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A new report finds that immigrants are key to startup formation and job creation.

A new report finds that immigrants are key to startup formation and job creation. So why does America make it so difficult for immigrant entrepreneurs to stay? Just in case you need more proof that America's immigration policies are damaging to innovation, a new report shows that immigrant entrepreneurs have founded nearly half of America's top venture-backed companies.

From peppermint mochas to eggnog lattes, tis' the season for America's biggest coffee chains to compete over which drink will warm your heart this holiday season. Felipe Maya reports.

With the Japanese launch of Sony's new handheld gaming device PlayStation Vita this weekend, the company is hoping to outplay not only the Nintendo 3DS, but also smartphones and tablets. We spoke with Sony's director of hardware marketing John Koller about how Vita can compete in the brave new portable world.

After testing it out on himself and 100 other storytellers, Jonathan Harris launches Cowbird, a website that seeks to become the ultimate public library of human experience. Our standard mode of written expression, which started as letter writing, currently hovers around the level of the tweet--140-character missives about anything (or nothing) at all. Perhaps not for long, though.

Brotip #1202: If you can't think of a badass idea, take an old idea and do something badass with it. Here's how to build a new media empire in "Entourage" nation. Brotip #1314 : If it seems like you're going through an uphill struggle, just think about the view from the top

All around America there is frustration about a lack of innovation.

Terracycle has been criticized for collecting--and recycling--the packaging for less-than-healthy products.

Breaking into an international market is time-consuming, and risks becoming a big distraction. What can you learn from how Eileen Fisher did it? I wrote recently about how hard — but also how important — it is to export right now

A bowl of cereal and cold milk is a childhood breakfast staple in America, but a new review reveals some brands of kids cereal contain more sugar per serving than a Twinkie or Chips Ahoy! cookies.

When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can reach a level of performance never before seen. First up, water systems that automatically know when it will rain and react accordingly. With a little help from what's called the Internet of Things, engineers are transforming cities from passive conduits for water into dynamic systems that store and manage it like the tissues of desert animals.

The richest people in America are just like the rest of us.

The Trademark Company CEO Matthew Swyers went from being a legal mercenary to a warrior defending the trademarks of small businesses. There’s a scene in the movie Pretty Woman where the corporate raider played by Richard Gere, Edward Lewis, has an epiphany about his life. He quips, to the effect, we never build anything anymore.

With the economic downturn and the evolution of the business world in the last 10 years, has our ability to succeed on our own changed? We continue our examination of the business book Free Agent Nation with an interview of author Daniel Pink

There are lots of ways to ruin your company blog, but these six are among the most egregious. Want people to read your business blog