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The clothes you wear have a profound impact on how people perceive you. Studies suggest that formal dress makes teaching assistants look more capable, wearing thick glasses makes people look smarter, and well-dressed ...

Nearly 4,000 black men were lynched in the South prior to the civil rights movement, hundreds more than was previously thought, according to a new report released today by the Equal Justice Initiative on lynching in Ame...

A South Florida lawyer, Warren Redlich, has come up with a way for drivers to handle police at drunk-driving checkpoints. He posted a video about it that has gotten over 2 million internet views.  Watch the video here. ...

Heightened use of robots likely to increase productivity.          

Oil prices will stay at $55 per barrel in 2015 before only gradually recovering to around $73 per barrel in 2020, a new report said.

The NBA All-Star Game is coming to New York City, and fans will have to pony up big just to get into Madison Square Garden on Sunday. The league’s best will take to the court in the annual East-West bout, where the get...

Apple Watch reminds users to stand up once in a while

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue hit newsstands on Monday and while 250 models were submitted for consideration, just 23 girls made it inside the annual issue's pages. Even though the swimsuit edition only comes...

The nation's top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.The group's finding that ...

These classically "unbeautiful" pups will teach you a thing or two about wisdom. Golden Retrievers, Siberian Huskies, and Afghan Hounds: these are indisputably beautiful dogs. But the somewhat alien Mexican Xoloitzcuintl...

Hackers are wreaking havoc on big organizations, but they're also spurring a new market -- cyberattack liability insurance.

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The firm sold notes in 6 parts, including $2.25 billion of 40-year obligations with a 4% coupon

Analysts from Canaccord Genuity have released a report which reveals that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) raked in 93% of the smartphone profits in the industry in the fourth quarter of fiscal '14.

Are your customers ready to jump ship or to become ambassadors of your brand? Here's the three stage process for turning customers into brand ambassadors.

Gold prices recovered by `90 to `27,880 per ten gram at the bullion market

BMI and Pandora are squaring off in a federal court here over a bitterly fought case that has become the latest symbol of the digital disruption upending the music business.

Guest:In the United States, the FICO score has become the standard measure of consumer credit risk. Yet FICO's methodology is incredibly simplistic, and often illogical. The story is completely different in Latin Americ...

The Federal Reserve will begin tightening monetary policy, which means higher interest rates are coming. Most economists expect that first rate hike to come mid-2015. This has investors rightfully worried because higher ...

Feature:Mobile executive? VB is hosting our 5th annual Mobile Summit on February 23-24 at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, CA. See if you qualify here. That Apple scored an $18 billion profit last quarter �...

Mobile executive? VB is hosting our 5th annual Mobile Summit on February 23-24 at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, CA. See if you qualify here. Samsung said in a company blog today that it has ended its cont...

Appster, an Australian based mobile app service company has established its presence in the world’s most competitive market, Silicon Valley. Founded by early twenty’s wunderkind duo Josiah Humphrey and Mark McDonald,...