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The Alternative Investment Market in London has just had its best year since the financial crisis, but which have been the best performing new issues?

The Supreme Court’s unanimous reversal of the pro-employer, 2013 Sixth Court decision in U.S. v. Quality Stores Inc., has quashed any prospect of big tax refunds to employers for their past severance payouts to laid-of...

Investors got hungry when $GRUB debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning.

The device's gesture recognition may not be up to speed, and customers might accidentally deactivate the Nest Protect alarm with one wave in the wrong direction.     

If there is one frequently asked question among bloggers it’s this: How long should my blog posts be? And the answer that you’ll receive is probably one that doesn’t help you at all. It depends. See, the blogging c...

Some programmers have built a machine that can play the popular and difficult puzzler.     

The first Chinese company to go public in the U.S. in 2014 could cue up more IPOs from China in a rebound.

Launching a successful startup is no small feat. From strategic mind games to pint-sized self medication, here's how 14 founders manage to stay sane.

With this add-on, you can put a slideshow on your TV' screen while music plays on the TV's speakers. This also means you can get notifications while you're watching a movie.     

Silicon Valley's vaunted tolerance for difference came under fire this week. Let's hope this isn't the start of a trend.     

“I wrote a check after one meeting, when it was so early they didn’t even have a name yet, let alone a bank account, so I had to leave the check blank.” These are the words early oPower investor Ali ...     

Perhaps we have a warm-water port we're not aware of?     

Microsoft rewarded young Kristoffer and his dad handsomely for performing accidental security research.     

The stakes are high, because just about every one of the hundreds of millions of businesses worldwide needs to know how to grow its profile on mobile.     

All companies need capital to grow, just like all children need food, and all plants need sunlight. While there are many sources of money – investors, banks, lines of credit to name a few – they all require you to gi...

If America's future success in the increasingly global economy will be determined by our children – and specifically by the way we educate our kids to compete in that economy – then Amanda Ripley's thought-provoking ...

“Slow down!” Does this sound familiar?

Google has agreed to clearly label Street View cars and to announce publicly when and where its cars will visit.     

German startup CiteeCar just raised $10 million to expand its unique car sharing model. Actually, unique is an understatement. It’s pretty wild -- we’ll get to why. Backed by Mangrove Capital Partners, CiteeCar combi...

Uber today announced plans to raise the price of its mid-level uberBLACK car service in New York. The price change, which goes into effect this Monday, follows Uber’s move to significantly cut prices for its low-end of...

Check out our entire week's worth of coverage on VentureBeat's channel for video games, GamesBeat.     

GrubHub is off to a terrific start with its public offering today -- better than the five other tech companies that debuted on public markets at the same time.