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2012 was a great year for me, both personally and professionally. When it comes to vacation rental marketing, I’ve adopted the mantra that everyone (from the savvy expert to the first timer) and every property (fr...

Does the shift this week by Michigan to a “right-to-work state” mean anything about unions in America? Absolutely!

GUATEMALA CITY — Anti-virus software founder John McAfee was released from a detention center Wednesday and was escorted by immigration officials and police trucks to...

This is one of the only photographs ever taken of a wild New Guinea singing dog, an exceptionally shy and rare animal from the highlands of New Guinea. The photograph was taken in August this year by Tom Hewitt, Director...

The markets held onto gains after the Federal Reserve's latest policy announcement which ramped up its stimulus to the economy.

In his post-FOMC press conference, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke defended his policy of open-ended asset purchases, dubbed QE4, and explained the benefits of their new, outcome-based guidance.  Bernanke also said he�...

At last month's Cloud Business Summit in New York, hosted by Saugatuck Technologies, one presenter remarked that none of the new solutions coming out of Silicon Valley these days is on-premises software. I...

Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

TV fans, you're about to get a break from your commercial break. Shouting TV ads are soon to become a thing of the past as a new law goes into effect midnight.

Earlier this evening, North Korea launched a rocket, which reportedly later crashed around 300km east of the Philippines. While it did not send a satellite into orbit as North Korea claims, it did travel around 1,600 mil...

WordPress 3.5 offers a new, streamlined media-upload and gallery-creation tool for WordPress.org users.

The App Store is still small enough to offer a great opportunity for small publishers to establish themselves pretty quickly on mobile rather than on the web. "On the web, it's a little bit easier to get started. Everyon...

Today's ad of the day is a hilarious commercial from Liberty Mutual.  The spot, created by Hill Holliday, shows people screwing up everyday tasks in the silliest ways possible. An air conditioner gets dropped onto a c...

Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Harvard Apparatus...

Dean Murphy, a deputy in the department, will become the new editor, replacing Larry Ingrassia, who will take on a larger role at the paper.

What's a bank got to do to get into some real trouble around here?

In surprising move, Sainsbury's chief is replaced by Tesco's as the government faces spectre of triple-dip recession David Cameron has shaken up his inner circle of advisers on business matters, with Sainsbury's chief ex...

Video content aggregator Plizy raises $4 million in its first round of funding.

“There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry”  General George Armstrong Custer, 1876    

The U.S. is likely to become a net oil exporter by 2025. If it does, these states will be the ones leading the energy surge.

There's a mystery at the core of the fight over right-to-work laws like the one Michigan passed yesterday: If workers aren't required to pay union dues, why would they?

Want to get your career off to a flying start or shift up a gear? What are your your plans and resolutions for 2013?