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The world economy is still in disarray five years after the financial crash, a new U.N. economic report released Monday said.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have arrested a bar owner in connection with a lewd sex show mentioned in racy tweets by pop star Rihanna during her recent trip to Thailand, officials said Monday, two weeks after an In...

Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) shot back on Monday at conservative activist Larry Klayman, who this weekend called for a nonviolent uprising to unseat President Barack Obama. "I repudiate it," Rigell said in an interview with ...

India's largest power generator has sparred with Coal India over poor calorific value of coal being supplied

Today is the launch of 1 Million for Work Flexibility, the first national initiative to bring people together and create a collective voice in support of work flexibility. Tomorrow is National Flex Day, and October is Na...

Although much of what Yale economist Robert Shiller writes is about the importance of financial markets, he won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for studying how financial markets misbehave. He is a pioneer in the ne...

The stock market is slipping after a breakdown in budget talks in Washington brought the nation closer to a potentially disastrous default on its debt.

The economy is growing shakier and shakier by the day and suddenly you begin to notice the rise of small and family businesses. At every dinner party or every family reunion your cousin Bob seems to have a grand idea of ...

TTK Prestige's operating profit margin fell 232 basis points to 12.9%, the lowest in four years, owing to its inability to pass on cost increases

The 'Maker Movement' is fueling a third-wave industrial revolution, Stewart says.

Dear Phil Mickelson, this is not about taxes. With a Virgin-based fortune estimated at £2.9 billion and still climbing toward Virgin space, Sir Richard can do what he wants. And now he says he is settling down for good ...

Serial entrepreneur Mike Rauta took eight years to figure out an appropriate name for his last startup, an after-school tutoring service. He started with Foundations for Education. A couple of years later, that name was ...

The television business is about to fall off a cliff!  At least that is the prediction that many media analysts and pundits have put forward. I have certainly offered my share of commentary about the transition of the T...

Finding great sales reps -- reps with the ability to take your business to the next level -- is awfully hard to do. How can you possibly size up a sales candidate in a series of interviews? How can you really know how ha...

Jay Z's Ride On London's Tube Is The Ultimate Balancing Act Between The Masses and The Classes

Bruce Poon Tip cares about the sales targets, but he leads with purpose. "Our Noble Purpose united us globally, it transcends culture. It transcends product, it's given us a laser focus." G Adventures' month over month s...

"As U.S. politicians of both political parties are still shuffling back and forth between the White House and the Capitol Hill without striking a viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is ...

A technical glitch briefly lifted the spending limits on food stamp benefits over the weekend, setting off a shopping frenzy that emptied store shelves within a matter of hours at two Walmart locations in Louisiana. The ...

We recently brought you a look inside The Machine — the University of Alabama's elite secret society that allegedly controls everything from the student government to the racial segregation of Greek life. One storyline...

Ross Ulbricht was visited in jail for the first time. Here's what we learned from the interview.

Streaming live on Forbes, ServiceRocket CEO Rob Castaneda will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Tuesday, October 15th.