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Even Bank of America's critics are likely to mostly agree with Buffett's positive reviews of CEO Brian Moynihan.

Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Sentient Technologies picks up $103.5M for massively distributed artificial intelligence Sentient Techno...

Courtney Spence, founder of Students of the World, supports her network of young filmmakers through crowdfunding. She shares her insights about this funding strategy and what other business owners should know before usin...

When plotting out the marketing and advertising budget for the coming year, it makes good fiscal sense to allocate more advertising resources during the month of December. This may seem like a no-brainer on account of th...

This month’s election results were good (but not perfect) for political families.

Students of the World, a non-profit organization of student filmmakers, uses crowdfunding to support their projects. Founder Courtney Spence shares what she's learned from building a team and how her company engages with...

Courtney Spence, founder of Students of the World, supports her network of young filmmakers through crowdfunding. She shares her insights about this funding strategy and what other business owners should know before usin...

Facebook’s campaign to grow its artificial intelligence talent pool has announced a new victory. The social networking company’s AI lab today revealed — in a Facebook post, naturally — its latest high-profile hir...

The government must be very sensitive about all the criticism it has been getting, from Congress, some judges and others, for not prosecuting more individuals for financial crimes. Perhaps in response, senior government ...

Katrin Macmillan is on a mission to digitally democratize education and put herself out of business. Sound exciting? It is. Katrin's working with local communities to build solar-powered digital schools called Hello Hubs...

The firm says fitness trackers like the Fitbit Charge and the Jawbone UP24 will triple to about 57 million in use in the wild by worldwide by 2018, up from just 19 million this year.

Uber had a rough week following its PR meltdown involving a journalist, an Uber executive, possible threats against that journalist, calls to ban Uber, and the specter of possible privacy violations by Uber execs. Uber c...

The Muzik headphones have touch controls on the side of the cans, high-definition audio, voice command, long-range wireless capabilities, motion sensors, one-touch phone answering and social-sharing.

Mozilla today unveiled some of the new search features coming to Firefox. Mozilla says the new additions are “coming soon to a Firefox near you” but didn’t give a more specific timeline. The news comes less than a ...

By Rieva Lesonsky According to a recent poll from Gallup®, 70% of Americans over age 18 regularly use either a smartphone or a tablet. How are these devices affecting the way consumers shop in brick-and-mortar stores?...

World-class athletes and high-performing CEOs know that the secret to achieving and breaking records comes from producing in "the Zone."

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are officially less than a week away. Retailers are scrambling, holiday hours are about to go into place, shoppers are setting their alarm clocks, things are about to get real – and there'...

It seems like every business in the world has an app, but most of them seemingly exist solely so the company can advertise the fact that it has an app. These apps are usually just reiterations of a website with an update...

Black Friday, once the crucial kickoff to the holiday shopping season, is losing its power. In-person sales are down. Holiday traditions are down — last year fewer people said they would celebrate Thanksgiving than in ...

How to safely and smartly navigate Thanksgiving day-after sales.

You can download the song from Nintendo's website.

It's true carpooling.