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By David Slocum

Over the past few years I have spoken to multiple people who have a good idea, an itch to build it, and the chops to pull it off - but who have never done product development or built a company from the ground up. Usuall...

More stock investors put aside fears of another economic and financial crash, driving the Dow and Nasdaq to record highs. But bond, commodity and emerging-market investors didn't fare as well.When Wall Street finally sto...

Expanding a long-simmering dispute, SolarWorld Industries America has asked the Commerce Department to impose duties on solar modules containing parts made in China or Taiwan.     

The state rang in the new year with a minimum wage hike, a different name for its beleaguered economic development agency and a new policy to help workers care for loved ones.

Apps to help you set and stick to goals for the new year.     

Tablets and cellphones can transmit disease, so cleaning them regularly should be more than an aesthetic preference.     

My recent post, Why Your Startup is Going to Fail, took aim at entrepreneurs. Raising money for a new business and then building out a lasting enterprise is extremely hard. The gruelling entrepreneurial process is like...

Banks the World Over are Freezing Out Americans and Naming Names to the IRS, So Forget Bank Secrecy.

American startup entrepreneurs have got it incredibly good, says London-based entrepreneur Liad Shabado. Shabado says he learned this back in the Spring of 2012, when, in just one week in California he was able to raise ...

Housing advocates and lawmakers say a tax break for struggling homeowners who won reductions in their mortgages is needed despite the real estate market rebound.WASHINGTON — A 6-year-old tax break for struggling homeow...

Despite its 30 percent gain, exuberance from heady bygone days is absent2013 was the best year for the stock market since 1997 and a reminder of the sweet time at the end of the 1990s when 30 percent annual gains seemed ...

So far, much of the press about Google Glass has detailed the trials and tribulations of its early adopters, most of whom find themselves looked at in askance, or worse, by general society.

"Because Bitcoin works on a public-key cryptography, anything passed during a Bitcoin transaction is useless to identity thieves."

DENVER -- Police were adding extra patrols around pot shops in eight Colorado towns that plan to allow recreational sales to anyone over age 21 starting Jan. 1. Officials at Denver International Airport installed new sig...

An unknown number of thieves made off with $74,000 worth of merchandise from a Best Buy store in Brooklyn, N.Y. after cutting a massive hole through a cinderblock wall to gain entry, The New York Daily News reports. NBC ...

Tom Edwards grew up in a family that's been cutting trees and hauling timber in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century. The Spanaway, Wash., resident says he has worked as a logger since he was a kid -- it's just ...

Minimum-wage workers get a 2 percent raise on Jan. 1, thanks to increasing inflation. The 14-cent hourly bump comes amid a push by Democrats to make the minimum wage a defining issue of 2014.

Washington's already highest-in-the-nation minimum wage will jump to $9.32 an hour on New Year's Day.

Chelsea has posted annual losses of more than $80 million but the Premier League club remains confident of complying with UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules.

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Raymond James Thinks Investors Should Stick With These 12 Resolutions In 2014 If They Want To Meet...

As expected by anyone keeping tabs on on-demand car service Uber, there were a ton of complaints on New Year's Eve from customers caught by surprise by some hefty fares. In fact, if you look at Uber's Twitter feed right ...