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If you really want to hurt your business, ignore what your customers want. Let me give you a few examples of this stupid business trick in action. If you're a seafood fan like me, chances are you've eaten at Red Lobster....

San Francisco is filled with coffee lovers and shops that are dedicated to offering the best roasts around.  The folks at Yelp helped us create a list of the best places to satisfy your caffeine craving in the Bay Ar...

Brevan Howard, one of the largest hedge funds in the world, has hired a top executive from competitor Fortress Investment Group to lead its risk business, The Post has learned....

Retirement savers will be able to sock away $18,000 in 401(k)s next year, with those 50 and over able to save $24,000, but statistics suggest that few will 'max out.'

In 2011, Josh Miller left Princeton during his senior year to co-found a group blogging startup, Branch. Branch went on to raised $2 million from a bunch of notable investors and was advised by Twitter co-founders Evan W...

1. Publicis Groupe chief Maurice Lévy just admitted the company's disappointing financial results this year are his fault for concentrating too hard on the failed Omnicom merger. In a very frank earnings call Lévy also...

It is safe to say that job stress is an epidemic, and that both employers and employees need to gain a better understanding of exactly where their stress is coming from and how it affects their health in order to identif...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is hell-bent about doing business on the cloud, believes that the only true competition to contend with are Google and Amazon.

Illumio is a computer security startup with a product so radical, it raised $42.5 million before it even came out of stealth mode, and from a who's who of investors. Its backers include Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, Y...

Benefits to rise by about $20 in January.

(Editor's note: This story was originally published on Real Moneyaon Oct. 22, 10:23 a.m.) The bears tend to forget that upside momentum doesn't die easily. While it may seem logical that the market needs a rest after hav...

Policymakers are scrutinizing high prices for specialty drugs like never before. Gilead’s Sovaldi at $84,000 for a treatment course is in part to blame -- or credit -- for this, but so are Vertex’ Kalydeco, Merck’s...

The IG Markets strategist says reforms introduced by the government should perk up investor interest that had recently begun to flag

Good morning! Here's what you need to know for Thursday.  1. Much of downtown Ottawa was on lockdown on Wednesday after a gunman, identified as Canadian Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, shot and killed a soldier at the National...

Just when you thought you had heard every excuse under the sun, here are the top excuses as reported by CareerBuilders.com.

Think your job is tough? Try convincing a Soviet agent to spy for the U.S. For that, you need a large dose of grit. Here's how to get it.

In a modern-day stampede, billionaire execs are buying ranches for the cattle operations, game-hunting--and to entertain clients and guests.

Think it would be hard to lose $20 million in a year? This article will show you just how easy it is and may challenge your assumptions about athletes and sudden wealth...

Customers in North America clamored for General Motors' trucks and SUVs in recent months, and this strong demand proved to be a boon to the automaker's bottom line: the company reported stronger-than-expected third quart...

UniTek Global Services Inc. has reached a deal with its lenders led by private equity firms Littlejohn & Co. LLC and New Mountain Capital LLC to swap roughly 40% of its debt for equity, a source familiar with the situati...

Etsy is jumping on the card reader bandwagon, the company is announcing today. “We've worked hard at Etsy to develop a leading online marketplace for buying and selling unique goods. However, 90% of all retail purchase...

First-time 401(k) plan enrollees are soaring as young workers enter the labor force. This is a positive development. But it won't solve our savings crisis by itself.