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The words "leader" and "manager" are often used interchangeably, but they mean two completely different things.  For instance, a manager tells their employees what to do, while a leader encourages them. A manager accep...

If you want to win over customers, stop selling and start seducing them instead.   This was the underlying message of a talk I heard recently by behavioral economics professor and bestselling author Dan Ariely.  Ariel...

Jody Steel's body is her canvas, and her unusual work has resulted in a massive social media following. Her most recent piece, "Body Image," is meant to highlight the body-shaming issues people face. Story and editing by...

Reuters Fitch Ratings has released a warning on a threat building inside the $34 trillion Chinese banking system. Wealth management products (WMPs) have exploded in popularity over the past few years.  We've heard about...

Sarah Robb O'Hagan Imagine being in your twenties and losing two jobs, back-to-back. Now imagine being a foreigner, being laid off, and in danger of being deported. That's exactly what happened to Sarah Robb O'Hagan, a 4...

White House Photo Physician Dr. Ronny L. Jackson said President Barack Obama is in "excellent" health in a two-page report published Tuesday. "All clinical data indicates that the president is currently very healthy and...

Whether or not you can buy Donald Trump's steaks, and whether or not he wins the Republican presidential nomination, one thing is for sure: Trump the Brand is alive and well. …

The Galaxy S7 cannot be repaired easily according to these experts....

Attivio, a Newton, Massachusetts-based startup that promises to “accelerate data discovery,” announced today that it closed a $31 million financing round. The investment, the startup said, will help the company to me...

Americans are increasingly charging purchases to credit cards — and letting their balances grow to dangerously high levels, according to a new report by CardHub.com. The average household with credit card debt now carr...

As someone that grew up on Doctor Who, I was elated when the series finally came back in 2009. Not only was the Doctor among us again but also the success of the series has since gone on to become a worldwide phenomenon....

Virtual reality is not going to have quite as big of a 2016 as one research firm was originally predicting. SuperData is trimming its prediction for virtual reality sales in 2016 by 30 percent. In January, the analysts a...

4 lessons you can learn about sales based on a women's perspective into online dating

The prognosis is poor for the 35-year-old orca, Tilikum, who has been involved in the deaths of three people, drawing criticism of the whale shows.

General Dynamics is challenging the way the Marine Corps selected who would develop its future amphibious combat vehicles, and in the process casting doubt on the fairness of the Pentagon's prized "best value" acquisitio...

Fosun ends acquisitions of BHF and Phoenix Holdings and sells its existing stake in the former.

Square has had a bumpy ride since going public amid questions about Jack Dorsey's leadership, but today was a good day. In its first earnings report since going public in November, Jack Dorsey's other company squarely be...

Getty According to TheWrap, Sony will be ending its contract with producer Dr. Luke — real name Lukasz Gottwald — a year before it's up for renewal. The company has been facing backlash during the duration of the leg...

Flickr/Jennifer Dr. Mark Hyman, the director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine, thinks we never should have told people to stop eating fat. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Hyman t...

Dos Equis' "Most Interesting Man in the World" is no longer of this world. The character played by 77-year-old Jonathan Goldsmith has taken a one-way journey to Mars in the actor's final star-turn for the brand, which Do...

That Trump and Clinton are upset with Japan's currency practices is really just headline fodder, but the Chinese have legitimate reasons to be upset.

In late 2013, when Rev. Frank J. Caggiano became the Fifth Bishop of Bridgeport, CT, he took over a diocese with 82 parishes, 38 schools and 410,000 Catholics, who make up 45% of the population. He also inherited almost ...