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Did Sir Isaac Newton invent social media or was it a group of medieval harness-polishers?

As India's consumer economy grows, investors are just as hyped on what Indians are buying as they are the Chinese. In the not so distant futures, consumer brand success in countries like India will be as important as it ...

Editor's note: This piece has been lightly edited for clarity. It's been over 3 years since I first came across Wall Street Oasis as a junior in college. Eventually, I was able to land an investment banking division anal...

In another high-profile settlement, a federal judge again scrutinized the Securities and Exchange Commission's willingness to settle charges with defendants without requiring the company to admit to any wrongdoing.

An inherited retirement account can provide decades of tax breaks. But only if you handle it carefully.

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Venture capital firms raised more dollars from their limited partners in the first quarter of 2013 than in the prior quarter, showing that it may have stabilized the larger trend of a shrinking industry. But U.S. venture...

After a bitter dispute, you're collecting a legal settlement. Is it taxable and must you report it? Usually yes, but the tax treatment varies enormously. Consider how you were damaged, how the case was resolved, and how ...

The Solar Foundation is making it easier to track solar jobs with the State Solar Jobs Map, an interactive online tool showing job numbers for all 50 states. Over 119,000 Americans have a job in the solar industry, and w...

Detroit was one of the hardest-hit cities in America during the recession. Its auto industry, which helped build America's middle class, needed multiple government bailouts. Unemployment rose to 20% in the city in 2011, ...

McIntosh Labs made its first appearance in music history when it powered the PA system at the storied 1969 Woodstock Music & Arts Festival. And when The Grateful Dead - one of the most prolific touring bands of all time ...

Philip Morris (PM) announced that profit in the first quarter fell by nearly two percent due to a lower number of cigarettes sold. The company said that it earned $2.13 billion, or $1.28 per share, versus $2.16 billion, ...

Silicon Valley has been prominent in the fight -- particularly around the Startup Act -- to admit immigrants who want to start businesses and create jobs.

Some of the money from Top Surgeons, a company behind the 1-800-GET-THIN ads, will pay for billboards on the risks of weight-loss surgery. A company behind the 1-800-GET-THIN billboard ads has reached a $1.3-million sett...

To keep pace with its mobile traffic growth and with new features, the LinkedIn mobile team has had to rethink a lot of its apps: How do you fit such a wealth of information on such a small screen?

"Fisker spent a stunning $900,000 for each vehicle it produced," PrivCo chief executive Sam Hamadeh told me. "Then they sold them to dealers for an invoice price of just $70,000."

A small piece of fabric that collects energy may make going solar a whole lot cheaper, and much more efficient, making powering your home cheaper and greener. David Carroll is a nanotechnologist from Wake Forest Universi...

There's nothing cheap about owning a car and new data from AAA hows just how costly it can be to get around in the U.S. Today's drivers shell out upwards of $10,000 per year, an increase of about 60 cents per mile since ...

I'm flying from Boston to Atlanta on a 7:15 Delta flight, barely awake. We're just taking off. Right now people should be fidgeting or stealing a last-second peek at their phones. Instead, I notice people are looking at ...

Technology can be a finicky monster, seemingly going one way before ultimately going another. And attempting to predict its course with certainty can pretty set you up to look like a fool, many years later. Hindsight is ...

CNN suffered a public shaming after erroneously reporting Wednesday that an arrest had been made in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings. According to a source at CNN, the network was the first to report that a s...

The 5 winners of the coveted Demo God award are Kinsa, PanaCast, Volio, MakerSwarm, and Beer Hunt. The Demo God award is given to the startups that are not only building innovative products, but also made compelling pres...