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“Anxiety and depression are the number one cause of absenteeism in the workplace today,” said Dr. Bob Kocher, a partner at Venrock, which just contributed to a major new funding round for Lyra Health, a new digital h...

I covered the Democratic debate from the Sahara Restaurant in Worcester Mass which had been taken over by We Want Bernie - Worcester for the evening.  I was mainly looking for new bits of tax information from each of th...

In Square’s S-1 filing for its Initial Public Offering, Chief Executive Jack Dorsey revealed that he has committed a considerable percentage of his equity to help further the company’s potential to “drive positive ...

Adobe today released a security bulletin confirming a vulnerability in all versions of its Flash product for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The company says it is aware of reports that an exploit targeting this vulnerability i...

In 2012, Square formed a partnership with Starbucks that ranked among the biggest of the payments company’s history. Starbucks invested $25 million into Square, which has, in turn, helped customers process payments at ...

Netflix now has more than 69 million subscribers, but the company added fewer new U.S. members last quarter than it predicted: 880,000, versus 1.15 million. This shortcoming, funny enough, is linked to the U.S. “transi...

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday, November 4 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. Personalization is as buzzy a word as any today with marketers racing to turn critical consum...

Over 800 travel executives are gathering in Brooklyn at the Skift Global Forum to discuss the future of the $7.4 trillion industry. Here's what they say the future holds and what they need to do better.

Netflix stock is tanking after the company reported less-than-expected revenues of $1.58 billion. Analysts were expecting quarterly revenue of $1.75 billion. Netflix also missed on earnings today, with $0.07 per share ve...

The Western World may have conquered the sphere of drinkery at this year's World's 50 Best Bars--with London and New York topping the list. But Asia's five wins are no less spectacular and worth the journey.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS’s) recently announced the Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement Program –the CCJR-- is a five-year payment initiative that aims to bundle all inpatient and outpatient p...

High above Bahnhofstrasse, the most expensive shopping promenade in Europe and the third most expensive in the world, on the top floor of fashion house Modissa’s flagship store, is a new restaurant named “The Rooftop...

Which is more pathetic? A government employees union calling for Congressional hearings because some of its poor, put-upon members are being required to work an occasional overtime shift now and then? The same union seek...

Helmed by acclaimed restaurateur Danny Meyer, Union Square Hospitality--the company behind 13 of New York City's most popular eateries including Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke, and Union Square Cafe--just announced it will ...

  Once upon a time, Wal-Mart was the “little China” of the traditional US retail industry. Its superstores, staffed with cheap labor, overwhelmed neighborhood stores, which began to close their doors the one after t...

Danny Meyer, chief founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack, will eliminate tipping and raise wages at 13 of his restaurants starting in November, according to Eater and the New York Times.

As I covered a month or so ago, Google's Project Sunroof was a great example of a big company looking to change the world by helping the environment while making some money through a brilliant marketing and outreach ca...

Tough questions as the Supreme Court is asked whether companies can end a class action before it starts by making a full settlement.

Vision Marketing Resources, Inc. ("Vision") sued James L. McMillin and McMillin Group LLC, claiming that Vision has purchased several sets of golf clubs from the latter which were neither delivered or the payment refunde...

Europe dominated the 2015 World's 50 Best Bars rankings--with 22. Here are the continent's best watering holes.

A lot of entrepreneurs I come into contact with are creative types. Able to come up with new ideas and design better mousetraps, they see the world and its issues differently and come up with new solutions for problems t...

30 Under 30 list members tell us the biggest challenges they are facing in the tech world.