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Quantitative Easing is a dangerous experiment that will end badly

Just when many of the guests were feeling tipsy and looking for a cue to exit, the U.S. Federal Reserve this week brought out another QE punchbowl and asked the monetary band to keep playing. So Asia and the rest of the ...

The results suggest that we need to look away from current environmental candidates in autism and go back at least two generations.

If you reside in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province in China and consider yourself rich or famous, better be especially careful with giving birth to a second or third child--it may make you significantly poorer.

This is one data point from the Stamford, CT Apple Store iPhone 5S line.....At this one location, supplies for the iPhone 5S were limited, and some models were not available.  Lines were shorter than they had been in pr...

Yesterday's settlement between various government agencies and JPMorgan Chase marked a victory on two fronts for a group of financial regulators that have been the target of continuous criticism since the onset of the 20...

@giorodriguez  Looking for something to do on National Hispanic Heritage Month?  Go out a fund an Hispanic startup

Are you a victim of workplace bullying? Here's what to do.

John Wood is truly an inspiring leader; he gave up a fast track career at Microsoft to found NGO Room to Read. I had the pleasure of interviewing him recently. Two things jumped out at me in our conversation: How busines...

Over the last decade, the U.S. has seen unprecedented growth in the private sector as compared to large companies. The number of smaller companies grew 79 percent from 2000 to 2010. The number of larger companies decreas...

In a recent in-depth interview with Kathy Calvin of the United Nations Foundation, Elaine Weidman-Grunewald of Ericsson, Kate James of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Pete Cashmore of Mashable, Henry Timms of�...

Over the 25 years Dell was public, it made Michael Dell a very rich man on the Forbes 400 and a billionaire to boot. But shareholders never fared so well. Since the stock peaked in the tech bubble over 60 in 2000, it fel...

A 2010 study from the Kauffman Foundation demonstrated that all net new jobs in the US have been created by new firms less than a year old.

eBay expects earnings growth of 15% to 18% over the next three years (including 2013) with revenues expected to jump by almost 70% during the same period. The current trends indicate that this may be achievable. PayPal i...

The company has done well in terms of understanding the needs of the market. Moreover, the company recently launched DirecTV Play in Latin America, which is an online content portal with a collection of movies, series, s...

?The biggest public failure that I had was being fired from ABC. And it was the only job that I've had that I didn't feel like I finished, that what I set out to do wasn't done,? describes Susan Lyne, AOL?s newest Brand ...

If we?re lucky, the federal government will shut down two weeks from today. It won?t be pretty, and it will be expensive. (As the Congressional Research Service recently pointed out, flicking the lights on and off isn't ...

we estimate the mogul's net worth at $840 million.

You can wear Carrie Bradshaw's tutu from Sex and the City. Really. Whether you are an investment banker, an analyst, an attorney or a consultant, if you work at a media company or at the Department of Defense (well, mayb...

Do nice guys and nice girls finish last? Research suggests that, while they might fall behind in the short term, they tend to win out over life's long haul.

The U.S. leveraged loan market continues its post-Labor Day romp, recording more than $17 billion in new issuance this week, following up on an impressive $22.1 billion last week, according to S&P Capital IQ/LCD. The rec...

(Kitco News) - Whipsaw action in gold this week is leaving participants in the Kitco News Gold Survey split in their views on where gold prices might go next week, with a nominal number expecting higher prices.