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From the desk of William J Curtis - Chief Executive Officer Robb Report MagazineFirstly, how dare these people at Standard & Poor's - an American company owned by McGraw-Hill - take the inappropriate, egotistical, and self-serving action of rating the United States of America’s credit as anything less than AAA? ...

Hardly anyone has heard of them, but millions of pounds of glymes are used every year to make household products throughout the United States. Now time is running out for glymes – at least when it comes to new uses in consumer products. [More]

By Karen Brooks HOUSTON (Reuters) - An unrelenting heat wave continued across the southern United States on Saturday, promising more of the triple-digit temperatures that have roasted the region for weeks.

Thanks to a new social media-centered marketing campaign, Whole Foods will become the first national retail chain to celebrate Ramadan. Whole Foods has become the first prominent supermarket chain to run a Ramadan marketing campaign--and they're hoping Muslim customers will return the favor as they break fast. Even though Muslims traditionally forego meals during the day, lavish evening Ramadan meals could mean big bucks for the natural foods giant ..

While the world is debating what to do in Libya, the rebels have been getting technical--here's a look inside two mobile-phone networks created by the Libyan rebels to make calls without pesky surveillance and jamming.

By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal officials seized roughly a ton of ivory in one of the largest U.S. seizures on record and arrested the owner of an African art store accused of smuggling carved elephant tusks into the United States, authorities said on Tuesday

China may be the world's biggest polluter, but they're also investing heavily in clean and renewable energy solutions--and far surpassing the U.S.'s puny attempts in the process.

Kauffman Foundation analysis shows even successful small businesses aren't adding jobs at the rates they did in previous decades. New businesses are starting smaller, surviving less often, and creating fewer jobs even when they thrive, according to new research. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s analysis of Labor Department and U.S

Bo Van Pelt birdied four of his last five holes, including the final two, to finish with 65 on Saturday and a one stroke lead after three rounds at the RBC Canadian Open.

Americans Mark Calcavecchia and Lee Rinker had a two-shot lead after the second round of the Senior British Open on Friday.

Extreme heat is scorching the much of the eastern United States, and it's not expected to let up anytime soon. [More]

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia Wednesday and said it could quickly spread unless donors took action.

A Tibetan advocacy group recently held the world's first video press conference via Google+ Hangouts. While the goal might have been to get attention from techies and journalists, it also gave us a glimpse into the future of video conferencing. A Tibetan advocacy group held what appeared to be the world's first Google+ -powered video press conference this past Friday.

SINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) - Climate scientists haveturned to the United States and Australian navies to deploy [More]

A new contract will bringing fast-charging access points to Northwest highways, enabling a wave of electric cars to make long-range journeys, with just quick stops for charging along the way. Live near I-5, and have a Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt? Your luck is in: Within six months all 276 miles of the interstate between Canada and Oregon will be peppered with electric charging points for your car of the future, in a project that'll turn it into the electric interstate of the 21st Century.