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CNN's African Start-Up hosted a Tweet chat on entrepreneurship on June 19. If you were unable to join us, here's what you missed.

This weekend a full page ad decrying the hedge funds that sued Argentina for over $1.3 billion in sovereign debt appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. “Paying the vulture fun...

(Reuters) - Activity in China's factory sector expanded in June for the first time in six months as new orders surged, a preliminary HSBC survey showed on Monday, offering new signs the economy is stabilizing thanks to B...

Call it "The Case of the Smutty Blog: Part 2." A short-lived blog from spring 2011 that showed naked pictures of an ex-American Apparel employee is at the center of...

Honda, Nissan, Mazda and Toyota have recalled more than 3 million vehicles over a dangerously defective airbag issue that just won't go away. Takata, the airbag maker, claims to be cooperating with the NHTSA.

A former Army staff sergeant will receive the Medal of Honor on July 21 for his heroics during one of the deadliest battles of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan.  Staff Sergeant Ryan Pitts spent an agonizing 90 minutes f...

Locked metal gates were no match for dogged ATV riders prepared to scale any obstacle to gain access to the bed of the Comite River. At one point, the frustrated private property owner installed surveillance cameras to c...

At age 15, Darlene Price had to give her very first speech. She was presenting an oral book report on “Great Expectations” to Mrs. Weaver’s tenth grade English class. She was nervous and could feel her hands shakin...

Brazil's hotel industry brags about price declines, but rooms are non-existent during FIFA World Cup.

A lot of people in business talk about going the extra mile. But it's not always the extra mile that matters most--it's the extra inch.

HSBC's closely watched preliminary

Getting readers to click on headlines and share articles is what Upworthy does better than almost any other website in existence. That's the talent that allowed it to become one of the fastest-growing media start-ups eve...

(Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas SA is likely to pay $8 billion to $9 billion as part of a potential settlement with U.S. authorities over violations of sanctions, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The latest real estate IPO from China at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange may spawn the country’s newest billionaire.

Many companies insure their employees' lives with themselves as beneficiaries, a practice some deride as immoral. But companies say the policies, for which they get tax breaks, help them bolster pensions and health care.

Zhang Keqiang, a real estate investor who ranked No. 177 on the 2013 Forbes China Rich List with wealth of $960 million, has been sentenced to four years in prison for bribery by a Chinese court,  according to a report ...

The federal government is stepping up scrutiny of how U.S. companies are valued for employee-stock-ownership plans, a vital source of retirement savings for millions of workers.

This week I saw some truly masterful branding.

UBS, Credit Suisse, and Other Usual Suspects Populate the New IRS Blacklist of Offshore Accounts Drawing Highest 50% Penalties Unless You Act Now.

Nielsen hands out innovation awards for products that are not merely a slight change to an ingredient or an overhaul of packaging or portion sizes.

I've been an entrepreneur for 10 years. I learned business the old-fashioned way through pure trial and error. I don't believe that business can be taught any other way, and even if it could I don't believe it could be a...

Mobile has the fastest adoption of any new medium ever. Companies are watching as consumption on mobile screens rapidly outpaces consumption on the desktop.