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I have a deal with my colleague Jay. About 2 or 3 times per week, he picks up breakfast for me on his way into the office. In exchange, I pay for his breakfast on those days. When he hands me breakfast (usually a platter...

The World Cup is just getting started and widespread protests have already become an undeniable presence at the tournament. Brazilians have been protesting the tournament since last June, when the country hosted the Conf...

While the company's enthusiasts impatiently await new wizardry, the new chief executive is trying to make the brand bigger than the next big iThing.

In August 2008, factory workers David and Barbara Ludwig treated themselves to new cars -- David a Dodge pickup, Barbara a sporty Mazda 3. With David making $22 an hour…

When it was first announced, Dean Kamen's two-wheeled Segway scooter was supposedly going to change everything, from how we went to the store to buy milk to how our very cities were constructed. The reality turned out t...

Readers reacted skeptically to the story by reporter Mason Braswell (Mason B below) about growth in the fee-based advisory business, particularly at wirehouses.

Eight years ago, Du Sha cashed out his chain of home-improvement centers — the first superstores of their kind in China — with a sale to Home Depot for $100 million.

On Wednesday, Berlin's The Factory opened (more on the opening) its 16,000 square-meter startup office. While all the other startups (such as 6Wunderkinder, Mozilla, Zendesk, and others) are still waiting to finally move...

The title of this article (if titles could be ridiculously long) should probably read, “Before you drink that soda, energy drink, fake fruit juice or any other sugar-loaded beverage, read this.”  The average America...

Bill Cosby has sometimes been called "America's dad," having transformed himself from a riotous young comedian, to put-upon TV father Cliff  Huxtable, and on to an outspoken if not occasionally hectoring voice on raisi...

(Reuters) - France's finance minister said on Sunday that talks between BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) and U.S. authorities over a potential fine for the bank for breaching U.S. sanctions had progressed towards a "more equitable"...

One day in early March at about 1:00 p.m., a woman wearing conservative business attire and toting a wheeled bag strolled through the front entrance of Procter & Gamble’s 17-story headquarters in downtown Cincinnati. S...

The European Union's General Court rejected Intel's appeal to overturn the fine levied upon the company for antitrust violations. Intel was found to be using anti-competitive measures against rival Advanced Micro Devices...

At some time in the next few years, the phrase "alternative investment" will disappear from the marketing lexicon of money management. Having failed to produce superior returns, alternatives will join…

The big banks' smaller rivals are offering a variety of initiatives and inducements to break in to the market. Will they succeed?

An experiment in which computer 'monkeys' picked random stocks has produced better results than stock market trackers

Winning customers as an entrepreneur in a startup has many parallels to a young army trying to penetrate some formidable new and unfamiliar territory. You need a strategy as well as a goal, and you need to pick your batt...

Northwest Iowa leaders hope to use a new tax incentive program to cover much of the $10 million cost of a proposed Sioux City development featuring a proposed 160,000-square-foot agricultural expo center.

Billionaires influence your life in thousands of ways--from the shoes you wear, the beer your drink and the smart phone buzzing in your pocket. In fact, there's a good chance your using a billionaire product this very mo...

It's a simple, straightforward question for most entrepreneurs. Where is your company based? But for Joseph Kopser, it's not so cut and dry. "It's complicated," said Kopser, one of the founders of the transportation star...

The seven deadly sins: wrath, avarice, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. I've heard investors like Reid Hoffman, Tim Chang and Dave McClure all say that they look for some of these elements in a startup's product ...

The State Department announced on Sunday that it would be increasing security at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad due to the recent violence in northern Iraq. "The Embassy of the United States in Baghdad remains open and will...