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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Their condition recalls dark tales from the 18th century: underfed men lorded over by seafaring captains who pay them nothing and maim the disobedient. Yet these forced labor abuses play out on Thai-...

Family business consultants are a unique breed as they help clients work through a broad range of intertwined issues, with the consequence of failure being the loss of not only...

Oh my god. This is the sweetest dog food commercial of all time. It's charming and authentic and will make you smile. And it doesn't push the dog food in a salesy way. It perfectly taps into that emotion that all dog lov...

Changing direction can be painful, but often necessaryIn the startup world, pivoting means doing something differently. Entrepreneurs say they have to be open to swift change if their business isn't working.

Behold: the Wendy's Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger, a $4.69 premium burger.

Google has been contacted by the Federal Trade Commission over their $1.1 billion purchase of mobile mapping app Waze -- sparking off an antitrust investigation into whether the deal would have adverse effects on competi...

A few of us were sitting around after a day of fishing on pristine waters, with marvelous weather and wonderful conversation here in Maine. We discussed the results of Fed (Federal Reserve) policy and its impact on the h...

Consumers shopping for a mortgage who want assurance that all quoted prices are valid should seek multi-lender web sites that post prices received directly from lenders, not prices submitted by intermediaries.

SYDNEY

The observation about the thicket of British talent in the American media landscape is hardly new, but something is at work here.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI

As the Justice Department's so-called "eBooks" antitrust trial winds down in a Manhattan federal courtroom, it is remarkable how many people have failed to see how easy the case really is.

Ben Bernanke's Federal Reserve thinks the economy is going to shift into a higher gear over the next year, but don't expect to find any evidence of burned rubber this week.

Data to be released includes earnings from Barnes & Noble and Monsanto, as well as new-home sales for May.

Last night was the "Super Moon", which is the largest full moon of the year. As Dina Spector explained: A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its orbit, also known as perig...

The Bitcoin Foundation reports that it has received a cease-and-desist letter from California's Department of Financial Institutions. The Foundation stands accused of engaging in the business of money transmission withou...

Directly following last month's Bitcoin 2013 conference event in San Jose, CA that brought good revenue into the state, California's Department of Financial Institutions decided to issue a cease and desist warning to con...

Guest Post My predictions include a meritocracy for doctors, a massive reduction in patient costs, and more.

The MRC, which describes itself as the "voice of mobile health stakeholders," is urging the feds to finally decide how it will regulate medical mobile apps.

Facing charges of espionage, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is headed to Russia. Various press reports suggest that he'll end up in Cuba, Ecuador or Iceland.

Facebook is the stock to watch on Monday in the wake of its best weekly gain since early May. The stock rose 2.6% on Friday to close out the week almost 4% higher following the unveiling of a new video function for Insta...