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Ray Martin, from CBS MoneyWatch, talks to Erica Hill and Chris Wragge about how to manage health care costs and how to choose the best plans for you and your family.
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Think FDA's new warning labels go too far? Check out Canada's 16 new labels...
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Food and drinks with added nutrients are becoming more popular, but are they the best way to get more vitamins? Registered dietitian Keri Glassman discusses the pros and cons of so-called functional foods
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Heads of CDC and FDA say coming weeks may see more illness and death from Listeria-tainted cantaloupe
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When Buckyballs hit stores two years ago, the tiny magnetic metal globes that you mash and mold together became a hit with office workers, including some of us in the Inc.
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The FTC says that Reebok's advertising for its EasyTone and RunTone shoes was deceptive and has ordered the company to refund customers $25 million. Erica Hill and Chris Wragge talk to Consumer Reports medical advisor, Dr
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Is your start-up starting to feel like a frat house? New research suggests that having more women at your company, and increasing diversity in general, can improve your chances of success. Women own about 40 percent of the private businesses in the United States, according to the Center for Women's Business Research
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Just about every news outlet in the world is buzzing about the launch of Amazon's new Kindle tablet, called the Fire. The real story is not the Fire, however. It's Amazon Silk, the new properietary browser created just for Kindle
Read More »An MFA Degree For Designers Who Want To Change The World
So you want to change the world? Cynics may send you off to Wall Street or a white-shoe law firm. Those with gumption will look for another way.
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Deciding whether to build a tablet or smartphone specific site requires an evaluation process, but it could be worth the payoff. Amazon has been making headlines much of September
Read More »Amazon Reveals Kindle Fire, Google Motorola Deal Under DOJ Scrutiny, Goldman Sachs Hacked
Breaking news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Amazon's Android Tablet Revealed . Moments before an official press event, Amazon executives revealed details about the company's long-expected tablet PC: It's called Kindle Fire, as rumored, and is a 7-inch color LCD machine that lacks 3G, a camera, and a microphone, but comes with Wi-Fi like its older Kindle e-reader cousins
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Founder and "TeaEO" of Honest Tea, Seth Goldman discuss how he started the socially responsible beverage company as well as the decisions behind the teas that have been successful.
Read More »Listeria illnesses and deaths expected to rise
The cantaloupe-born outbreak of listeria has caused 72 illnesses and 16 deaths thus far; Deadliest food outbreak in 10 yrs
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A mobile app that lets people send gift cards to friends is not the work of a deals company. But it is using discounts to deliver customers--especially the specific demographics individual merchants want--into brick-and-mortar stores. Daily deals have exploded into a $4 billion industry almost overnight because there’s no shortage of merchants who would like to lure online customers into their real-world establishments.
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