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Companies that provide most of their value through independent contractors are always at risk. Heres how to create a model that's win-win for the business, contractor and customer

Chromium and cobalt ions from metal on metal implants found in patients' tissue, bloodstreams

A shortlist of the top three most useful, innovative and interesting social platforms today. Every day, new and exciting platforms emerge for distributing great ideas, products and answers, and the boundaries keep getting pushed further out each year

My clients are just like yours: They want to Skype, email and text. But here's why you still need face time. When the daily avalanche of emails and voice messages gets overwhelming, it’s so tempting to retreat to my office and start typing replies and returning phone calls

As customer attitudes change, "giving back" is no longer an option. It's a necessity. Here's how to make it good business, too.

It's not a trade show, so the usual tactics aren't going to work. Here's how 4 companies in years past got creative.

Does the amount and quality of your sleep at night impact your memory long-term? Dr. Holly Phillips reports on a new study that suggests lack of sleep impacts memory

Relationship expert Dr. Robi Ludwig explains why we fall for people who show love differently, and why that can actually be positive.

Refinancing at today's microscopic rates can build you a cash-flow cushion that could save your bacon one day. What are you waiting for? Interest rates are at lows you may never see again in your lifetime.

Keeping motivation high in a start-up is important everyday, but it's especially crucial during crunch-time.

It is easier than ever for your customers to find your competitors. Make sure they do not need to

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. EU Privacy Regulator To Investigate Google . CNIL, a data protection agency from France will investigate Google's new privacy policy to check if the company's changes flout the laws the EU has in place to protect user privacy

Drowning in a PowerPoint swamp?

If you're the boss, it'd do you some good to assume you are clueless, insensitive, and selfish--especially ­if ­you ­wield ­a ­lot ­of­ power ­or ­your people are performing especially well. This is the first post in a series excerpted from a new chapter in the paperback version of

Get better at handling feedback from those around you--and using it to make your company a greater success.