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The average NBA player will make $24.7 million in his career. That is based on an average salary of $5.2 million and an average career length of 4.8 years and is $18.6 million more than the career earnings for the averag...

Pepperoni dominates as the most popular pizza topping.  A whopping 36% of people order pepperoni on their pizzas, according to research by business advisor Brian Roemmele.  Roemmele researched point-of-sale data from 6...

Mental health organizations across the world are raising awareness on Thursday, Oct. 10, for World Mental Health Day. Below is a map of depression in the United States from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...

Markets are looking strong early in the European trading session. Britain's FTSE 100 is up 0.6%. France's CAC 40 is up 1.1%. Germany's DAX is up 0.8%. Spain's IBEX is up 1.3%. Italy's FTSE MIB is up 1.3%. This follows ga...

Mental illness is a increasingly widespread in the U.S., affecting around one in five American adults every year, according to survey from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Of the 45.6 millio...

In the lead up to Opportunity Collaboration, a four-day problem-solving, strategic retreat for nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, grant-makers and impact investors engaged in economic justice enterpri...

Amnesty International on Thursday urged Morocco to immediately drop what it called "absurd charges" against a teenage couple arrested after a photo of them kissing was posted on Facebook. The case has sparked outrage, wi...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Etihad Airways says it has nearly doubled its stake in carrier Virgin Australia to 19.9 percent as part of the fast-growing airline's efforts to bolster international partnerships....

The launch of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, a model of fuel efficiency, has been marred by production delays, glitches, and worst of all a battery fire that forced an international grounding. To top it all off, one plane en...

Most casual beer drinkers don't realize, but there's a right and a wrong way to consume a Guinness. We met with Mark McGovern, the Executive Guinness Storehouse Ambassador, who showed us the proper way to pour and drink ...

These leaders know how to guide an organization to the promised land. Here's what they have to say...

The Filip for children is the first smart watch to get voice-calling approval from the FCC and its very own SIM card. An update for bigger wrists might eventually be in order.

In the lead up to the 2013 Borlaug Dialogue, the Skoll World Forum is featuring several keynote speakers writing at the nexus of three subjects central to the global challenges we face in the 21st century: biotechnolo...

Here's how the IRS shutdown is causing grief for a new father in the Coast Guard, the owners of an Ohio small business and a retired California couple who were victims of identity theft tax fraud.

Coursera's co-founder, Andrew Ng, argues that most college-level classes don't need to run 12 weeks. In many cases, shorter is better.

The White House has signaled it would go along with a six-week extension of the debt limit while engaging in budget talks. Like many ideas that win bipartisan support these days, this one is terrible.

"What did you do for me today?"  That is a line that will forever live in my mind:  first when it comes to client service, but also operationally in nearly every aspect of my career.   Why? 

South African hotel and casino mogul Sol Kerzner is partnering with Chinese conglomerate Fosun International to build a $1.5 billion resort on an island in southern China.

What sort of relationship do have with your mother? Good? Difficult? Distant? Improving? Whatever your answer, you better be prepared to explain it to Laura Roberts, the CEO of Pantheon Enterprises.

The controversial Cybernetics Professor doesn't just implant chips in his nearest and dearest. Part of his research agenda is helping to usher in the first cooperative, self-driving vehicles. I find out what the car of t...

The field of marketing is always evolving, incorporating new technologies in order to wow customers and make an impact. As print and media marketing has given way to social media efforts, many businesses have spent so mu...

If you own some commercial or residential real estate, you probably know about Code Section 1031.  If you don't and you finally decide that you are sick of being a landlord, you will almost definitely hear about it. The...