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© Magnus Voll Mathiassen Heather Purdin had run out of options. Aged 33, she had been suffering from anorexia nervosa for more than two decades and her weight had plummeted to that of a small child, an all-time low for ...

GUEST: When it comes to dealing with patent trolls, we're seeing a big difference between how the tech giants (Apple, Google, etc.) handle the problem and how unicorns do. And it's the unicorns that are playing a worse h...

The new housing crisis isn't just about homes themselves, but about the land they stand on. At least that's according to Stuart Miller, CEO of Lennar Corp., the second-largest home builder in the US. In a quarterly confe...

Thomson Reuters After enduring budget cuts each of the last five years, the Internal Revenue Service is struggling to enforce tax laws and claw back money owed to Uncle Sam, according to the latest data from the agency. ...

One of the most pressing and mysterious questions for humans, the self-centered beings that we are, is what other people think about us. We expend a huge amount of time and mental energy wondering if our date finds us at...

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Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has come one step closer to realizing his long-held dream of bringing affordable, zero-pollution vehicles to the world's highways. After months of secrecy, he unveiled the prototype for hi...

Many pundits were caught off-guard by the transpartisan fury over America's trade policy rocking the presidential primary season. But it's no surprise to me. I grew up in a working class family in Kenosha, Wisconsin. So ...

This weekend for the first time on North American soil, Bugatti showed off its brand-new supercar Chiron. The private venue selected for press and staff was Christie’s auction house in New York.

Even in a capital accustomed to marathon sessions, the overnight legislating that led to the passage of a budget on Friday left lawmakers grumbling.

As rumors swirl of a potential PlayStation 4.5 and an Xbox 1.5, we can all but rule out the latter. Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, isn’t interested in offering an upgraded Xbox One. He wants a s...

(By Liana B. Baker and Greg Roumeliotis, Reuters) – Time Inc is considering partnering with a private equity firm on a bid for Yahoo Inc’s core Internet assets, according to people familiar with the matter, as the U....

The asset manager's profits depend on its own property valuations. Barron's checks some estimates.

The majority of people who preordered the Rift virtual reality headset are still waiting for it, and now Oculus VR is finally updating those people about the status of its shipping operation. You will no longer have to p...

SAKAI, Japan (Reuters, Makiko Yamazaki) – Foxconn and Sharp Corp on Saturday formally signed a long-awaited deal that would see the Taiwan firm take control of the Japanese display maker, as executives sought to dispel...

GUEST: As mobile entrepreneurs, we'd like to think our products make the world a better place. We generally believe that smartphones and mobile apps empower and connect us. Rarely though do we point the magnifying glass ...

There's one savings vehicle that few consider for college. Here's how to use it.

U.S. shares recovered, bond yields stayed low, gold rose, the dollar fell, and EMs surprisingly did better.

GUEST: Artificial intelligence* is developing much faster than we thought. Just last month, Google's DeepMind AI beat Lee Sedol, a legendary Go player, at his own game in a defining moment for the industry. What enabled ...

GUEST: What do Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and a gazillion other digital platforms have in common? They all treat usernames like a baby treats a diaper instead of the precious and lucrative resource they are. ...

Warner Bros. What Warner Bros. feared looks to be coming true. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" took in an estimated $15.35 million on Friday at the box office, that's an 81% drop from its record-breaking opening las...

My former boss, Jerry Ceppos, once said he worried that the San Jose Mercury News was covering the tech industry without enough scope or context, as if we would have covered the Italian Renaissance by measuring how many ...