Business News

Mod Note (Andy): This is a syndication from ryanallis.com The admissions department at Harvard Business School asked me to write a reflection on my first semester for the Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Here�...

We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result. Mobile advertising should be a ...

Holiday episodes tend to be a bit generic. How many times can you rework A Christmas Carol or The Gift of the Magi into a sitcom plot? Here are a smattering of episodes worth mentioning either because they’re rare...

I remember being excited when I got a Nintendo 64 way back in 1996.  But I wasn't this excited.  My favorite quote: "Now we can get games from Blockbuster." My, how times have changed. (Yes, I know this video is ol...

A divorce lawyer says that the No. 1 way that unfaithful spouses are caught is through text messages or other electronic communications on Christmas. Typically, the cheating spouse will leave a phone around the house whe...

Enjoy these elf-sized tidbits about some of the movies you’ll catch on TV every holiday season. Scrooged 1. It just goes to show you: don’t shouldn’t mess with the Ghost of Christmas Present. Duri...

I will freely admit that Robbie Griffith is much cooler than I was at age 12. For me, a slammin' day in the seventh grade involved consuming Frosted Mini-Wheats while watching Animaniacs. Griffith, on the other hand, ...

The Dallas-based operators of the South Street Seaport’s shopping mall, which was largely spared by Hurricane Sandy, plan to transform the site into an open retail and entertainment center.

NEW YORK -- Shoppers who waited until the final days before Christmas were rewarded with big bargains and lighter crowds. But their last-minute deal hunting...

State broadcaster could be privatised in move seen as attempt by Lisbon government to impress lenders Portugal is to embark on a sweeping fire-sale of state companies over the coming months, possibly even privatising sta...

It was a busy year for Wall Street, and the Deal Professor offers his choices for the best and worst deals of 2012.

In the coming years, Latin America will grow at three times the rate of the EU Unless they are in need of a suntan, this might appear the least propitious of times for EU leaders to fly all the way to Santiago for a s...

Shinzo Abe, the incoming prime minister, said Tuesday he wanted the Bank of Japan to raise the inflation target to 2 percent and rein in the strong yen.

The chancellor has been warned by charities that poverty levels will rise because benefits will only increase by 1% a year Ben Jennings

Iain Duncan Smith's plans to make using the Universal Jobmatch website mandatory for all jobseeker's allowance claimants (Unemployed must use website to seek work, 21 December) will do nothing to help the 400,000 spendin...

Aviary, the startup that makes photo tools for developers, has just released a new version of Peacock, its formerly retired suite of tools for advanced image editing. Over on the company blog, we read that Aviary gave th...

The actor Jack Klugman died on Christmas Eve at age 90. Klugman was best known for his roles as the unkempt sportswriter in "The Odd Couple" and as the crusading medical examiner on "Quincy, M.E." the wildly popular 1980...

Chicken farms including Bell & Evans are using oregano-based products as substitutes for antibiotics, but research on their effectiveness is scant and many remain skeptical.

Annual rankings of businesses shows Google dropping out of top 10 amid anger over tax-saving measures Starbucks, Amazon and Google are among the most damaged brands of 2012 after months countering accusations of tax avoi...

Guest Post Let’s face it, not every startup succeeds. Not by a long shot. But no startup founder (myself included) ever wants to think about joining the dead-pool. Indeed, there is very little discussion out there...

In an insightful TED Talk, by tech entrepreneur Kevin Slavin on how algorithms have reached across industries (from finance to Hollywood) and into every day life (h/t dailymotion). Problem is, we may be building wh...

If you were lucky to score a new iPhone this holiday season you'll want to make sure its protected, especially if you're accident prone. We've been seeing a lot of Apple's latest device out in the wild recently.  The ...