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A quick note on Russia. We've been saying that it's time to pay more attention again to the country's economic troubles. The Ruble has been getting smoked lately, and the country is suffering from many of the same forces...

Volkswagen is pulling the nostalgia card this year with its own spin on a scene from the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life." In VW's 60-second ad, produced by Argonaut, a father tells his jaded teenage daughter th...

Anyone who has watched an Olympics whose vision is sharp will notice that the logo for Sochi 2014—which appears in every stadium, on every ticket, and on tens of millions of dollars’ worth of Olympic merchandise—is...

A new study says that educated people marrying each other has increased inequality by 25 percent.     

It is becoming increasingly dangerous to maintain secret offshore accounts. 106 Swiss banks have signed non-prosecution agreements agreements to provide the data on their American customers by a date certain.

“Tax” has become a four-letter word in political discourse, but whether you think companies should pay less or rich people should pay more, there’s one thing most Americans can agree on: They’d be happy if their ...

As Super Bowl ads go, so goes America.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The federal trustees who will determine General Electric's liability for harm done to the Hudson River's natural resources are accusing the company of being misleading in its own assessment.     

LONDON (AP) -- The former boss of the BBC has apologized for the failure of its digital media plan, which wasted almost 100 million pounds ($163 million) of taxpayer funds.     

In September, Laura Harper took her 15-year-old accounting firm Netaganza, moved it into a bigger space and opened Urban Chicken NC, which carries feed and supplies for chickens, goats, horses…

DC Comics is using its covers to promote Scribblenauts Unmasked, a video game released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment last year, as well as a line of toys that will come out this month.     

The NFL Network took a unique approach during the Super Bowl, basically turning itself into a web page that is doing nothing but showing the scores and some basic stats. With all football fans watching the Super Bowl, th...

A minor dispute between a group of elderly Korean immigrants in the New York City borough of Queens and the local owner of a well-known fast food establishment revealed some cultural fissures that would otherwise have go...

Coca-Cola generally draws on cuddly polar bears and other heartwarming imagery for its Super Bowl commercials and this year was no exception -- or was it? Coke's stirring "It's Beautiful" spot featured Americans of all d...

This is probably one of the most anticipated trailers during the Super Bowl.  Paramount revealed its first look at the new "Transformers" sequel starring Mark Wahlberg in the titular role.  Wahlberg replaces Shia LeBeo...

RadioShack is trying to make a comeback this year, as shown in its amusingly self-deprecating ad. The store welcomes your jokes that it's stuck in the past (it still has "radio" in its name), but it is proclaiming that i...

The world's biggest red wine drinking country isn't France, Italy, or the US. According to a report released by Vinexpo and International Wine and Spirits Research (IWSR), China now guzzles 1.9 billion bottles a year--mo...

In 2012 ESPN's Sam Alipour wrote a fantastic article on the ungodly amounts of sex and partying that goes on in the Olympic Village. Alipour spoke with a bunch of former Olympians, who revealed all sorts of details abou...

Today Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) spun-out Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (NYSE:SWAY), which is focused on rentals of single-family homes. The company is now one of the largest publicly traded operators in t...

You’ve probably read dozens of articles about how to raise capital from venture capitalists. However, as a venture capital fund, we have the opposite problem: how do we find companies in which to invest?

A Tale of Two Dry-Cleaners  I was in a meeting of small business owners when one owner suddenly broke into tears. He owned a multi-store dry-cleaning business that he desperately wanted to be continued as a family legac...

How do you start a decent winery in California these days? Unless your family’s been making wine in Napa or Sonoma County for decades or you’re looking into winemaking as an expensive hobby, stumping up $100,000 an a...