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Two Arkansas residents filed a class action lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Friday, demanding to be compensated for damages after a crude oil pipeline ruptured the week before in their subdivision outside Little Rock, Ark.Ka...

"Fiscal stimulus trumps. Increased public debt. Devalue!" You'd expect to hear that in a debate between economic policymakers, perhaps -- not a rehearsal by musicians practicing to stage an opera. But that's where compos...

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WELCOME BACK. We hope you had an excellent weekend. If you want to feel gloomy as things get going again, check out the latest from SocGen's Kit Juckes, who talks about the Portuguese Supreme Court rejections of austerit...

Fact: there are only 24 hours in a day, and 7 days in a week. It's impossible to add additional hours to the day, and it definitely isn't healthy to cut back on sleep, exercise, or personal time in order to free up more ...

Celebrating a funding event is like celebrating a team's selection to NCAA basketball tournament. It's not time to pop the champagne.

The new S&P 500 high, just a week old, has already met resistance but its real test will be how it handles first-quarter earnings season, which will begin in the coming week and play itself out into May in what has tradi...

In his first trip to Europe as Treasury secretary, Jacob J. Lew will try to persuade finance ministers of other nations to pursue more growth and less austerity.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives...