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Twitter and other social networks have, of course, been remarkable tools during past uprisings and disasters.

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today

Monday night was game time for the aspiring entrepreneurs who have spent the past three days furiously programming and designing start-ups on the road, plus four days perfecting their pitches. Seven teams—at least one from each bus from Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley—faced off before a panel of judges that included entrepreneurs and prominent investors such as Dave McClure of 500 Hats, Naval Ravikant of Angel List, and Greg Veen of TypeKit. It came down to a nailbiter, with the panel unable to decide between TripMedi and WalkIN, teams from New York and Silicon Valley.

Monday night was game time for the aspiring entrepreneurs who have spent the past three days furiously programming and designing start-ups on the road, plus four days perfecting their pitches. Seven teams—at least one from each bus from Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley—faced off before a panel of judges that included entrepreneurs and prominent investors such as Dave McClure of 500 Hats, Naval Ravikant of Angel List, and Greg Veen of TypeKit. It came down to a nailbiter, with the panel unable to decide between TripMedi and WalkIN, teams from New York and Silicon Valley

Chris Wragge speaks with former supermodel Tyra Banks about her many business ventures and her enrollment in the Harvard Business School.

As Japan's nuclear meltdown fears mount, what's the health fallout?

CBS News business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis tells how to get the most out of your flexible spending account before it expires.

Back when I was a kid, I sometimes daydreamed about traveling back in time to the exotic Age of Dinosaurs in order to liven up what I thought was a relatively plain and insignificant existence in suburban Connecticut. It's easy to overlook the exceptional qualities of a familiar setting in this way unless someone calls attention to them. That's what has happened recently with our present-day position on the geologic time scale, thanks to a trendy new title

Some people are very concerned about our privacy and rightly so. They have strict privacy settings on their Facebook profile and are careful about not putting personal information on the internet that could make them susceptible to danger. Many people have stopped posting vacation plans on their Facebook statuses because of the many robberies that have occurred.

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Some of the undersea cables off the coast of Japan shared by the world's telecomm companies have suffered significant damage from the 8.9 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. So far, there has been little disruption to communications thanks to rerouting data through alternate pathways.

Parmigiani Fleurier’s latest iteration of its dressy Tonda model is an advancement in both style and technical sophistication. Tonda 1950 ($16,900) is the company’s thinnest dress watch made to date and offers smaller versions of Parmigiani’s iconic lugs that give the design fine proportions.

Parmigiani Fleurier’s latest iteration of its dressy Tonda model is an advancement in both style and technical sophistication. Tonda 1950 ($16,900) is the company’s thinnest dress watch made to date and offers smaller versions of Parmigiani’s iconic lugs that give the design fine proportions. The thinness is partially made possible ...

Sanctuary Retreats reopened its Chichele Presidential Lodge in Zambia in February. Originally built for the nation’s former President Kenneth Kaunda in the 1970s, the hilltop hotel features 10 newly refurbished Victorian-style suites, each with its own veranda overlooking the Luangwa valley and a swimming pool. Located in the South Luangwa ...