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Charter this stunning yacht, THIS IS US, during August 2011 and enjoy 14 nights for the price of 12.

The number has reached 2008 levels, but the news isn't all good. Sales of small businesses with revenues of about $350,000 rose eight percent in the second quarter of 2011 over the same period last year, but the news isn’t quite as good as it sounds. Although sales of businesses have hit the highest level since the end of 2008, a lot of sales are because owners are accepting that their businesses aren’t worth what they once were

Consumers are reacting to price increases on Netflix the same way Tea Partiers are likely to react if the government raises the debt ceiling.

Prodcast. That's the name of the tool Microsoft would love to get under the noses of as many tech-buying consumers as it possibly could.

Bad news today for Netflix subscribers. The streaming and DVDs-by-mail company sent out a message to its members explaining new price changes and plans for its subscription service. Instead of offering a combined $9.99 plan, which includes unlimited streaming and DVDs by mail (one out at-a-time), Netflix said it will split the service into two distinct plans, beginning in September.

We interview Douglas Edwards, Google's brand manager from 1999 to 2005, about his new book and discuss the challenge of humanizing information technology, Sergey Brin's anatomically correct cow costume, and how Google+ might succeed where orkut, Google's first social network, failed. After spending years as a journalist for the San Jose Mercury News and Marketplace, in the late 1990s, Douglas Edwards became restless

While increasing the prices of bad foods makes kids skinnier, a more effective solution might be finding ways to decrease the prices of foods that are good for you. That Americans don't eat as healthy as they could isn't a surprising fact. But it turns out that tiny economic shifts can make that problem worse, or make it better

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Spending on renewable energy is at an all-time high around the world, and in some of the poorest places on Earth, it may mean leapfrogging over dirty power sources in favor of clean ones. That's it folks

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FanGo makes a sports app that lets fans order food from the concession stand using their phones. Can it raise $435,000

Making sure you have a good ownership agreement Dear Norm, I have a four-year-old custom crystal and glassware company whose sales are exploding. I started it when I was 22. I ran it by myself for almost a year before bringing in a friend and giving him 30 percent of the equity in return for his help in growing the business

Do you believe that there exists a right way and a wrong way to market your business?

When business owners want a new logo, website, or graphic design work, it's often an arduous and intimidating process that can involve filtering through vast numbers of freelancers' portfolios. Enter 99designs , a four-year-old online marketplace that is quickly becoming to graphic design what Craigslist is to housing listings

With healthcare costs on the rise, Rebecca Jarvis speaks with Regina Lewis about tips and resources that can be used to lower the price of medical procedures.