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If You're Fudging On Your Taxes, Beware Today's Harsh Climate on Tax Evasion and President Obama's Big Push in Tax Prosecutions.

Attention: Announcing 2014, the third annual “year of mobile.” Yes, we have been hearing this line since 2012, but it seems that 2014 is poised to finally be the year that mobile becomes a mainstream marketing soluti...

Last week, three GOP senators--Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Richard Burr of North Carolina, and Orrin Hatch of Utah--unveiled the latest "repeal and replace" Obamacare plan.  One of the key questions people are asking is whe...

Adding lowfat yogurt to your diet can cut diabetes risk by 28 percent, new research shows.

There is one small thought that is often forgotten at the end of nearly every meeting.  Can you guess what that is?

Over the next decade, the individual income tax will be the fastest growing source of federal revenue, according to new estimates by the Congressional Budget Office. In fact, the individual income tax will pretty much be...

There’s an event going on today at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri called The Resilient Summit.  It is described as an examination of the “Collaborative Economy,” which is being called  “a key trend that...

In far too many outlets and at water-cooler discussions, people discuss “culture” in the workplace, especially at startup workplaces, incorrectly. Most people, in referencing culture, think of a “rah rah” groupin...

I know, far it be for me to write an article which brings together music and branding. I kid of course for by now you surely know of my love affair with the concept of marrying and meshing the worlds of advertising, mark...

Much ink has been spilt on the recent renaissance of hardware. The Pebble Smartwatch raised over $10m dollars in 30 days, more than 10 times its fundraising goal, Ouya launched a $99 game console, and Nest recently sold ...

This is the latest in a series exploring HIPAA and its impact on medical practice and compliance, patients’ rights, business and related topics. If you have a question about HIPAA and your business, please let us kno...

Here are Nibletz, where it’s our job to know what’s going on, we spend a lot of time reading. A lot. We hit all the normal spots, just like you do. Fred Wilson, Brad Feld, and the Andreesen Horowitz crew are all in o...

American business has long led the way in high tech density or the proportion of businesses that engage in activities such as Internet software and services, hardware and semiconductors. The US is fertile ground for tech...

It’s no secret that China’s domestic consumption is rising rapidly. Chinese consumers are buying more of everything (from apparel and white goods to luxury items and home ware) and as they buy more, from more channel...

Investors, particularly those focused on tech, tend to have a lot of misconceptions about consumer products in general. They assume profit margins are low, pay back is slow and growth is stagnant. Those assumptions coul...

2013 was a year of big success-and hard lessons--for Dwolla founder Ben Milne.

Many companies now are hopping on the "made-in-America" bandwagon. But David MacNeil is driving the thing. He has been nothing short of messianic about manufacturing his company's WeatherTech high-quality automotive floo...

As American workers, we spend at least 1,700 hours a year working, according to the Federal Reserve’s Economics Data. If you think that is a lot, consider our Eastern neighbors: workers in Singapore, Korea and Hong Kon...

The Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is an extremely common form of "protecting" entrepreneurs' ideas from being stolen. Each day on matchist, people looking for developers ask me how they can ensure their idea is protecte...

WHO has the fastest internet connection speeds in Europe? At country level it is the Dutch, with the fastest average speeds of 22Mbps, according to network analyst Akamai's new State of the Internet report.

Getting what you want in business (and life) is a whole lot easier when you learn this one little phrase.