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The investment bank called Lehman Brothers may be dead and gone, but the legacy of the Lehman family lives on. The midtown home of Philip Lehman, son of the founder of Lehman brothers, was just sold for $40 million as a ...

Increasing revenue can be as simple as studying (and closing) the gaps between what your customers would gladly buy, and what you are currently offering.

Many companies use some kind of screening process to identify who they think are the right candidates. Employee screening services provider HireRight found that 95% of large companies (including the Fortune 500 companies...

Strapped for cash, consumers who once shopped at Wal-Mart and Kmart are turning to dollar stores.  But the shift to dollar stores is about more than price, Brian Sozzi, chief equities strategist at Belus Capital Advisor...

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey showed up on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange this morning sporting a super-short buzzcut — in sharp contrast to the longer styles we've previously seen him wear. Business Insider's ...

The credit-card payment startup Square is in discussions with banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, about a 2014 IPO. Founded by Jack Dorsey, who also co-founded Twitter, Square is growing nearly as fast as ...

As the value of Twitter soars on Wall Street, I found myself wanting a snapshot of where social media stands right now.

This article is by Jonah Sachs, CEO of branding agency Free Range Studios, and author of "Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future."

(Reuters) - The CIA is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to provide phone records for overseas counter-terrorism investigations, the New York Times reported, quoting government officials.

It's official! Disney announced today that the next Star Wars movie, Episode VII, will premiere on December 18, 2015. Episode VII will be the sequel to 1983's "Return of the Jedi" and will continue the tale of Luke Skywa...

The following post was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on November 7, 2013.

Few, if any, middle market businesses in the United States are unaffected by the global economy. Your company's materials, supplies, and services might already be purchased from outside the U.S. Your customers might alre...

If you're starting a business, or considering launching a new product or service, you should always assess whether your offering solves a pain or provides a pleasure. Because in general, you will be more successful when ...

Fannie, Freddie and insurer Prudential jump on higher third-quarter earnings; mortgage servicer Nationstar plummets.

The common narrative since e-commerce sites like Amazon and eBay exploded is that physical retail will die a slow, painful death. But it doesn't have to. Entrepreneur Dax DaSilva, founder and CEO of point-of-sale sys...

The recent shortage of execution drugs in America inspired Slate writer John Kruzel to suggest the guillotine may be a more humane way to kill criminals than the lethal injection "cocktail" most frequently used in the Un...

As is the case with many other issues in social media, there is good buzz and bad buzz for almost every brand.

This article is by Kusum Ailawadi and Paul Farris. Dr. Ailawadi is Charles Jordan 1911 TU'12 Professor of Marketing at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and Dr. Farris is Landmark Communications Professor of Business A...

Few, if any, middle market businesses in the United States are unaffected by the global economy. Your company?s materials, supplies, and services might already be purchased from outside the U.S. Your customers might alre...

When people find out that I've been hired to speak about body language, everyone does the same thing: they change their posture.

If you're not a millennial woman interested in fashion or lifestyle content, you probably don't read Refinery29. It's okay--the company knows that. What Refinery29's good at is reaching those of us who are-- 8.5 million ...

Techonomy 2013 is 4 days away, and as we prep speakers we're getting excited. Those who join us outside Tucson will hear Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini explain how he's building the "Intel Inside of healthcare." Stewart Brand ...