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Green energy has been around for quite awhile. From GE: "In 1887, Charles F. Brush built the first power generating wind turbine in Cleveland, Ohio. It was a 4-ton, 60-foot monster with 144 blades and a long, comet-lik...

Prominent Republican operatives and donors have been working to woo former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) to run for president in 2016, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Advisers to Bush have said that he is not yet consid...

Subway sandwich chain founder and president Fred DeLuca made a recent dramatic appearance a year after being diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukemia, The Post has learned. DeLuca...

Over 40% of employed Millennials want to escape the supposed shackles of Corporate America, according to new survey research from Creative Live. That's all fine and good, but if you don't want a boring old 9 - 5, what ar...

April is around the corner, which means the hotly anticipated March economic stats will soon be released. "Just as we saw numerous economic data falter due to weather over the past three months, we are now entering the p...

CNN's nonstop coverage of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet has been great for the network's ratings, but has also led to speculation, bizarre theories and an attempt to rent a 777 airliner. On Sunday, the network interr...

The public spending watchdog will highlight flaws while also vindicating the views of Vince Cable, Sky News learns.

On Mar. 25, Facebook bought virtual reality startup Oculus VR in a $2 billion deal. There was plenty of excitement from the tech community and from Mark Zuckerberg, who called it a "long-term bet on the future of comput...

Back on October 23, 2000 Google changed online marketing forever when it launched its ‘Self-Service Advertising Program.’ Just over a decade later, Google was making a whooping $42 billion in revenue off of its adver...

Twin Metals Minnesota says the copper, nickel, and precious metals mining projects that it is planning for the Ely area of northeastern Minnesota would keep the company in business for more than a century.

(Reuters) - The Libyan Investment Authority has accused France's second-biggest bank Societe Generale of funneling bribes worth tens of millions of dollars to associates of Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader ...

A House subcommittee will open hearings on Tuesday, looking into why federal investigators never realized there was a problem with certain G.M. ignition systems.     

The embattled City watchdog will say it is increasing its budget for the next 12 months to more than £440m, Sky News understands.

As more states decriminalize cannabis, the beginnings of a new market are starting to take shape. The debate over whether marijuana companies are a sound long term bet has perplexed investors and about 60 publicly-traded...

Social enterprise Co2science aims to encourage recycling of plastic bottles by turning the material into wall art.

Will India's fortunes rise on the global gaming stage?     

Leblond plans to explore the world outside of Microsoft.     

We help you sort through the variety of smart glasses that are coming to the market in the near future.     

The makers of Threes hit back with a post describing how they feel about being cloned.     

Some businesses address unique pain points, or provide strange and sometimes downright weird products--the kind that seem impractical, may only appeal to a very few, or that a consumer would find merely a novelty.

Last spring was memorable in tax circles because the IRS had admitted that it had treated very badly some organizations ? mostly conservative ones ? applying for tax exemption under code section 501(c)(4). Then, as the s...

Biotech stocks and Internet names like Facebook Inc. could see active trade in Monday's session after last week's drubbing. Cal-Maine Foods Inc. and UTi Worldwide Inc. also will get attention as they report quarterly ear...