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Running a business should earn you an honorary degree given all you will learn, says Brian Hamilton, the co-founder and CEO of Sageworks. We live and we learn

As New York's mayor looks beyond politics and business, how far can the billionaire push his philanthropy and urban ideas?

This Philips LED bulb is the winner of the DOE's $10 million competition to develop a low-cost, energy efficient, high-performance replacement for the incandescent bulb.

Charles Monnet is responsible for you being concerned about polar bears drowning in ice-less Arctic waters. But did his support for wildlife get him suspended from his government post?

For the last several months I’ve talked about our economy being in neutral and teetering on the brink of improvement or downturn. With results in for the July SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard in hand, I feel comfortable (but certainly not good) now declaring that we are out of neutral and sliding into reverse. National Data Small business hiring decreased 10 basis points from last month – the tenth month in a row of declining or flat hiring

As Congress gears up for another budget fight, environmental protections--from endangered species to clean water to pollution rules for power plants--are all on the chopping block. Once the debt ceiling debate is settled, Congress is going to have to re-focus on the budget that almost shut down the government a few months ago

To help prevent pedestrian accidents, otherwise silent electric cars must emit a noise while they drive. What noise

We all know it’s a bad economy, so why pay attention to monthly economic reports? It’s a fair question, and one that a lot of small business owners wrestle with. The truth is that monthly economic reports can be valuable to small business owners.

Government work already makes up the bulk of Theresa Daytner's construction business. Now she's pursuing new federal contracts targeting female entrepreneurs. When Theresa Daytner founded Daytner Construction with her husband in 2003 as a commercial construction consulting outfit, she was not planning to pursue government work

A new application for Facebook and iPhones lets residents of small cities submit quality-of-life complaints without picking up the phone or waiting to see someone at City Hall. It's like a cross between 311 and FarmVille--and it works

A decade after the fall of the soviet union in 1991, modernization is the watchword in Russia--with science as a vital means to that end. During the spring meeting of the 14 international editions of Scientific American , we gathered in Moscow, and our hosts introduced us to many of the surrounding issues. Scientific American has had a long history in this country, where it has been available in translation for 28 years

New media consultant Alex Torpey utilized social media to win the Mayoral Race in his New Jersey town. When Barack Obama was running for office in his memorable 2008 campaign, one of the many ways he captivated America was through social networking. He recognized that an online movement could influence offline behavior in politics

Adam Segal, one of the Council on Foreign Relations' top experts on China and technology, talks to Fast Company about what's special about Chinese cybercriminals, Chinese fears of NSA backdoors, and bored East Asian teenagers. Cyberwarfare in 2011 is an odd beast

Childhood obesity is unhealthy and dangerous - is it time for the government to intervene? Obesity experts seem to think so

A Spanish city, in a bid to end congestion, has made its citizens an offer: Give up your car and ride our trolley for free, forever. People love their cars. They're willing to maintain a car even when it's expensive and difficult.