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Elon Musk is a real-life Tony Stark, and his Tesla Motors has been in the spotlight a lot lately. We think it's deserved. The average American pumps $2,000 worth of gas into his or her car every year, so the promise of T...

The Big Pharaoh, the preeminent Egyptian blogger, tweeted a chart that attempts to map the relations between different groups in the Middle East. As you can see, it is a convoluted mess. The red lines show who hates whom...

His number may be up: Bob Walker, creator of the Sleep Number Bed, sits today in a Minnesota jail, accused of witness tampering and fiduciary misconduct. The charges stem not from the bed company he founded, Select Comfo...

Erik Wilhelm is currently an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Product Development Pillar at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). His research focuses on three key aspects of transportation tech...

Goldman Sachs managing director Jason Lee has been indicted on a rape charge, Bloomberg's Chris Dolmetsch is reporting. The charges come after Lee, a banker at the firm since 1998, was arrested in his East Hampton rental...

I recently started doing a low-carb diet, and it's going remarkably well. One of the best parts is that the food itself is fantastic. Since I bring in homemade low-carb breakfast muffins every day, people are interested ...

City Councilor and mayoral candidate Rob Consalvo on Wednesday sent a letter to Liberty Mutual chief executive David Long, decrying the insurer's plans to cut retirement benefits for employees after having received tax b...

The Indian rupee falls to new depths as risk aversion sweeps global markets ahead of a possible U.S.-led military strike in Syria, compounding an already-dire emerging-market selloff.

State transportation and environmental officials have scheduled four public meetings about the future of the 119-mile railroad corridor traversing the heart of the Adirondack Park, from Remsen in Oneida County northeast ...

Gov. Phil Bryant is interested in Mississippi getting in on "recycling" or reprocessing nuclear waste, and perhaps manufacturing components for reactors, not nuclear waste storage.

JOHANNESBURG

The BRIC countries, especially Brazil, India and China are all experiencing a change of fortune.

Stocks edged higher in early trading Wednesday as investors continued to focus on the possibility of a U.S.-led military intervention in Syria.

Authorities say a 34-year-old western New York man has admitted stealing more than $100,000 in valuables while working as a U.S. Postal Service mail handler.

The National Institute of Justice has awarded University of South Florida researchers a $423,000 grant to help with the investigation of missing and unidentified children who died under unexplained circumstances...

Readers who tried to click on the New York Times' website got nothing but error messages for several hours Tuesday during the site's second major disruption this month, and people...

Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said a toxic water leak at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant has been classified as a level 3 "serious incident" on an international scale.

(WASHINGTON) -- More than 33 million workers qualify to have their student loans forgiven because they work in schools, hospitals or city halls, but too few take advantage of the options because the programs are overly c...

A new menswear company is basing its business model on the premise that most men's shirts don't fit. Stantt co-founder Kirk Keel told Business Insider that his research showed that small, medium, large, and extra-large s...

Asian Paints has decorated India's walls and ceilings for decades. Its secret? A loyal rural base, smart use of technology and a fixation on customer service.

Young and restless.

If and when Alibaba's day on the Fab 50 comes, it will be a source of special satisfaction to us.