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Expect to see a lot of "Radiant Orchid" around next year — Pantone just announced the purple hue as it's 2014 Color Of The Year. It might sound silly, but retailers and designers pay attention to Pantone's yearly selec...

Retail stores are quickly adapting to modern advances like smartphones.  This awesome graphic by Canada-based PROFIT Magazine shows what a retail transaction might look like in the near future.  The graphic, designed b...

Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of one of India's largest conglomerates, Tata, has spoken out. The patriarch recently told a television channel that the 'cheapest car' tag - a label that his group company Tata Motors proud...

Base jumping doesn't always work out for the best. Like most extreme sports, there's an incalculable amount of ways things can go wrong. Also like most extreme sports, base jumpers love to video their exploits with GoPro...

Just two bidders remain in the auction of sports and talent agency titan IMG Worldwide, with each being asked to make third and final offers by late next week, The...

Several of President Bill Clinton's doodles were allegedly posted on the Internet on Thursday by a hacker called Guccifer, who also revealed some of President George W. Bush's artwork earlier this year.

Lauren Boggi, the founder and CEO of three Lithe Method fitness studios, is exploring new locations and product lines. Flywheel Sports Co-founder and Creative Director Ruth Zuckerman shares advice to help her and oth...

How did one of the largest corporations in the world persuade over half of its workforce to proactively participate in creativity, innovation and change?

Earlier this year, Yahoo made a surprising announcement: Dan Loeb was stepping down from the company's board, and Yahoo was buying 40 million of its shares from his hedge fund.  Loeb, more than any other person, is resp...

At $8 billion in 2013 revenues (projected), the wearable technology market is nascent but promising. By 2017, revenue from these new devices is projected to grow to $20 billion.

BP's strategy after the Deepwater Horizon tragedy: Go deeper.

There's still time to grab income in 2013 or defer it until 2014, but which is better tax-wise? Run those numbers to see.

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican troops and federal police kept a nighttime watch on a rural field where thieves abandoned a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60, while officials began planning the delicate task of...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelans have been scrambling for dollars for weeks, taking refuge in the greenback as their own currency is in free fall. Rather than address the economic imbalances behind the bolivar's pl...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The solar panel installer SolarCity is beginning to address one of solar power's big drawbacks: The sun doesn't always shine.     

China has given Renault and a local partner approval to launch a $1.3 billion auto manufacturing joint venture, the French brand's first in the world's biggest vehicle market.

On Wednesday, Wall Street became worried (again) that the Federal Reserve would soon start scaling back on its Quantitative Easing bond-buying program. By Friday markets will probably abruptly change their...

The smog in Shanghai is frequently awful. But some of the images showing up on social media right now seem to be at another level. More Shanghai airpocalypse pic today: The Bund pic.twitter.com/j8Jra3CFBl — Offbeat Chi...

The financial overhang from the "London Whale" and regulatory probes is about to be history for JPMorgan Chase. The huge bank led by CEO Jamie Dimon is one of only...

Investors weigh the potential impact of growth indicators, monetary policy decisions in the world's biggest economies

Dell's record of combatting electronic waste (aka e-waste) is pretty aggressive. Back in 2009, it went on record as the first information technology company to prohibit the practice of shipping non-working parts or end-o...

This article was originally published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on December 3, 2013.