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What's one way to get people to pay to see you demo your product? Host a user conference. Recently Salesforce.com hosted their 9th annual Dreamforce event.

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Working together with other UH Manoa colleagues on the Belle experiment at the KEKB factory in Tsukuba, Japan, postdoctoral researcher Himansu Sahoo first reported the first observation of a new type of rare "penguin decay" of the beauty quark and measured its matter-antimatter symmetry violation parameters.

Surgically repairing delicate soft tissues like those on the face after an injury or illness is a tricky business. Surgeons can fix bones, joints and other body parts--but lips and cheeks simply aren't as repairable. But they soon may be, if a new material developed by medical researchers becomes commercially available.

A sales assistant at London's tony Harrods department store claims she was "driven out" over her refusal to wear makeup. A sales assistant at London’s famous Harrods department store has claimed her refusal to wear makeup has cost her her job. Melanie Stark, 24, said she was "driven out;" that her face-off with the store over the issue left her "exhausted, stressed, and upset," she told the U.K.'s Daily Mail .

What if everyone had a friend who was a beauty editor—someone to sort through the gazillion products and tell you not just what’s best, but what's best for you and how to use it?

The young entrepreneurs on our 30 Under 30 list make and sell some of the coolest products we've seen. At the same time, they're making a global social impact, encouraging us to eat healthier, and helping us customize our own bling

How do you reboot the image of a store synonymous with mildew seediness?

Why relationship building on the golf course may be as important as ever for business networking. We live in a hyper-connected society, and being disconnected for four hours if you're in sales or marketing can be daunting—and seem like a major loss of time

HANGZHOU, China -- In one of this nation's most popular tourist cities, famed for the beauty of its surrounding mountains, willow trees, lotus blossoms and ancient stone-arch bridges, a new sightseeing attraction is making its debut: the local landfill. With its so-called "trash tour," the landfill has attracted more than 10,000 visitors since it launched last year. There, tourists visit its trash-to-gas power plant, play environmental video games and hike in an eco-park the size of 10 football fields

Beauty salons take extreme measures to protect their expensive hair extension supplies, which are being targeted by thieves and causing some companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. NBC's Jennifer Bjorklund reports. (Nightly News)

Whether you're attending your first trade show or you 50th, these tips will help your company stand out and succeed. Some companies who think of trade shows as an expense attend to defend their turf from new competition.

Photographs Jason Madara Eight Sparks of Inspiration. .green{ color:rgb(120,180,26); font-weight:bold; } AS A GLOBE-TROTTING principal designer at architecture giant Gensler, Steve Weindel is not unfamiliar with the drudgery of air travel

Syrian democracy activists on Twitter have found themselves threatened and spammed by mystery accounts. Now one prominent opposition figure claims the Syrian government may be involved. Protests in Syria are getting intense

We branded it the Great Search Engine War of 2011 , when Google launched an all-out attack on Microsoft's Bing , accusing its arch-nemesis of copying search results. After several months, however, it's unclear what impact the war has had on Microsoft. Has Bing been planning a response?