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Srikumar Rao, author of Happiness at Work, explains how entrepreneurs tend to handle insecurities by covering them up with accomplishments--and it doesn't work.

Software is changing the old-fashioned sales process at warp speed – and nowhere is this more noticeable than in our field, enterprise software and SaaS.

Of all the gripes students have about college, the biggest usually has to do with the food. But not every college fails where food is concerned; in fact, some colleges offer food so good that it's just like mom used to m...

An entrepreneur boldly shares the story of her crisis of confidence and how she made it through.

It helps to have a boss who's a billionaire. The CEO of Chinese conglomerate Tiens Group booked an all-expenses paid trip for 6,400 of his best salespeople.

Morgan Stanley has agreed to sell the Global Oil Merchanting unit of its commodities division to Castleton Commodities International.

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It's smaller than a credit card yet powerful enough to act like a super cheap PC. How cheap? It costs less than $10.

Nasdaq OMX Group is testing a new use of the technology that underpins the digital currency bitcoin, in a bid to transform the trading of shares in private companies.

Foreign ownership of top U.K. companies could face tougher hurdles now that Britain's Conservative Party last week won an outright majority after five years in a coalition government.

A 14-year-old girl from Honduras has amassed 140,000 Facebook fans thanks to a video series that started as a dare. Paola Mejía posted her first video out of boredom over Easter weekend in mid-April, according to Fox Ne...

Today Apple announced a series of initiatives to embrace renewable energy and “green” practices in China. The announcement mentions a few programs, including a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, a plan to “s...

The International Monetary Fund is working with national authorities in southeastern Europe on contingency plans for a Greek default, a senior fund official said.

Marc Andreessen is the cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley's most prolific venture capital firms. One of the biggest investments Marc Andreessen has ever made may very well be Facebook. According to a...

Fox is adapting the modern Steven Spielberg classic Minority Report into a series, and the first glimpse at their efforts has arrived in the form of the shows first trailer.

"A LEGO® BRICKUMENTARY," by Oscar-winning Director Daniel Junge and Oscar Nominated Director Kief Davidson, delves into the cultural impact of the Lego brick and the innovative uses of the toy that have sprung up all ov...

Yale University announced a $150 million gift from Blackstone Group LP co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Stephen A. Schwarzman to establish a new center for cultural programming and student life.

U.S. stocks closed lower Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dropping 100 points in afternoon trading, as investors tried to shake off fears of Greece's ongoing debt crisis. Monday's losses were tied to...

Communications pros looking to promote their businesses, colleges or firms can utilize many strategies.  Public relations is the most powerful and cost effective because your ideas, firm, message or executive has been v...

Despite a weak Q4 2014, AMD's 2014 revenue grew (by 4% annually) for the first time since 2011, and the company delivered its first full year of non-GAAP profitability in three years. However, weaker-than-expected PC sal...