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By Dorie Clark and Daniel Vahab

Innovative research, commercialization and tech-entrepreneurship are cornerstones of the 21st century, U.S. economy. Yet, a large portion of Americans are disconnected from these economic building blocks. NorTech Preside...

Before you sell your company, settle a lawsuit, or experience a big cash event, you might be planning how much you'll collect. A sale or a move may also be triggered by illness, death, job or family needs. Whatever the ...

Vince Gilligan, the creative genius behind Breaking Bad, admits that?in the early going, at least?he saw something of himself in the hit TV series' restless, introspective main character with the nasty cough, Walter Whit...

By Julie-Ann Tathem

After 35 years since its founding, The Container Store (TCS) finally came public today. And it was worth the wait.  The stock is up a whopping 102%.

Everyone likes to believe in tax reform ? if only because everyone likes to hate on the existing tax system. But tax reform is hopeless in our current political environment, and it?s time to throw in the towel. At least ...

The maximum amount an individual can save in a 401(k) for 2013 is $17,500 a year, or $23,000 if you're 50 or older. If that's attainable, go for it. If it sounds like a long shot, consider these smaller moves that can he...

A jury will soon decide a long-running whistleblower suit that is long on allegations, short on physical evidence.

Prologue: The old company website message -- Buy Now and Save! -- was working well enough, but Acme Corp.?s Web Marketing Manager, Stella Stanley, thought the company could do better ...

Do you know how much you can sock away in a 401(k) for 2014?

I?ve always thought there ought to be a way to soak up new ideas in business, technology and culture without having to spend three or four days holed up at a conference resort somewhere far from home and work. While that...

In the past couple of weeks I've had some in-depth conversations from executives from both VMware and Microsoft. Both companies are in the process of transforming themselves into cloud powerhouses - in the case of VMware...

The biospherian and Women 2.0 conference keynote speaker talks about the amazing, near-term future of human spaceflight.

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With the federal estate tax exemption now $5.25 million, state death taxes take center stage.

Check out the one-person 401(k) and other retirement savings options before Dec. 31.

Her name may not have household recognition like other billionaires who regularly make appearances in newspaper and magazine headlines, but Abigail Johnson is a major power player in the financial world.

Want to own a bar? Renowned expert Jon Taffer offers up his dos and don'ts.

Last week I wrote about attending conferences and trade shows. They can offer valuable tools and platforms, and many of the best events I?ve attended were organized by trade and professional associations. That brings me ...

500 Startups opens its newest batch with a video.

You can do a lot more to affect your tax liability for the year in November and December than you can in April of the following year.  Often you will have enough information to do a pretty good mock-up of your return, w...