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Professional street trials bike rider Danny MacAskill just released a video of his exploits on a mountain bike in Scotland, and it's nothing short of incredible. The new film, called "The Ridge," shows MacAskill returnin...

There comes a time in every gentleman's life when he starts to value time -- he values it so much, in fact, that he wants to wear it as a gorgeous piece on his wrist. At this point, it is time to start a watch collection...

After years of a slow-going turnaround, HP CEO Meg Whitman is clearly ready to do something big. On Monday, she's expected to announce that she's spinning off HP's largest business unit, its $55.9 billion PC and printer ...

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Richard Eisenberg When it comes to investing, you're doing it wrong. That's the frank message in The 5 Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them, the new book by noted financial advi...

"Saturday Night Live" host Sarah Silverman impersonated her late, good friend Joan Rivers in a sketch about the comedian roasting other celebrities in heaven. Steve Jobs, Richard Pryor, Lucille Ball, Freddy Mercury, a...

Lower diesel prices will cut transport costs and increase consumption, giving a boost to the economy

White people of the United States, get ready. Because your reign is coming to an end. The satirical Saturday Night Live segment aired Oct. 2nd with guest host Sarah Silverman, and prompts white people from all white walk...

The case for reparations: a narrative bibliography

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has announced new plans to invest an undisclosed sum in the development of a major coal mine in Tanzania, even as he continues to expand his business interests across the continent.

As Advertising Week wound down on Friday, a dark cloud lingered on the horizon that could cut Madison Avenue off at the knees. It's a controversial congressional tax proposal released...

The breakup would create one company that sells HP's computers and printers and a second that focuses on technology services.

Beer aficionados gather to enjoy prized brews at annual Denver event.          

In late 2011, Brad Weisberg's first startup, BodyShopBids, was just a few weeks away from running out of cash. At that point, Weisberg had made up his mind to drastically cut costs. "We're pretty much out of money," Weis...

Most Android phones are already pretty easy to use, but there are some easy steps you can take to make them even more enjoyable and efficient.  Since Android is an open platform, there's plenty of room for customization...

Friday night lights seem downright quaint amid the blitz of next-gen, gridiron gadgets - from $700,000 scoreboards to to drones.

Russian hackers are the likely culprits in a mega-heist of computer data from banking giant JPMorgan Chase and nine other financial institutions, it was reported Saturday. The brazen data theft...

After connecting more than a billion people, Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with first Internet.org to help the world’s poor get connected. Mr. Zuckerberg will be the keynote speaker in the ...

As I've mentioned previously, the U.S. Supreme Court -- well, a previous version, not this group of nine -- made it very clear that school-led or sanctioned prayers at public high school sporting events are verboten. Num...

The Islamic State group is reportedly in shooting distance from the Baghdad International Airport, according to a report by Mitchell Prothero of McClatchy. Militants from the Sunni extremist group are now moving freely ...

A bottleneck is building in the global market for bonds.          

Guest Post: Last year global private fintech companies raised nearly $3 billion, that's more than triple the $930M invested into fintech companies in 2008.

It has to suck to make your living as an artist.