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Hiring the right people may be one of the most challenging formulas to perfect. When the wrong choice is made, the company loses a lot of money. On the other hand, the right hire will fully understand your company's mis...

The U.N. General Assembly released its second annual "happiness" report earlier today, a study which measures happiness and well-being across the worlds.  Seth Kadish, the guy behind the Vizual Statistix tumblr and frie...

Last week it was announced that the Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) and music business mover and shaker Irving Azoff would enter into a joint venture called Azoff MSG Entertainment (AMSGE). In a move that could provi...

This mesmerizing GIFs of Jell-O falling, flattening, then bouncing back may have you saying WTF, but really you should be asking WTP — P for physics. We found them on the FreshPhotons Tumblr, via PourMeCoffee on Twitte...

The news that Time Warner and IBM are changing retiree health insurance benefits has some claiming the moves are proof that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is drastically eroding the employer-based health insurance system ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple is expected to unveil its latest take on the iPhone Tuesday during an annual ritual that will likely cast a spotlight on the gadget maker's drive to regain market share and its sluggish pace o...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wells Fargo, the nation's second-largest bank by deposits, saw a slowdown in its mortgage business last quarter and may have to cut jobs if demand continues to weaken.     

Much is being made of Japan's resurgent economy, and the phenomenon of "Abenomics". In addition to the much-ballyhooed monetary and fiscal policies of Shinzo Abe, structural reforms are also being promised within the eco...

Tokyo's Olympic venue victory lifts Nikkei; stronger-than-expected China data supports Asian shares

(Reuters) - Carl Icahn on Monday ended his months-long effort to block Michael Dell's $25 billion offer to take Dell Inc private, smoothing the way for the largest buyout since the financial crisis.

NBCUniversal is shaking up the ranks of its movie studio, with longtime head Ron Meyer transitioning into a corporate advisory role.     

Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Inc. is reportedly in talks to be bought by Los Angeles-based asset manager Ares Management LLP and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for more than $6 billion.     

We're less than 24 hours away from Apple's "special event" Tuesday at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.later. But there's another event nine hours later in Beijing.

Energy prices closed lower Monday as the likelihood of a U.S.-led strike on Syria seemed to diminish.     

It would not surprise me if Apple creates the smartwatch that actually drives this category into the mainstream. I just don't expect it to happen anytime soon.

Energy prices closed lower Monday as the likelihood of a U.S.-led strike on Syria seemed to diminish.

A controversial tailgate decal of what appears to be a helpless woman bound and tied in the back of a pickup truck has critics crying foul over what turned out to be a Texas sign company's ploy for business.     

From Climate Central's Bobby Magill: Hurricane Sandy and the havoc it wreaked on New York City and the rest of the Northeast in 2012 could prove to be a turning point in how people think about the way electricity is prod...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be celebrating the central bank's 100th birthday with a town hall meeting with teachers.     

President Barack Obama is about to embark on an unprecedented media drive to sell his plan for military action in Syria, in response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack last month launched by President Bashar al-Assad ...

Mr. Worthington owned a string of car dealerships and ran dozens of outlandish commercials daily on California television for more than half a century.     

The owners who bring their cars to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion believe that the truest expression of the automotive art is on the race track, in the heat of paint-to-paint competition.