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Starbucks announced late Sunday it will pay for thousands of its workers to take courses through Arizona State University to complete their Bachelor's degree. The Starbucks College Achievement plan will let full- and par...

Fiat released a creative new campaign made entirely out of GIFs. Some of the featured GIFs include cartoon horses shooting out of a Fiat as people in horse heads dance around the car and a cat trying to catch a speeding ...

Don't let the word "digital" fool you in all this talk about how difficult it is for digital natives and digital immigrants to communicate. The truth is that this generational gap between the so-called digital natives (t...

East Hampton may be known for its over-the-top real estate, but the homes of today don't hold a candle to the estates of last century. The Library of Congress recently released hundreds of lantern slides (hand-colored gl...

By now, we are all familiar with the Post-PC era: a time when SmartPhones, tablets and other mobile devices have pushed aside PCs. After all, we live in it.

Medical device-maker Medtronic has agreed to acquire peer Covidien for $42.9 billion in cash and stock. The purchase values Covidien at $93.22 per Covidien share. Covidien closed at $72.02 on Friday. "We are excited to r...

The bulk of America's minimum wage earners work in the food services industry, reports Morgan Stanley's John Glass. Nearly 45% of those earning minimum wage are involved in either the preparation or the service of food.�...

China's efforts to weaken its currency could be bolstering U.S. Treasurys and hindering a sizeable rally in the dollar against the euro.

The Chinese yuan last week scored its biggest weekly jump since December 2011, finishing at 6.2107 to the dollar, a gain of 0.6 percent. The jump may indicate an end to the People's Bank of China's three-month weakening ...

The US government is recruiting aggressively for many different kinds of jobs for recent grads. Do you think this is a good place to start your career, or is there...

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The Supreme Court rules in favor of a conservative group that wants to challenge an Ohio law prohibiting lies about politicians.

Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) said Monday he thinks impeachment of President Barack Obama "probably could" pass in the House of Representatives.

How to approach six tricky workplace scenarios.

There's no shortage of price comparison sites to choose from, says Phil Oakley. But this one has an edge of its rivals. The post Gamble of the week: A competitive comparison site was first published on MoneyWeek.

In order to stay competitive, every firm start thinking seriously about viable strategies for managing the skills gap.

What do sugar-laden soft drinks, flimsy plastic shopping bags and used kitchen grease have in common?

Phnom Penh casino hotel builds on its success with a full blown urban resort and pioneering in Russia.

Brian Sloan quit his job as a lawyer to start a sex toy business that generates over $1 million a year, and he did it without office space or full-time employees. He and his collaborators at Very Intelligent E-Commerce, ...

Argentina's Lionel Messi scored a brilliant second-half goal to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 in a key Group F match on Sunday at the World Cup. It was a vintage goal from Messi, who has been heavily criticized in Argentin...

Mark Karpeles, the French programmer who was at the helm of Bitcoin megaexchange MtGox at the time of its collapse, has begun Tweeting again.  His @magicaltux account had been silent since January. A month later, he an...

The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss and decide the path of monetary policy. This comes in the wake of improving economic data. "The committee is likely to ...