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Microsoft went all out for the reveal of the Xbox One. It hosted two massive launch parties in both NYC and Los Angeles, California for fans who pre-ordered the consoles. We headed over to the party at the Best Buy Theat...

For electronics students and hobbyist tinkerers, laying out a new electronic circuit can be a cumbersome task requiring ugly wires and breadboards. A new Kickstarter project called Circuit Scribe seems to have made it el...

Forbes: Micah Solomon, a usually mildish-mannered customer experience consultant and keynote speaker, slaps a blindfold on you--to teach you a lesson about customer service.

The scarcest commodity today is mindshare. With the rise of social media, social networks and the smart phones, it is not surprising that "attention spans" of people are dropping at a breathtaking rate. When research sug...

On the right, as you step into the lobby of the new Vikre Distillery in Canal Park, is the curious sight of a door high on the wall.

A colorful entrepreneur named Andrew Paulson wants to turn chess into the world's next mass-market spectator sport, complete with commentators who dissect the action and show potential moves.     

Some companies are turning to more rigid evaluations of their employees, though others are shunning formal reviews entirely.     

The Federal Reserve may not be able to rely on past experience in deciding when to end its extraordinary policies of the past few years.     

It's not often you see advertisements for big rig, commercial trucks. After all, the market for those massive vehicles is pretty much limited to small business owners and large corporate executives, who are more likely t...

A New York plaintiffs' lawyer has filed a massive lawsuit accusing Match.com of knowingly approving hundreds, and possibly thousands, of fake profiles using pirated photos. The lead plaintiff in the proposed class action...

Though part of the act, it shows Chrysler Group is in for an edgy ride with Will Ferrell

On Sunday afternoon we will find out if Switzerland will go ahead with one of the most radical plans to fight inequality ever: Limiting the monthly pay of top executives to that of their lowest paid employees' yearly sal...

WASHINGTON — President Obama's nomination of Janet L. Yellen to be the next leader of the Federal Reserve cleared the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday — and perhaps just in the nick of time.     

Jake Harriman says that if the company he's founded still exists in 30 years, "we've failed." You see, Harriman believes Nuru International can end extreme poverty in that time.

Back in the dark days of the financial crisis, investor confidence slumped to historic lows – for instance, the State Street Investor Confidence Index dropped to 82.1 in October 2008, after having been as high as 107.0...

Large corporations and conglomerates, the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have lost their edge and their image. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than t...

"THE MENU YOU LOVE, PLUS SO MUCH MORE," goes the commercial in McDonald's site--.McDonald's.com. But judging from the company's sales in recent years, consumers do not seem to express that love by heading to McDonald's (...

I read a great piece a few weeks ago about Stella Dot CEO and Founder Jessica Herrin, and how's she's breathed life into the otherwise stale business model of direct marketing. I wanted to learn a little more about how o...

Some of the world's most influential investors are betting Hampton Creek Foods can make the humble egg obsolete. Billion of dollars are at stake.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has won a stunning victory in the United States District  Court For The Western District Of Wisconsin where Judge Barbara Crabb has ruled that a substantial tax benefit enjoyed by m...

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Richard Liu of Morningside Ventures tells how he keeps the China fund ahead in sourcing disruptive technology deals early on and leading investment in these startups before others catch on.