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While Twitter's IPO is going to be a huge step forward for the company, its acquisition of mobile ad platform MoPub last week could be what makes the difference between a flat entrance to the market and a successful open...

The hunt for the iPhone 5S is about to begin. Apple's new iPhone officially goes on sale Friday morning, along with its less expensive sister phone, the 5C. But it could be tough to get your hands on a shiny new 5S on la...

The other day, during my personal training session, as I progressed through repetitions of the designated exercise, the trainer kept saying, "Good!" "Good job!"  "Great work, Ken."   And while I didn't think I was doi...

Despite winning the Cannes Film festival's highest honor, the Palme d'Or, "Blue Is The Warmest Color" has caused quite a bit of controversy. Firt of all, it contains a very graphic lesbian sex scene that led to its NC-17...

The latest "crazy things happen on Russian roads" video is a bit of a puzzler. Unlike most of the driving videos that come out of the Soviet Union, this one stars a vehicle we can't identify as a car. In fact, we can't i...

Video Forget the debate around the security or insecurity of the iPhone 5s's fingerprint reader. The latest version of the iPhone's operating system currently offers a huge, gaping hole in its old-fashioned passcode lock...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay $920 million and has admitted that it failed to oversee trading that led to a $6 billion loss and renewed worries about serious risk-taking by major banks.     

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge accepted a plea agreement Thursday that calls for Halliburton Energy Services to pay a $200,000 fine for destroying evidence after BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.     

CEO pay has gotten so out of whack in recent years that regulators are taking notice. The Securities and Exchange Commission released a proposed rule Wednesday that would require companies to reveal the ratio between CEO...

Chicago-area billionaire will plead guilty, pay $53.5 million penalty A four-year crackdown by the IRS on tax cheats with offshore bank accounts has ensnared Chicago-area billionaire Ty Warner, creator of collectible Bea...

Markets rose across the region as investors took in the news that the Federal Reserve will not immediately reduce its bond-buying program.     

There's no reason to pay more tax than is legally required, but there's also no reason to make yourself a target for an Internal Revenue Service audit or to get your return flagged by the IRS' computers, which match bill...

Emerging market (EM) currencies are soaring after the Federal Reserve's shock decision to refrain from tapering its quantitative easing program of monthly bond buying yesterday. Treasuries rallied aggressively, forcing r...

In just a few months, Summit Europe -- the first European conference hosted by Singularity University -- will take place in Budapest, Hungary on November 15-16, 2013. This special two-day program will play host to a th...

California becomes the first state to legalize ride sharing services like Lyft, UberX and Sidecar.

Ten high-grade corporate issuers crowded into the primary market this morning following yesterday's surprise FOMC decision to maintain current levels of quantitative easing. The rush represents the highest single-day num...

How lack of clarity can kill your company--and what to do about it.

Much like the field of high technology, philanthropy has now become a frontier and incubator of creativity and innovation. Some of the world's greatest entrepreneurs, academics and artists have devoted themselves to crea...

When everyone is leaning or saying one thing (taper), the market tends to do the opposite.  Wednesday's vertical move in the indexes was a perfect example of that.

Reading a magazine on Sunday, I came across an ad with a headline from a company that helps build businesses. I can always use some help, so I started to read the body copy. Then I started again. It was like my eyes were...

Gartner analyst says games are the outliers in a gradually-maturing app market, whose overall sales will grow to $26 billion this year.

Neeson was in desperate need of career reinvention when 'Taken' hit theaters. Jackson doesn't need 'Prisoners' to give him that kind of a boost.