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Google disclosed its diversity numbers on Wednesday, confirming that white men still dominate Silicon Valley. A whopping 70% of its 46,170 employees worldwide are men and 61% of its staff is white. Knowing that the com...

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The basic factors that sustain a bull market is intact and will lke drive the Dow and S&P 500 to new all-time highs.

Washington's tech incubator 1776 is known for housing fledgling start-ups, providing select businesses with mentors and office space. One the incubator's newer members is different from its neighbors, many of whom develo...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will propose a draft rule that would seek to cut power plant carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The rule would give flexibili...

    Chineasy is a strategic, easy-learning project by entrepreneur ShaoLan Hsueh that teaches people to recognize Chinese characters through simple illustration. Watch ShaoLan's presentation at the DLD conference, and ...

It's a new month, and that means a bunch of awesome new movies and television shows being added to the Netflix catalog. This month's list has plenty of excellent movies and shows — and some not so excellent — but the...

A few weeks ago, there was a boozy party on the rooftop of the Empire Hotel, which overlooks Lincoln Center on the west side of Manhattan. Waitresses in heels, tights, and short dresses served plates of sliders to guests...

(Reuters) Lewis Katz, the co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper, was among seven people killed when a private jet caught fire and crashed as it tried to take off near Boston, the newspaper said Sunday. Katz, 72...

TOKYO-Next month, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe will unveil additional details about the third of his “Three Arrows” meant to jolt an anemic Japanese economy back to life. The question is whether these measures ...

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. In my experience, it's a lot more complic...

As Thursday's revised gross domestic product number suggests, Main Street knows much more than the Beltway economists about how bad a shape the US is in. Despite the S&P 500...

Music-industry wags are already taking bets on how long music impresario, Jimmy Iovine will stay at Apple now that he's sold Beats Electronics to the company for $3 billion. "How...

He's been called inspired, flamboyant, visionary, megalomaniac, exemplary, a Paris lover and an ultimate ”bobo” (the French term for 'bourgeois bohemian').

The FBI has issued a nationwide alert to law enforcement agencies about a San Francisco social media consultant they consider armed and dangerous who is wanted on suspicion of possessing…

If you walk around with little or no cash, you're in the majority. But choosing plastic over cash for everyday purchases could mean you'll spend more in the long run.

Michael Pietsch, chief executive of the Hachette Book Group, finds himself fighting not just for the future of his company, but for that of every publisher who works with Amazon.

Yesterday it was the news that former bitter rivals, Salesforce and Microsoft, has found new love and respect and had entered into a broad-ranging partnership. Today Salesforce scored another coup with the announcement t...

How to build a customer experience when your customers are the experts (as they often are now, thanks to mobile, Google, and soon Google Glass): How to approach customer service and designing a customer experience when y...

Entrepreneurship and civic innovation are exploding all over the world! Nowhere is it more vibrant than at Silicon Valley headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Saturday night marked the grand finale of Palo Alto’s App...

Banks and credit unions are prepared to support U.S. business expansion, according to a new survey from Sageworks, a financial information company. And that’s good news, in light of recent data from the Ewing Marion Ka...

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