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Denyse Ferguson is a busy woman. As director of the Cincinnati USA Partnership, she's tasked with convincing foreign business that her home city is a good place to land.

The baseball star Curt Schilling dazzled a state government with his video-game business plan. But two years later, it was game over.

Filing for Social Security as early as possible can be tempting when you are unemployed.

Many of us have 401(k) plans, but do we actually know how they work? A recent segment on HuffPost Live addressed the benefits, drawbacks and...

BOSTON (AP) -- The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is in serious but stable condition and likely can't communicate, Gov. Deval Patrick said Saturday after a pregame ceremony at Fenway Park to honor the ...

The wild success of mobile phones is down to their achievement in transforming the way we spend our time. Before mobile we used to meet in pre-arranged venues and talk to each other. It almost seems a quaint idea now not...

Fiona Hill, a Caucasus specialist at the Brookings Institution think tank, said the conflict in Chechnya is used as a recruiting tool for Al-Qaeda. "Videos from Chechnya are all over the Internet. They're constantly pack...

WASHINGTON -- Global finance leaders agreed that nations must take stronger action to spur still-lagging and uneven economic growth and job creation. And they had a pointed message for the U.S.: For the sake of the rest ...

Guest Post Growing a user base is about more than data science and numbers. It's about doing real research out in the field, getting to know customers, and giving them what they want.

A report in the Des Moines Register cited "legislative sources" in confirming that Facebook intends to erect a 1.4 million square foot facility that could cost up to $1.5 billion in Altoona, Iowa.

Amazon is giving you the power to decide what TV shows are made. The company has posted pilots for six kids shows and eight sitcoms, prompting the audience to choose which should become full-fledged original series on Am...

CircleUp is a crowdfunding platform for up-and-coming consumer product businesses. In the year since its launch, CircleUp has helped 12 companies raise more than $10 million.

"The world's leading mobile football community', The Football App has raised $13 million to capitalize on fans love of the game. Otherwise known as soccer.

'To boldly go where no one has gone before'

Each week at Forbes we scan our database of corporate insiders to see who got richer from the action in the stock market. This past week started with a bang as the S&P 500 plunged 2.3% on Monday, the index's largest sing...

Who said: "You know more than you think you do." Was it:

Camera evidence has provided key information in the case against the Boston bombing suspects.

Ionic Security is putting data first with its management and protection tool. The company received $9.4 million in a follow-on to its first round of funding today.

Marissa Mayer explains her decision to stop people from working from home after keeping quiet for two months.

A colleague of mine sent me an article from Fast Company recently that really made my day. I've long observed that companies that treat their employees well seem to have lots of advantages as a result: higher retention, ...

I do not give a flying fig, and Judge Dennis Graves does not give a flying fig, about how much you freaking love to text with your girlfriend. You have 361 days out of the freaking year to text your girlfriend, and this ...

Last week I published the story of Sarah Hanson, the 19-year-old developer who auctioned off 10 percent of her future income in exchange for a $125,000 investment into her startup, Senior Living Map. Today, I'm wondering...