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Ad agencies are always on the lookout for new photographers and artists whose work they can borrow, steal or hire. They should check out Kerry Skarbakka, whose photo series "The Struggle To Right Oneself" is one of the m...

Pretty much anyone with a gun and a distaste for giant snakes has been invited to participate in Florida's first "Python Challenge." It's a month-long competition that offers a bounty for capturing and killing Burmese py...

Intrusive mobile device ads, known as madware, are on the rise on smartphones and tablets.

Every time the rhetoric heats up in Washington, corporate decision makers stress out. According to Fidelity's latest business cycle update, when there's a lot of political uncertainty, corporations just don't want to she...

The divisional round of the NFL Playoffs is underway in Denver. The game just started, but it's already Ravens 14, Broncos 14 in the first quarter after a 90-yard Trindon Holliday punt return touchdown, followed by a 59-...

The case for Britain staying in the EU and acting as an agent of change is unarguable As British industry prepares for the challenges of the year ahead, while little has changed in reality, it does so with a more positiv...

Who would have guessed that a cloyingly sweet, mass-produced, calorie-free drink would become the most stylish drink in the world? As Diet Coke celebrates its 30th anniversary, Christa D'Souza toasts the top of the pops ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares a public health emergency in the state due to the increasing severity of the flu season.

Value of action against construction firm estimated to be about £17m with more expected to add their names to allegations Construction firm Sir Robert McAlpine played a central role in a "conspiracy to blacklist" 3,300 ...

Two new books -- "Plan Your Prosperity" and "Diary of a Hedgehog" -- offer ideas to consider long before you invest in any market.

Guest Post Two once-great analog companies, Polaroid and Fujifilm, have struggled with the transition to the digital economy -- but with different results.

The Obama Administration has officially rejected a citizen petition calling for the building of a Star Wars-style "Death Star," citing the enormous cost of the project, its opposition to destroying planets and critical d...

Another reminder about why the economics blog Calculated Risk is so indispensable if you want to really understand what's going on in the economy. Bill McBride (the blog's author) has put together a dazzling 10-part seri...

Stunning news from WaPo's Ezra Klein: The Treasury is ruling out the use of a trillion dollar platinum coin to break the debt ceiling impasse. Klein writes: That's the bottom line of the statement that Anthony Coley, a s...

The Treasury Department will not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin to get around the debt ceiling. If they did, the Federal Reserve would not accept it. That's the bottom line of the statement that Anthony Coley, a sp...

Goldman's Jan Hatzius is out with his list of the 10 most important questions for 2013. Here are the questions, and his answers (his actual note spells out the answers much more elaborately, but we're just bringing you t...

Shares of PPG Industries are expected to see active trade in Monday's session as the company is slated to release earnings.

General Assembly aims to teach technology skills that the market needs, not just what professors think you ought to know -- and it's expanding its locations worldwide.

For the first time on Friday, Vice President Joe Biden indicated the White House gun violence task force was interested in so-called "smart gun" technology, which would prevent a gun from being used by anyone but the per...

When all other moneymaking ideas fail, you can always try selling your worldly possessions. But even that can run into a wall.

North Carolina State upset in-state rival, and top-ranked Duke this afternoon, so it is not surprising that their fans would be a little excited and storm the court. Well, apparently that included one overzealous Wolfpac...

Touchscreen table can handle 40 simultaneous finger touches.