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What can technology companies learn from a 50-year-old hardware store?

Is it better to coin a new name that no one has ever heard or to use a descriptive name? It all depends on what you hope to achieve

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Chuck Runyon found a way to grow his gyms fast, without having a giant pool of money at his disposal. Here's how he created a franchising success

On December 20, BioWare will release Star Wars: The Old Republic, its most ambitious project yet. Bigger than all of its previous games combined, it could be a monumental success--or a titanic failure

These simple strategies will keep you energized through the holidays and well into the new year. It's getting toward the end of the year, so with the holidays in sight, I thought it appropriate to give you all a little gift: a column that I guarantee will make you more more successful in the coming year. Here are 14 quick strategies to get and keep yourself motivated: 1.

In creating the 2008 Ovid Napa Valley ($185), head winemaker Austin Peterson implemented a new technology that allowed him to enhance the wine well before its debut this fall. Developed by Oakland, Calif.–based Fruition Sciences, this technology allows winemakers to track how much water is being absorbed by the vines ...

For the first time, all 11 Gagosian galleries around the world will host the same show at the same time when Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011 opens on January 12. The ambitious exhibit will feature around 300 of Hirst’s famous spot paintings shared across galleries in New York, ...

A mirror that Michael Jackson looked into as he dressed in his final months and onto which he scribbled a message to himself sold for $18,750 at auction in Beverly Hills this weekend.

Expert points to beverages with more sugar and calories than desserts, and suggests healthier holiday spirits

A medical examiner has ruled homicide in the death of a 26-year-old Florida A&M University marching band major who suffered "blunt force trauma" during a hazing ritual. Mark Strassmann reports.

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Whenever I ask managers and business leaders about their most pressing problems at work, I’ve been a bit surprised to hear from so many who say they are struggling with a “bad boss” or a hopelessly toxic work environment. A bad boss is a big problem, and not easily fixed

Recently the world of digital entertainment was rocked by a disrupter known for taking the stage wearing almost exclusively black shirts and jeans. This guy is obsessed with details about how his product should look, sound, and feel to consumers, no matter how or where they consume it. He micromanages pricing and insists on making sure every aspect of how people buy his stuff is as frictionless a process as possible.

Kitchen Bots Are Now Clever At Cooking We've seen kitchen bots before, performing robotic cooking tasks with differing degrees of success...and messiness.