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CEO's can invest in the best; here's a look at some of the strange and wonderful chairs that top their must-have list.

$11.49 million worth of confiscated bitcoins will be auctioned in Sydney next month, the first such auction outside the United States, as demand for the digital currency surged to its highest in nearly two years.

It’s never been easier to start a business than it is today.

A TechSydney initiative is aiming to jumpstart Australia's financial capital as a tech center that can boost more startups and venture capital. Can it help Sydney get that raw edge to break through?

You can't cost cut your way to keeping your prices static forever. Suck it up and find a way to start increasing your price.

Uber looks like a juggernaut in the United States (it currently has a valuation of more than $50 million), but it's not the king of all its markets by a long shot. And it has stumbled in the past.

Intel is laying off 12,000 employees and cutting back on unnecessary businesses. But it’s still investing in the Internet of Things, or making everyday objects smart and connected. Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich ...

The world's leading charities are becoming important sources of finance for biotech startups.

Ever since the end of the Great Recession, the automobile industry has had many things going its way: ultralow interest rates, a US economic recovery, and falling fuel prices. All that gave a big boost to auto sales.

This is Jim’s traditional Memorial Day column.

(Tech.eu) – Berlin-based tech-enabled heating systems installer Thermondo has scored more than €23 million (about $26.2 million) in Series C funding, reports Gründerszene. The capital injection comes from Rocket Int...

Sometimes there's a simple solution for a difficult problem. Cartoon by Shannon Wheeler.

Global technology and investment firm Columbus Nova Technology Partners (CNTP) has been a venerable player for close to four years, investing in some of the hottest companies in the valley. Bina Technologies (acquired by...

What criteria do people look for when hiring a CEO?  What does the Chair-person look for?  How about business founders?  Or major shareholders?

This weekend, I came moments away from having my Dell PC -- which had been happily running Windows 7 -- hijacked by a force I nearly could not control. That's because my computer suddenly shut down in the middle of ...

Former Republican Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson, a long-time proponent of school choice, got the Libertarian Party nomination for president on Sunday at the party’s convention in Orlando. The libertarians also ga...

So far 2016 has been a challenging year for Latin America. With China slowing, Brazil's economy is struggling and Venezuela is falling apart. One positive sign for the region is the growing momentum of the Pacific Allian...

If large corporations are from Mars, then startups must surely hail from Venus. While the founder of a small but ambitious startup catches the bus or underground train to work and shares coffee-making duties with the res...

After years of unbundling, is a new order emerging in Fintech?

Tesla will open the doors to its massive battery “gigafactory” to the general public on July 29. The company will host a grand opening event attended by, among others, owners who won tickets by participating in its m...

Analysis of data seized by investigators in last week's raid of Google's Paris headquarters could possibly take years, French financial prosecutor Eliane Houlette said on Sunday.

It's a mistake to think that a waiter's job is primarily to deliver food. This is one of the primary lessons, in fact, in my training sessions for restaurant waitstaff (I'm a customer service consultant and customer...