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Jeffrey Maganis is a former hedge fund manager who's now taken to Indiegogo to get funding for the ChargeAll, a portable battery with electric outlets that we previously covered here. Maganis described his background to ...

Sally Kohn says like the Occupy Wall Street protesters, Market Basket workers are asking for shared prosperity. Workers are protesting and calling for their ex-CEO to be reinstated.

The pot startup is making a mainstream play. Hailed as the Yelp of weed, marijuana startup Leafly is running a full-age ad in the Sunday edition of The New York Times. Read Full Story

There's no shortage of Yummy Mummys in Hollywood who have figured out celebrity plus motherhood plus a clever marketing campaign for a family-centric product can equal the beginnings of a business outside of Tinseltown...

A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, state media reported Sunday, again highlighting workplac...

Once was a time when what was Swiss was as clear as an alpine lake. Its Gruyère could be relied upon to be meltingly delicious in a fondue. The finely crafted watches of Zurich could be relied upon to keep the time to t...

The strength of sterling is good news for travellers and reflects belief in the UK's recovery. But with world markets already unnerved by conflict, it could hardly be worse for exporters

An overnight test of Lake Michigan water samples showed none of the toxins found in Toledo, Ohio, water that officials over the weekend deemed unsafe to drink.

Warning: If you have not seen "Guardians of the Galaxy," there are major spoilers below! You know the drill by now.  Don't head out as soon as "Guardians of the Galaxy" is over. Stick around after the credits for an ext...

Guest Post: A wave of new online businesses -- many of them digitally native -- are raising the bar for how customers are being served.

Getting your car clean is a high-tech business, says Steve L'Heureux, who leads Ryko Solutions, a Grimes company that builds car wash bays.

Activists say that cutting tax on the tourism industry will help boost investment, jobs, and visitor numbers.

Regional and national banks are rethinking their branches in the face of changing customer habits. The changes are being driven by declining customer traffic as consumers do more and more…

Even a 24% rise in users pales in comparison with the social media platform's titanic rival, against which it is inevitably judged

These firms recently filed with one of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's local court clerk's offices. Under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, a company is protected from claims by creditors while it attempts to reorga...

Tribune Publishing starts a new chapter as a stand-alone company on Monday, as the long-planned spinoff from Tribune Co. takes effect.

A Monday night clash in Miami between Manchester United and Liverpool has ramifications beyond simply a warm up match for the new season.

The Tribune Company's publishing unit, including eight well-known newspapers, will venture forth as an independent entity in troubled times, led by Jack Griffin.

The Portuguese government is expected to inject more than 4 billion euros into the troubled lender, while splitting it in two.

Back in high school, I was on the technology-science track and I got ill my freshman year. I fell behind and so they pushed me into the secretarial track and gave me an accounting class. I loved it, and I thrived. After ...

Journalist and author Evgeny Morozov doesn't think very highly of Mark Zuckerberg's plan to bring internet access to the two-thirds of the world's population without it. In a column published in The New York times, Moroz...

Eddie and Dan Jabbour are the father-and-son team behind Kickmap, a totally killer iPhone app that makes New York City's intimidating subway map easier to understand, and injects it with capabilities befitting an Interne...