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Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

John Hass has worked at Goldman Sachs, a small startup and now as CEO of Rosetta Stone, the Arlington, Virginia-based company best known for teaching foreign languages. Five years ago, …

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Smithsonian museums are closed. There are no federal staffers to answer tourists’ questions at the Lincoln Memorial....

Instructure, a provider of open source LMS (learning management software), grew out of two grad students' frustrations with having to study software usability while using, ironically, very user-unfriendly software. Today...

Matrix Industries has unveiled the second generation of its body-heat-powered smartwatch that you don't have to charge.

The French government has told Renault to provide more details on compensation paid to senior executives via a Dutch holding company jointly owned with alliance partner Nissan, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sun...

Dear John: I'm writing to you about the deterioration of the lions at the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. In November 2017, I was sitting below Fortitude, the lion on the right as you face the...

The National Transportation Safety Board investigation into gas explosions that rocked Massachusetts in September is on hold because of the federal government shutdown. Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey says the …

What is the FAVR car allowance? You'll want to take a look at the answer if you or your employees use your own vehicles for business.

Alabama lawmakers could debate a possible gasoline tax increase to fund road and bridge construction when they return to Montgomery in March. While the specifics of the proposal are still …

Nearly two dozen employers will be appearing at a job in fair in Maine, where unemployment has been low for many months. The Maine Department of Labor says Lewiston CareerCenter …

Russia's space agency is complaining that the invitation for its head to visit the U.S. has been cancelled without informing the organization. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told The Washington Post …

Only months before the opening of its $1-billion Star Wars expansion, the Disneyland Resort announced price increases of up to 25% for daily tickets, annual passes and parking. The increases, which take effect Monday, co...

Israel's Shin Bet security service says five Jewish minors have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the killing of a Palestinian woman. The agency partially lifted the gag order …

One Detroit-area community is digging deep in its pockets to battle rats. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts says the city is spending $125,000 on bait traps along the fence lines of …

How BALANCE have managed to build credibility through community in an industry riddled with trust issues.

December was bad for stocks, but it's over. Stocks always bounce after extreme nasty stretches. And they do so in a near perfect V-shaped pattern.        

Many of India's startups have begun venturing abroad to try their luck in a variety of markets across the world.

Dear Liz: I am 25 and work two part-time jobs, neither of which offers health insurance. Once I'm 26, I will no longer be able to remain on my parents' policy. Do I need a full-time job to receive health benefits, or do ...

Such chemicals hit farmers' bottom line by limiting their ability to sell crops.

If Walmart, Lowe's and other companies win their property tax appeals, homeowners and small businesses will have to pay more or live with smaller town budgets.

The southeast Wisconsin utility We Energies is proposing a pilot project it says would expand solar and help governments and nonprofits, with the utility essentially renting roofs to build solar …