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LinkedIn plans to break into the $50 billion business-to-business marketing space and turn its products into a $1 billion business by 2017, according to internal documents sent to Business Insider.  In July, LinkedIn re...

President Barack Obama issued an emotional statement shortly after news of actor Robin Williams death broke Monday evening. In the statement, Obama praised Williams' entire career, from the voice of the genie character i...

We've all heard that we need to cut out distractions if we want to progress in our careers and get work done, right? But what if you actually just need to pick better distractions, or schedule these distractions in a mor...

A new Starbucks store in Los Angeles has been dubbed a "horror show" and the "most depressing Starbucks in America" by local residents. The store, located in the neighborhood of Highland Park, is little more than a drive...

The speech recognition software maker said net loss widened to 17 cents a share. Revenue rose marginally to $475.5 million.

With unique account number coming to effect, EPFO believes it won't be possible to operate without a bank account, which will be a vital KYC document for it

Three and a half years after modern electric cars entered the mass market, there are now no fewer than 17 models on sale in the U.S. But only three of them are widely available nationwide.

Billionaire Phil Falcone is getting a divorce -- not from his fashionista wife Lisa Maria, but from his dreams of owning a nationwide 4G LTE wireless network. On Monday, Falcone...

Two former SpaceX employees are suing the Hawthorne company, alleging it violated California labor law in terminating them and others in what they called "mass layoffs."

A biotech firm pulled the plug on its IPO a few days into its trading. It's a cautionary lesson that going public isn't for everyone.

Generation Z'ers have a distinctly different worldview compared to those from generations before them.

Co-CEOs Felicia Thornton and James Gooch have sent a letter to employees who have walked off the job offering them what appears to be a final chance to return to the company under their leadership.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Maybe after almost a year of on-and-off speculation provided by Wall Street analysts, hedge fund investors and the media, Dollar General simply isn't interested in buying Family Dollar . That appe...

Monday afternoon Apple released two new ads for the iPad on YouTube. The videos themselves are almost as different as can be. They feature specific characters using their iPads to write their "verse," in theory working t...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory on bitcoin and other virtual currencies today, warning the public of the inherent risks of using the cryptocurrency as form of payment or store of value.

The feds sound more alarms on virtual currencies, and how to break up with an account.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Kinder Morgan is consolidating its master limited partner interests with the $71 billion acquisition of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners , Kinder Morgan Management and El Paso Pipeline Partners . The...

American venture capital in Bitcoin continues to cross the ocean.  On Monday, Barry Silbert's Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. announced it had invested $250,000 in Bangalore-based Unocoin. The firm is less than a year old bu...

(Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a broad examination of alternative mutual funds, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Corn harvest expected to top 14 billion bushels for first time ever, driving down prices.          

Stocks move lower after 2 days of solid gains; Crude oil slump pulls down the energy sector

Estate planning and asset protection go hand in hand. After all, planning for the distribution of wealth is useless if you have no wealth to distribute. But, asset protection for real estate is particularly challenging, ...