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There are currently five "Game of Thrones" books with a few more in the works. However, author George R.R. Martin's original plan was for the series to be a trilogy.  Redditor TheNextRobin noticed a tweet from UK bookse...

Starting your own business gives you more of what you want from your life.

More than 40 US states run "super-maximum security" prisons for particularly violent or ill-behaved convicts. But the federal government runs only one "Supermax:" the notorious US Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Fac...

I woke up early Friday morning to place my pre-order for the Apple Watch. The 38mm space gray sport with a black band would arrive between May 13 and 27. A little over 12 hours after placing that pre-order, I cancelled i...

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Uber actually has a policy for when babies are born in the back of its vehicles. Customers whose newborns see their first glimmer of light in the back of an Uber are gifted an "Uber Rider Onesie," while drivers are given...

The war of words between three state-owned Persian Gulf airlines and three major U.S. carriers has turned into a war of numbers.

Buckle up for another Mercedes battle in the Formula One world championship -- Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are at it again.

In a move not all that unsurprising, Goku has leveled up to a new form in the upcoming Dragon Ball movie Resurrection of “F”.

A common perception surrounding aspiring tech entrepreneurs is that it takes a well-practiced pitch and substantial seed funding to get an idea off the ground.

Alana Feld, executive VP at Ringling Bros. parent company Feld Entertainment, talks about the decision to retire elephants by 2018.          

Ex-Treasury chief says political dysfunction biggest threat to U.S. economic pre-eminence.          

Margrethe Vestager, Europe's antitrust regulator, is expected to change course with her predecessor and file charges that could hasten a settlement.

Every minority group aspires to social equality, and the gender diverse (a.k.a. transgender) community is no different. Gender diverse persons want the same rights and opportunities as every other citizen: Not special ri...

Hillary Clinton's likely opponents began piling on immediately after she announced the launch of her 2016 presidential campaign on Sunday afternoon.  Several of Clinton's top rivals quickly fired off statements respondi...

Recently, Google and Twitter announced a new partnership that willgive Google access to tweets posted on the social media platform, giving them the ability to embed those tweets directly into relevant search results. For...

Dedicated to the notion that knowledge often comes when you're studying something else, I offer up the following pre-enterpreneur (incidentally also the pre Columbia University Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology course) r...

A mildly disappointing final round for Tiger Woods at the Masters turned worrisome when he clipped what appeared to be a tree root on a shot and tweaked his wrist. On the 9th hole he hit his drive into the right pine str...

Finance ministers and central bankers from 188 countries are expected to attend.          

Finance ministers and central bankers from 188 countries are expected to attend.          

Bank of America Corp. along with the rest of the financial sector is expected to do a fair share of heavy lifting this earnings season as quarterly reports ramp up this week.

British singer Lily Allen has hit out at Jay Z's relaunched music streaming service Tidal, claiming that its exclusive content will force fans to music piracy. Music Business Worldwide reports that the musician posted a ...