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The other day, during my personal training session, as I progressed through repetitions of the designated exercise, the trainer kept saying, "Good!" "Good job!"  "Great work, Ken."   And while I didn't think I was doi...

Video Forget the debate around the security or insecurity of the iPhone 5s's fingerprint reader. The latest version of the iPhone's operating system currently offers a huge, gaping hole in its old-fashioned passcode lock...

There's no reason to pay more tax than is legally required, but there's also no reason to make yourself a target for an Internal Revenue Service audit or to get your return flagged by the IRS' computers, which match bill...

In just a few months, Summit Europe -- the first European conference hosted by Singularity University -- will take place in Budapest, Hungary on November 15-16, 2013. This special two-day program will play host to a th...

California becomes the first state to legalize ride sharing services like Lyft, UberX and Sidecar.

Ten high-grade corporate issuers crowded into the primary market this morning following yesterday's surprise FOMC decision to maintain current levels of quantitative easing. The rush represents the highest single-day num...

How lack of clarity can kill your company--and what to do about it.

Much like the field of high technology, philanthropy has now become a frontier and incubator of creativity and innovation. Some of the world's greatest entrepreneurs, academics and artists have devoted themselves to crea...

When everyone is leaning or saying one thing (taper), the market tends to do the opposite.  Wednesday's vertical move in the indexes was a perfect example of that.

Gartner analyst says games are the outliers in a gradually-maturing app market, whose overall sales will grow to $26 billion this year.

Neeson was in desperate need of career reinvention when 'Taken' hit theaters. Jackson doesn't need 'Prisoners' to give him that kind of a boost.

IRS touches almost every household in the U.S. through the annual filing season process as well as the millions of letters and notices they generate to those who try to comply with the laws. Many of those notices are gen...

As the government was trumpeting its latest criminal case charging offshore tax evasion---this one against billionaire Beanie Baby creator Ty Warner--the IRS was quietly faxing letters to some others with offshore accoun...

Running a business is tough. And too often, business owners get so involved in day-to-day activities that they forget about critical, longer-term tasks they must do. Below are 16 such tasks and reminders. Figure out whic...

Transform a staccato yard into a smooth and relaxing delight by mastering the art of garden transitions.

In early September, Lebanon's entertainment scene was hit with a few cancellations and relocations of high profile events - Baalbek's International Festival was moved to Beirut, with most high-profile acts cancelling; th...

As rapidly as times change and business evolves, one topic clearly hasn't kept pace - board diversity. With all the news about the economy, the impact of the affordable health care act, and other media favorites, few thi...

Pier 1 earnings reveal a decrease in net profit, but online sales are a bright spot

Tesla appears to be shifting its efforts to build an autonomous auto into second gear.

This chart is a bulllish percent chart of the banking sector. It is telling us that 85% of all bank stocks are in bullish point and figure chart trends. This very high level means that investors are all-in on banks and a...

I've been searching for the right backup solution since 1999, when I had a catastrophic event with my home computer and lost everything. In those days I used floppy disks to back up files. Then I moved on to Zip drives, ...

When I entered the D.C. workforce ten years ago, very few Capitol Hill offices, law firms or lobbying shops allowed employees to wear jeans to work.  A decade later, denim-clad professionals traverse the halls of the go...