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(Reuters) – A wing of the U.S. Department of Energy focused on breakthrough technologies may soon give billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s most recent foray into energy storage a run for its money, the unit’s dire...

In the United States, doctors are dealing with a changing landscape. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies are paying them for the quality of care rather than for the number of patients served. But to pr...

Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz has been working on his high-end Roastery stores for nearly a decade. Here's how the master plan has evolved.

A history lesson if I may. Way back in 2011 when Donald Trump was only a billionaire reality TV star, I wrote a post entitled What Schoolhouse Rock And Integration Have In Common. For those of you old enough to know the...

Turns out, launching a startup is actually the 'easy' part. Managing expectations, jumping through hoops, and staying ahead of the stress associated with startup life can be downright dirty.

Cross-border e-commerce is an ideal channel for expansion for most online merchants seeking new markets.

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc is exploring the sale of $1 billion to $3 billion of patents, property and other “non-core assets,” its chief financial officer said on Thursday. Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman told the Morgan Stanley ...

Cloud file syncing and sharing company Box today is announcing that it will formally show its support for Apple in the ongoing Apple-FBI encryption battle by filing an amicus curae brief in Apple’s defense. A Box spoke...

While Twitch and YouTube gobble up live and recorded video for traditional gaming platforms, a battle is heating up on smartphones. Stre.am, a mobile livestreaming video company, is expanding from camera-based content to...

After being out of favor for almost two years, 3D printer stocks got another chance to regain their popularity again on Wall Street.

Lampkin hopes women, people of color, members of the LGBT community and other minorities in Silicon Valley who may feel alienated by job search tools that prominently display one's name and headshot will feel comfortable...

Facebook Messenger has added support for Spotify, allowing you to share your favorite songs and playlists with friends. It’s the first music-based service integration for the messaging platform. This is rolling out tod...

Small businesses had an easier time getting approved for financing in 2015 over the previous year, according to a new Federal Reserve survey.

It's not every day that Richard Branson invites you to his private island. Especially after you were almost kicked out of an emerging tech competition for promoting your new 'Facebook of Cannabis.' When cannabis companie...

Drew Conway, Ph.D., CEO and founder of Alluvium, is a leading expert in the application of computational methods to social and behavioral problems at large-scale (Full disclosure: my venture firm Lux Capital is an equit...

Supercell — the maker of huge mobile games Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Hay Day — has another big hit on its hands. Clash Royale shot to No. 1 in top downloads on the app stores less than a day after its release. ...

In general, if you sue somebody and either win the suit or negotiate a settlement, your award is fully taxable under Section 61. There is an exception, however, under Section 104(a), which provides that income does not i...

Marking the beginning of Women's History Month this March, the Center for an Urban Future has released a comprehensive new study looking at the landscape of women entrepreneurs in the United States.

LinkedIn today announced that it’s open-sourcing a piece of its software called WhereHows, which allows anyone in a company to learn about and share information on data that company has under management. The software i...

Agar.io is a quirky game that has gained a massive audience in part because you can easily play it against so many other people at once. The mobile and PC game starts you out as a tiny bacteria cell (Agar refers to the s...

Deloitte just launched a study of people challenges in business, Deloitte Human Capital Trends 2016, and the results were striking. Among the 7,000+ companies who responded (in over 130 countries), the #1 issue on lead...

One of the most anticipated games of the year has a release date. Developer Hello Games revealed on the PlayStation Blog today that No Man’s Sky will release on June 21. The PlayStation 4 and PC space-exploration game ...