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We've all attended a lot of trade shows. Some business owners know how to use these events to find new prospects and build relationships. Others just plain stink at it.

This is a guest post by Stephen Bronars, a Senior Economist at Welch Consulting, Adjunct Professor of Economics at Georgetown, Ph.D. in Economics from University of Chicago, opinions are his own.

Art experts should probably start heeding their own advice about how to spot art fraud.

Hewlett-Packard's CEO, Meg Whitman, scales back a key revenue forecast -- and investors wince

Earlier this month when Stephan Aarstol suggested that a federally funded venture capital program would revitalize entrepreneurs and the economy, I admit I was somewhat taken aback. I'm not sure I like the implications o...

Wireless networks, remote controlled flying drones, revolutionary educational cheap PCs and 25 hackers. This is the story of a weekend hackathon, but first let me tell you why you should care. Technology has become a sup...

Quran, Mohaqaq script, signé par Emâd al-Mahalati, XVth century. National Iran Museum, Tehran. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A recent IRS ruling (PLR 201332013) has denied exempt status to an unnamed group dedicated to tea...

By Joseph F. Keefe

With even Goldman Sachs turning cold on the core emerging markets basket of Brazil, India, Russia and China, investors are combing the world looking for a place to put their money to work. For this new generation of adve...

By Jennifer Gilhool

We have yet to see an indie movie really go mainstream this summer.

A recent study found as much as a $10,000 difference in operating expenses over a five-year ownership period depending solely on the state in which a motorist resides.

Are female and male entrepreneurs really different in how they launch and run their small businesses? Susan Sobbott, President of American Express OPEN shares her views.

The reason I have been delighted to practice "sports law" since 1975 is that there is not a thimbleful of law to it. There are collective bargaining agreements, player contracts, television rights fees contracts, endorse...

FedEx and UPS promise full refunds for late shipments, but most businesses don't take advantage. Here's one company that will automatically claim those refunds on your behalf.

Shopped on line recently? Don't be surprised if your state's sales tax is added to the total at check-out. Congress has yet to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act which would require Internet merchants to collect sales tax...

There's something about Fridays that generally makes most of the population happy. In a traditional 9-to-5 work week, Friday signals an end to a series of meetings and corporate slog and a welcome to the weekend. It's th...

Bradley Manning was just 22 when he leaked his trove of Pentagon and State Department secrets to WikiLeaks in 2010. By the time he's released from prison after serving his sentence for those leaks, he may be close to 56 ...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard Industrials ETF (AMEX: VIS) where we have detected an approximate $68.5 million d...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (AMEX: IWM) where we have detected an approximate $148.1 million ...

The Times has a good piece by Landon Thomas (along with a companion piece by Nathaniel Popper) on the impact of currency risk in countries outside of the United States for real estate investors who sign up for loans deno...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (AMEX: XLP) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $39.83 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative ...