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Dear John: Here's an update on the YMCA policy of forcing personal trainers to raise money or get their appraisals downgraded. I work at the McBurney Y on West 14th Street, and we had a meeting this morning just for the ...

GUEST: One of my frustrations in working with marketing professionals is how often they say "tactical" like it's a dirty word. I understand where it's coming from. It's not easy to make your way to the C-suite much less ...

GUEST: Talk about new technology making a splash. This eye-opening idea - replacing live SeaWorld shows with virtual ones - was one of hundreds offered via a crowd-sourced brainstorm session my company recently commissio...

One of the biggest challenges of starting a new business is ensuring its financial viability as you work towards making it profitable. If your personal finances are a mess, your business won't fare much better.

Who leads in advanced technology depends on what you mean by advanced technology. The Japanese definition is a much more fundamental and meaningful than the definition typically used in the American press.

Business Insider recently released its list of the 50 most powerful people in the world, and almost half hail from the United States. Between political leaders, billionaires, CEOs, and entertainers, the world's top supe...

How to expand a restaurant business and retain your brand intergrity

The gig: Bernadette Del Chiaro, 43, is executive director of the California Solar Energy Industries Assn., the industry group pushing expansion of solar power in California on rooftops and with power plants in the desert...

E-commerce is on the never-ending rise and online consumer reviews are following suit. The two go hand-in-hand. And as much as these reviews are a convenient and a helpful forum for conducting research before making a pu...

New York is leading the nation -- in the number of local food pantries and soup kitchens, that is. With one in six working New Yorkers now showing up on the doorsteps of food charities, a new study ranks the Empire State...

This has been a huge year for Apple, the most valuable company in the world, with the launch of three major products: The Apple Watch, Apple Music, and the massive iPad Pro tablet.  Despite the hype, all three of those ...

If you've ever listened to StarTalk radio, then you'll know that its host, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, has a great sense of humor. But deGrasse Tyson also has a serious side, which he reveals time and again...

GUEST: In five years, we will no longer talk about crowdfunding versus traditional funding — it will all just be "funding.” Crowdfunding will be treated as a regular part of the private capital markets because it wil...

Twenty-five years ago, Ken Griffin launched his hedge fund in his Harvard dorm room. Griffin now has a net worth of $7 billion, and Citadel, the hedge fund giant he started, employs 1,600 people and has $26 billion in as...

New York’s startup scene has grown over the past few years, but it’s still a much different experience building a company in NYC than in the San Francisco Bay Area. Movable Ink CEO Vivek Sharma describes it like thi...

The expansion of China’s online retail sector, which grew to RMB 12.3 trillion ($1.9 trillion) in 2014, has led many observers to predict dire consequences for bricks-and-mortar commerce in the country.

In a recent biography of Elon Musk, Bloomberg technology writer Ashlee Vance documents how the entrepreneur transformed the electric car industry, launched rockets into space, developed solar technology and devised plans...

After getting up close and personal with the finances of hundreds of different business owners—all with definite money habits and philosophies—I can safely say that there are 5 different money personalities. These mo...

Many of America's most successful food truck owners are now building restaurant empires. How did they do it?

The single payment helped the Public Debt Reduction Fund set a monthly record in September.          

How do you approach your CEO about your company's culture problem without damaging the organization? How do you engage your most senior leaders in a story that is leading down the wrong path?

What do Evel Knievel and Pope Paul VI have in common -- besides their heavenly status? They once owned the same pieces of jewelry -- a diamond ring and a 7-inch diamond cross necklace -- that are being sold for $1.9 mill...