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Google's chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt wants everyone to know that Google employees have a sense of humor. On his Google+ page, Schmidt recently shared a video from 2003 made by Google employees that hasn't been p...

Apple CEO Tim Cook began working for the company in 1998. He was recruited by Steve Jobs from Compaq, where he was perfectly content. But Apple was persistent about Cook coming in for an interview, so Cook caved. Cook t...

Jenn McAllister is not your average 18-year-old. She left home a year ago to pursue her career as a social media celebrity in LA. But you won't find McAllister bartending or waiting tables as she waits for her big break....

When Steve Morris began building unmanned aerial systems in the late 1990s, he envisioned flying them over fields and collecting data that would be useful to farmers.

We're living in a golden age for a certain kind of very-public investing strategy, where big-name hedge funders get up on stage, or produce PowerPoint presentations laying out their investment thesis on a given company. ...

Archaeological researchers in England have discovered evidence of new hidden monuments near the prehistoric site of Stonehenge, the ancient Briton site built sometime between 3,000 and 1,600 BC, raising new possibilitie...

After France said it would miss its deficit target again, officials highlighted the sacrifices some nations had made to get their finances in order.

Just a week before Scotland's citizens vote on whether or not to remain a part of the United Kingdom, Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LN:LLOY) and Royal Bank of Scotland Group (LN:RBS) made headlines when they said Wednesday t...

You do get the sense of déjà vu all over again as you read about whatever President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel  and Co.  have in mind for putting together the coalition they ...

Ride-sharing startups Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar all recently launched carpooling services that aim to make rides cheaper for users by connecting them with other people who are traveling on the same route and don't mind sha...

a NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- When donating to a nonprofit, you like to think that most of your money is going towards its stated goal, and that the nonprofit spends most of its money towards making the world a better place....

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The words "nonprofit" or "charity"atypically have a positive ring to it. When donating to aanonprofit, we tend to think we're giving moneyato those in need andaonlyafor those in need. Just because...

UCF has shown a dedication to preparing its college athletes for their futures in the world of business, and has now announced the creation of a $6.5 million Student-Athlete Center to help them with their careers after c...

Jensen Ackles of "Supernatural" and his actress wife, Danneel Harris, put their gated home in Malibu up for sale at $6.995 million and in four days they had a buyer.

Netflix is tapping into six new markets Monday hoping to gain a big subscriber base around Europe, but is facing a frosty welcome in France. Well-established French competitors are trying to head off a Netflix wave, the ...

Netflix is tapping into six new markets Monday hoping to gain a big subscriber base around Europe, but is facing a frosty welcome in France. Well-established French competitors are trying…

For years and years we've been telling entrepreneurs, "Make sure to spend time planning your business, not just filling orders and sending out invoices." The mantra for entrepreneurs has always been "Spend as much time w...

(Reuters) - Stock index provider MSCI Inc is considering changing its rules to allow shares of Alibaba Group Holding [IPO-BABA.N] and other companies that list their shares in faraway markets to be included in its widely...

(Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is exploring the sale of its web-based photo sharing service Snapfish, and has held discussions with multiple private equity and industry buyers, a person with knowledge of the situation sa...

SEC lawyers and accountants are primarily on the prowl for accounting inconsistencies and breaches of securities regulations in filings, but they also chase down typos, sentence fragments, jargon, puffery and sloppy punc...

Guest Post: Here's what matters most to people when considering a job.

As back-to-school sales blur into Christmas layaway promotions, consumers are spending again -- but some economists warn that the splurging may be fleeting.