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It's great that your employees are passionate about what they do. Until they disagree.

This article is the sixth and probably last article in a minseries of six articles ( see the first , second , third , f ourth and fifth articles here) about civilization, fungus, and alcohol. Very little is known about the beginning of the story of humans and yeast.

Hasbro and Zynga announced today that they have entered into a global partnership. With this license, Hasbro will be making a variety of toys and board games using Zynga's brands, with the first products expected to be released in the coming Fall.

On election day, where do you vote? If it's in a church, you might be inclined to vote more conservatively than if you cast your ballot at a school or government building. That’s according to research published in the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion .

See why adopting big business branding tactics could actually sink your business. In a recent post, I pointed out that a brand (and it’s ability to drive buying behavior) is mostly based upon the customer’s experience product rather than the marketing activities surrounding it. Predictably, a number of readers – most of whom appear to work in marketing -- countered by citing the handful of huge consumer companies that have highly-recognizable brand names

Four bills are up for consideration, including ones that allow up to $2 million from crowd-funding sites. Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives quickly advanced four bills that would make it easier for small businesses to line up capital.

There is a better way to focus your time on what you value the most - and say no to the rest. It begins with a mere 18 Minutes. Do you ever get to the end of a busy day only to realize that next to nothing has been taken off of your “to do” list

Russ Mitchell and Nancy Cordes are quizzed by Prevention Magazine Contributing Editor Dr. Holly Miller about the differences between allergies and the common cold.

Even if you don't care about the environment or animal welfare, you should care about this: The antibiotics conventional farms pump into their birds results in deadly bacteria that doesn't respond to normal treatment. Forget whether it tastes better or is nicer to the bird. Non-organic chickens are a public health issue.

You may be familiar with SAS 70: an audit standard used for businesses that provide a service relating to their clients’ finances. If you feel like you just figured out SAS 70 audits, I’m sorry to say that from now on, you will be undergoing Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements 16 (SSAE 16) assessments instead.

Poor countries have spent just as much as rich ones -- and in the case of China, more -- to develop low-carbon energy, according to a study coming out this week. Its conclusions could turn the conventional wisdom about the differences among nations over mitigation efforts on its head. The report by former World Bank economist David Wheeler, who now leads the climate change division at the think tank Center for Global Development, finds that China spent 94 cents of every $10,000 of average income on clean energy between 1990 and 2008.

To most Americans electric cars are as new a concept as the first combustion vehicles were to horse-and buggy-drivers in the early years of the 20th century. But to the organizations around the world that have been working to make modern electric cars a consumer reality, it has taken decades to get to this point. In fact, the electric car industry is old enough now that it has developed its own internal conflicts--the biggest of which centers on vehicle charging

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

To what degree these and other differences originate in biology must be determined by research, not fatwa.

Austin Peay State University is testing out a Netflix-like recommendation system for courses. Tristan Denley, the prof behind the tech, wonders: "If eHarmony works well, why not this?" As per credit costs for college courses spike , the impact of poor advice from a college counselor can mean a disturbing amount of misplaced time and money. So Austin Peay State University mathematics professor Tristan Denley designed a course-recommendation system for students to suppliment their regular college counselor visits