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BOSTON -- His work has immersed him in events that read like a roster of recent catastrophes, from 9/11 to the Gulf oil spill. Now,...

NEW YORK

Most logo changes by big brands are subtle. Some, however, are so drastic that the new marques look like they have been created for completely different companies. Think Coca-Cola -- since the 1880s, its logo design has ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials say Russian authorities secretly recorded a conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother. Officials say a second call was reco...

24/7 Wall St.: The federal government gave out more than $40 billion for research and development (R&D) to universities across the country in fiscal 2011....

The C.E.O. of a pet food company says that in business as well as her college sport of rowing, the "strongest individuals don't necessarily make the strongest team."

During the long, drawn-out process of leaving Fox News, Glenn Beck remembers network president Roger Ailes telling him that he would never leave. He felt trapped -- and too many people, Beck says, stay trapped in the rig...

SAO PAULO

Internet companies that connect parents with babysitters and other child-care professionals are luring millions to their websites each month.

Zach Braff has met his goal on Kickstarter, raising $2 million in three days to fund his follow-up to "Garden State."

EARLIER this year Iran's authorities arrested a score of men who, in separate incidents, claimed to be the Mahdi, a sacred figure of Shia Islam, who was "hidden" by God just over a millennium ago and will return some tim...

Algeria's president was hospitalized Saturday after having a mini-stroke without serious complications, the state news agency said.

In January, investigators concluded that Consolidated Edison of New York had lost more than $225 million as the result of potentially criminal accounting improprieties from 2000 to 2009.

LivingSocial says the online daily deals site got hacked. The company has asked more than 50 million customers to change their passwords.

Is McDonald's about to offer all-day breakfast, borrowing a page from Denny's, Jack in the Box, and IHOP? Could be. The question is getting some big buzz because McDonald's CEO Don Thompson said he's entertaining the ide...

Moving quickly after Congress and President Obama approved budget-juggling legislation Friday to offset sequester spending cuts, the Federal Aviation Administration says Saturday that it's recalling furloughed air-traffi...

Leave it to Tesla Motors to turn what could have been a rather dull announcement about improving its service program into something of a mini-dazzler Friday. CEO Elon Musk not only promised to honor the company's 8-year ...

It's been barely a month since J.C. Penney kicked out its controversial CEO Ron Johnson and began the process of unraveling his efforts to rebrand the storied retailer. New/old CEO Myron Ullman plans to return the retail...

We all know we need to keep up with tech trends that affect our work--but it's hard to figure out which ones are truly important and which will fade quickly.

By take a deep look at people's Facebook habits, Wolfram Alpha makes it clear that most Facebook users lead extremely conventional lives.

Hackers he already rooted Google Glass -- and Google says it's all part of the plan.

The ad world has finally figured out how awful the tracking cookie is -- and that's good news for Internet users.