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Before they were famous, Hollywood's elite were just normal, pizza-faced kids trying to make it through high school. Well, that's not entirely true. Tom Cruise studied at a Catholic seminary for a year before dropping ou...

The gig: As director of the California Department of Managed Health Care, Shelley Rouillard is the chief regulator for health plans that cover more than 21 million Californians. She's also a major player in the state's i...

Tired of seeing Hollywood take its business elsewhere, California is moving to triple tax subsidies for film and TV productions, boosting incentives to $330 million annually and making the state competitive with New York...

Happiness is a state of mind. If you're willing to adopt a different approach to your actions, you can achieve it

The UN Foundation tries to tap into socially responsible entrepreneurs.

The rumor mill is churning ahead of Apple's September 9th event, where it may debut its next generation iPhone alongside a new wearable.

The August employment report will be released next Friday, September 5th and the consensus is that 210 thousand payroll jobs were added in August. Here are two forecasts: From economist Kris Dawsey at Goldman Sachs: Empl...

Sarah Frier and Brad Stone at Bloomberg Businessweek have a short story about Twitter's new head of product, Daniel Graf. In their story, there's a pretty brutal quote about CEO Dick Costolo from Brian O'Malley, a partne...

The U.S. economy is motoring ahead of the rest of the world and generating the best job growth in years, but the ride is still not free of bumps.

Professional social situations can be awkward. And, unfortunately, many people wind up making fools of themselves because they don't understand that etiquette rules in business differ slightly from those in standard so...

Efforts to reduce government spending have hit the Social Security Administration hard, cutting its workforce even as the number of Americans receiving benefits has grown. A total of 59 million…

Jumbo reverse mortgages virtually disappeared after the real estate crash. They're coming back as lenders anticipate demand from aging baby boomers after a 27 percent jump in home prices since…

The IRS may really, really want you to pay the money you owe to the government. But there are some lines even the taxman won't cross -- like calling to shake you down for cash and sounding pretty darn mad about the whole...

Looking past volatile trade and inventory data, we see upside for consumer and business spending in the second half, says Morningstar's Bob Johnson.

I swear I'm not trying to put myself out of business with this article, though it may seem that way: For a customer service consultant, bread and butter consists of comprehensive customer service improvement and customer...

Not only is dynamic pricing becoming a part of mainstream retail, but new data points are also being thrown into the mix that will impact even more the final price.

(Reuters) - Virgin Money [NRTRK.UL], the British financial services company partly owned by Sir Richard Branson, is in talks over a possible 2 billion pound ($3.32 billion) stock market listing as early as next month, Sk...

Poor Gen X.

Jon Stewart on whether he's a "self-hating Jew" ... "Look, there's a lot of reasons why I hate myself -- being Jewish isn't one of them," Stewart told the reporter. "So when someone starts throwing that around, or throwi...

Marc Marquez clinched his eleventh victory of the season Sunday after winning the the British MotoGP at Silverstone.

Telemarketing is now a $12 billion industry, so those annoying dinnertime phone calls won't be stopping anytime soon.

Labor Day encourages a review of the legal status of labor. Worker status is important because numerous statutes such as minimum wage and overtime requirements apply to employees but not to independent contractors. Being...