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Jake Harriman told me he believes he can end extreme poverty around the world within the next 30 years. That got my attention.

Swaady Martin-Leke, an Ivorian entrepreneur, is tapping the growing market for luxury goods in Africa and abroad with her one-year-old company, YSWARA.

Santa Claus had no last-minute approvals in his sack, and we ended the year with 27 new drugs (Exhibit 1.). This is a significant drop from the 37 we had last year, and a disappointment to many who had hoped that last y...

For the last 75 years products (both durable goods and software) were built via Waterfall development. This process forced companies to release and launch products by model years, and market new and ?improved? versions...

Recording artist Alicia Keys is officially on her way out as global creative director for BlackBerry, the Canadian telecommunications and wireless company. Keys has been in place for only a year.

New Fame Game: Leveraging Status to Invest in Hot Deals

By Sarah Vermunt

When customers ask us for something, our first inclination is most likely to give it to them. Naturally, our goal is to deliver value to those who pay the bills. And the customer is always right, right?

You can do far more with what you?ve got than you realize. And innovation is easier than you can imagine.

As predictions go about what our future might look like, historically -- we have often been wrong. By now, some thought we'd have jet-packs. Others thought that humans would be able to fly. Or that we'd have apartments o...

A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise th...

Business was starting to go well for the tech start-up Rootal in 2011, until a car bomb went off just blocks from its Damascus headquarters. Now, more than two years after its founder ended up on the Syrian government's ...

I spent a lot of  time listening to podcasts in 2013, and chances are I'll listen even more this year.

In a Roth conversion, you take funds out of a traditional pre-tax individual retirement account, pay the federal, state and local income taxes owed and deposit the funds in a Roth IRA, where your savings grow tax free. I...

peerTransfer's Series B will help it guarantee that international college students can easily pay their tuition.

Rocketing prices, dwindling inventory, yearlong waiting lists, buyer lotteries--no, it's not the 2005 housing bubble. It's the current investment boom in retirement living.

Here's our list of 25 prime places to stay physically fit and engaged with the community.

It's Usually a Mistake to Represent Yourself Against the IRS, So Consider a Family Member or a Professional.

CIOs and CEOs, wake up: your employees hate the enterprise software you're foisting on them.

Eric Koester spent his early career helping startups before he cofounded Zaarly. But, that almost didn't happen.

Venture capital used to be a great place to put money. But in the last 15 years, it has been a lousy investment. 2013 was the strongest year since 2007 for VC and there are promising developments ahead for 2014.

Chicago made news lately after a city councilwoman proposed a $25 annual "cycling tax." The councilwoman, Pat Dowell, proposed the tax as a way of raising $10 million - assuming 400,000 cyclists come forward and register...