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Secret is the latest social app to go viral, and it's filled with a boatload of Silicon Valley insights and rumors. The app, which just launched last week, was founded by ex-Googlers David Mark Byttow and Chrys Bader.  ...

Associated Press photographer Jae C. Hong captured a photo of this sign outside a restaurant in the mountains near Sochi, Russia. The sign makes clear that FBI and CIA agents aren't welcome, although the AP notes that "...

It looks like Mexico has a good 2014 coming up. Financial analysis firm Moody's elevated the country's rating from Baa1 to A3, making Mexico the second country in Latin America to attain A status, after Chile. The rating...

Miranda Kerr just replaced Gisele Bündchen as the face of H&M.  The huge contract comes after a year full of controversy for Kerr, who departed after rumors she was difficult to work with.  It's possible that Kerr, 30...

Go to the post office, send a package, pick up some stamps and deposit your paycheck or pay a bill? That’s the newest idea for rescuing the cash-strapped USPS floated in a report published by the U.S.P.S. Office of Ins...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Ibrahim Sana worked for a global tech company, then broke off to start his own venture. Last year, he was crowned one of Israel's seven most promising young entrepreneurs by a financial newspaper.

The Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Olympics got off to an inauspicious start when one of the giant, mechanical Olympic Rings failed to open 10 minutes into the show. It produced this image of four fully-expanded rings wit...

WASHINGTON -- Merck & Co. will pay $100 million to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging its NuvaRing contraceptive device causes potentially fatal blood clots, according to a settlement announced Friday. The settlement...

Mere months from its 100th anniversary, the Panama Canal is facing some serious drama. The eagerly awaited expansion it has been undertaking since 2009 has come to a halt because of disagreements among contractor compani...

One of the quickest ways you can rise to the top in business is to establish a distinct and attractive personal brand.

After a weak holiday season and rough winter weather that kept shoppers away in January, retailers were dealt another dose of sobering news Thursday. The nation's biggest retail group issued a modest growth forecast for ...

This quarterly hackathon plans to aware more than $1 million in prize money in 2014.

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The Kentucky House has passed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage for the first time since 2009.

Former SAC Capital portfolio manager Mathew Martoma was found guilty of insider trading after failing to settle with federal investigators, netting another victory for US attorney Preet Bharara, putting billionaire Steve...

WASHINGTON

When Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S. AAA rating, on August 5, 2011, the Dow dropped 2000 points and gold soared to $1,895 an ounce. Are we at the brink of another downgrade by Fitch Ratings? In a press release is...

Washington is failing the long-term unemployed. And it's mostly the GOP's fault.     

The fast-food giant is opening its first restaurant in the country, which some see as one of Asia's last consumer markets with significant untapped potential.     

The diamond and perfume industries work in overdrive around Valentine's Day, with tons of commercials for sparkly jewels and the latest designer scents. But women want things they'll actually use and enjoy, not just the ...

A just-released report from the bean counters at the Congressional Budget Office is getting lots of attention because the bureaucrats are now admitting that Obamacare will impose much more damage to the economy than they...

While Time Inc. has begun massive layoffs as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner, there is one person who might not be so worried. Chief content officer Norman Pearlstine reportedly is guaranteed by contract to no l...