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It could be that the sharing economy is more evolution than the revolution idealists hoped for

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...

Health care for all, through the free market

TOKYO-Troubled with increasingly belligerent regional overtures by China, Japan continues expanding its defense spending and building a legal framework for new wartime functionalities in keeping with their post-World War...

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...

A $40 million settlement has been completed that will pay college football and basketball players dating to 2003 for the use of their likenesses in NCAA-branded videogames.

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...

The investor says he has "never given out inside information"

The European Central Bank governor has charmed the markets with words. But this week he must make bold policy decisions to unite a region increasingly riven by economic disparities

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...