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The number of patent-infringement lawsuits has soared, partly because of Erich Spangenberg. His firm has sued 1,638 companies in the last five years.

At least 23 people were injured in a stampede on the final day of the running of the bulls at the annual San Fermin festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona. Runners that tripped and fell in front of the entrance to the ...

State officials insist a new $46 million online system for requesting unemployment benefits has been a success, despite frustration among users who struggled to make it work and could not reach anyone for help.

Keeping track of expenses can help this couple get their credit card debt under control.

Notable quotes from business articles that appeared in The New York Times last week.

Erich Spangenberg often sues companies, contending patent infringement. So it was a surprise when he took the side of a small company facing such a suit over a new phone app.

New York City now has a bike sharing program, but there are dozens of places where bicycles are the big thing.

Wells Fargo's second-quarter net income surges 19% to a record $5.5 billion despite a rise in mortgage rates. JPMorgan earns $6.5 billion, up 31%.Wells Fargo & Co. booked a record $5.5 billion in profit during the second...

An empty Dreamliner catches fire sitting at London's Heathrow Airport; the incident appears unrelated to battery troubles that grounded 787s earlier this year.Just as Boeing Co. and its 787 Dreamliner looked to be taking...

Four ways to make your message more meaningful, memorable and credible so others will to act on it, and get closer as they do.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Police have yet to release a motive behind the fatal killings of two women and the serious wounding of a man at a shopping center in a trendy San Francisco neighborhood.

The Edison-Ford Winter Estates in Fort Meyers, Fla., is the the combined winter homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. Edison purchased the property, located on the beautiful Caloosahatchee river, in 1885. The brilliant ...

If you're looking for a little inspiration or simply another way to slowly get the students in your house back into the swing of things before school starts again, drop in a little appreciation for the written word with ...

BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (AP) -- A powerful crane on Saturday lifted the carcass of the most damaged of four train cars that derailed, killing six people and injuring nearly 200 south of Paris in what investigators beli...

With one of the riders ahead of him in the MotoGP standings out of the German Grand Prix and the other questionable, Marc Marquez can make up ground.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A 6-year-old boy who spent more than three hours underground after being swallowed by a massive Indiana sand dune was able to respond to "simple commands" when he arrived at a Chicago hospital, a spokespe...

You screw it in, then you turn on your app.

Marc Whitten admits the company made mistakes on its Xbox One policy statements.

Search giant wants to improve its design for the site at the NASA-Ames research center.

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The war on tax evasion is no secret. It started with the U.S., which is still the big driver. But the war extends outward like the spokes of a wheel. And the spokes seem to be multiplying. Soon the wheel will look like a...

Rumor is that the company could raise hundreds of millions of dollars.