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I’m going through the steps of starting up FamiliesGo!, a travel planning website for families, and I would like to file the business with New York State as a limited liability company. I have the papers on my desk.

Apple 's spectacular rise continues.

Using a system of sensors and cameras, the new program lets city engineers control traffic signals in real time in response to changing road conditions. Sitting in traffic isn't just unpleasant; it also wastes gasoline and is a major trigger for heart attacks, among other health problems. And of all the places to get stuck in traffic, Midtown Manhattan may be one of the worst.

After a year of Zipcar availability in Baltimore, a survey finds that Zipcar membership means less driving, more public transportation, more exercise, and better quality of life for everyone. Zipcar debuted in Baltimore a year ago. The company has since gathered feedback from the new Zipcar drivers there to determine exactly what happens once car sharing is introduced in a city.

Adding a live chat service to your e-commerce site can simplify communication with your customers. Here's how to integrate this alternative to e-mail and customer service hotlines into your site.

Instant access to almost any song you can think of, free personalized radio--digital music's time has come. How can you take advantage of the streaming riches without tanking your workday? With the U.S

Meet the next great gonzo engineering project: A 20-mile Red Sea-spanning bridge connecting Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The bridge has been spoken about for years and multiple attempts to begin work on it have fallen through; overcoming the odds now will be a feat of both political finesse and engineering. Post-revolution Egypt is reportedly about to embark on an audacious joint construction project with Saudi Arabia: A bridge over the Red Sea that would link the two country's roads and railways

The iconic Philly cheesesteak—thin slices of beef piled onto an Italian bun and topped with grilled onions and Cheez Whiz (sorry Provolone proponents, it ain't a Philly cheesesteak to me without the neon Whiz)—was invented in 1930 when Pat and Harry Olivieri improvised with some leftovers to make a sandwich to sell at their South Philadelphia Italian market stand when they ran out of hot dogs. The happy accident is one of my favorite guilty pleasures, a must-have whenever I'm anywhere near Philly

If you're under 60 years old and living in the U.S., chances are pretty high that you once toted UNICEF's orange Trick or Treat box from house to house on Halloween night, gathering change to give to the humanitarian organization.

How this socially responsible business is transforming school lunch programs across the country to attack the obesity epidemic Childhood obesity , which has been linked to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breathing problems, some cancers, and poor self-esteem, is a particularly painful epidemic in our country. Cases of childhood obesity have tripled over the last 20 years, and according to the Center for Disease Control , approximately 17 percent of all children in the U.S. are obese.

Solar panels give you clean energy, yes, but it turns out that's not all. Just by putting them on the roof, you'll start saving cash on your cooling and heating bills. Installing photovoltaic solar cells is a great way to easily tap into an environmentally-sustainable energy source, and in sunnier parts of the world it's even feasible to use them to actually make money by selling power back to the grid as part of a smart grid installation

No company owner ever wants to conduct a layoff.

But one expert says small business owners keep working "because they love what they are doing and don't see the point of retiring." Small business owners’ biggest fear? Not having the money to retire, says a new study.

Today, document-sharing service Scribd, the world's largest social publishing site with more than 75 million monthly readers, launched Float, an iPhone and web content-reading app that's taking aim at the likes of Pulse, Flipboard, and Instapaper. Like those popular apps, Float enables users to read content from a varity of sources--such as Float's 150 publishing partners, which include AP, Scientific America, and yes, Fast Company--and access the content in one centralized reading platform.

Your employees may never say no to a bonus, but that doesn't mean it's the ideal way to credit their work. Examples from Foursquare and other innovative companies show how to make your rewards as creative as the ideas they're rewarding. Projet Cr