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Implus, a Durham, NC based footwear and outdoor accessories business has grown quickly after acquiring three companies in recent months and having been acquired itself by a Boston private equity firm last year. The compa...

A Los Angeles hospital has paid an anonymous hacker $17,000 to free itself from a cyberattack that had crippled its computer system. The payment, made in bitcoin, an untraceable cryptocurrency, resulted in the hacker han...

Flooding the Earth With Fossil Fuels Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Here’s the story so far. We have the chief legal representatives of the eighth and 16th largest economies on Earth (California and New York) probin...

Heads up, investors, here comes another monkey wrench. By now, just about everyone agrees that the economy is in trouble. The financial markets have already reacted to the thought that we might be headed into another rec...

Pope Francis was very blunt when talking to the media about Donald Trump's faith. Produced by Jacqui Frank Follow BI Video: On Twitter

Shutterstock/Dancestrokes America is home to some of the world's most unique sites.  From massive underground caves to rainbow-clad natural formations, the country is teeming with breathtaking spots that leave traveler...

(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said on Thursday it plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, a provider of healthcare data and analytics, for $2.6 billion, marking its fourth major health data-related d...

Chinese consumer price inflation (CPI) accelerated sharply in January, providing tentative evidence that disinflationary forces may be ebbing for the moment. According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, CPI rose...

Digital Journal As announced yesterday, Indian smartphone company Ringing Bells today launched the Freedom 251 for just $5. However, demonstrators sent out to the media look nothing like the phone on the firm's website, ...

Pope Francis tells reporters that Donald Trump's stance on immigration is "not Christian" in comments that immediately provoke a furor.

Warner Bros. There have been many stories about the strange gifts Jared Leto sent to his “Suicide Squad” castmates, but Viola Davis’ recollection she gave to Vanity Fair may top them all.  The Emmy winner, who wil...

Brene Brown's powerful and inspiring advice on how to lead a better life just might make you happier and more successful.

Current and former Amazon.com employees have voiced complaints about the company's workplace environment.

Flickr/mr_t_in_dc The Federal Communications Commission voted today to unlock the cable box market. The details will be worked out in the coming months. But basically this means you'll no longer have to rent a box dire...

CED released annual investment data Thursday Leader of nonprofit calls 2015 a banner year 'by every single measure' 43 percent of funding came from sources other than venture capital …

A clash Thursday between Japan's central-bank chief and lawmakers highlighted the downside of negative interest rates: They are making the Japanese public feel negative.

The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015, which was signed into law on December 18, 2015, affected several Tax Court procedural matters. A recent IRS Chief Counsel Notice addresses some of those changes...

Recently I took the time to finally reply to a long stash of emails I had filed away for a rainy day. The reality is, however, that rainy day will never come because it costs me too much to check out of my business - no ...

Indonesia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate Thursday for the second time this year to help economic growth. …

The second largest mobile ad platform in India behind Google isn't Facebook: It's precocious startup Jana, which has a plan to offer free Internet across the developing world. Now it's raised $57 million from Verizon Ven...

Wal-Mart's stock was tumbling on Thursday after the retail giant trimmed its full-year revenue forecast.

Markets in Asia rose Thursday as worries about the global financial system and the U.S.'s ability to withstand turmoil overseas abated somewhat.