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Tax evasion can mean jail, and payroll taxes can be dealt with especially harshly. But the maximum sentence is not always handed out.

Insisting on adherence to the clean and simple no-tax-hike pledge has revolutionized fiscal politics. But conservatives may want to start allowing exceptions to the rule--not because of crticism from the left about the n...

FBAR penalties are back in the news, this time with IRS guidance about what's willful and stacking of penalties.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led a $9 million funding round for consumer tracking company FullStory, the company announced today. FullStory lets businesses watch their customers' moves on their website -- DVR-style. ...

VB EVENT: These are the region's top marketers for creating their company's story and for leveraging tech that creates the right conversations with the right customers in the right channels.

The Patriot Act expired June 1 after the Senate could not come to an agreement on a replacement bill.

VB INSIGHT: Investors continue to fuel the marketing tech fire, with 25 acquisitions and 63 investments in April and May alone.

Two months ago, 1 Atelier, a luxury handbag line, opened a pop-up shop in the heart of SoHo, a few blocks away from Prada, Versace and Mulberry. As a newcomer to the fashion fold, it takes a lot of chutzpah to open a sto...

The Facebook and Spotify Music Android apps top list of overall resource hogs.

The company's Story Studio has produced a short VR film about a spiky hedgehog that just loves to hug despite how his spines scare people.

The blue "Buy it" button should help Pinterest bring in more revenue as it grows internationally.

Heron has overtaken Storm as the main stream-processing engine used inside Twitter. Here's why.

VB EVENT: With 80 percent penetration of smartphones in the U.S., it's time for brands and agencies to master the fine art of mobile advertising -- or risk losing market share to those that already have.

One of Nigeria's richest men, Jim Ovia, has returned a controversial telecoms frequency spectrum that was issued to one of his companies by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The app arranges and summarizes your transit options at the top of the screen so it's easy to know at a glance how long you'll be waiting.

“Looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.”

Today's news and insights for business owners, including wishing a happy fifth birthday to what was once known as "UberCab."

The demo of the new business intelligence software was polished, and the interface looked simple and sleek. That piqued the interest of GrowthBeat attendees, but would it be enough to sell them?

Firefox now includes Pocket.

Klout's integration is part of a rollout of new products and features the company said is the largest in its history.

A new app allows marketers to quickly see the technologies on their pages, including which are slowing down the website or violate security or privacy policies.

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired 6Wunderkinder, the German company behind task-management app Wunderlist. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The announcement confirms reports of the deal earlier this mo...