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What has become the underlying reason for why we do things in our lives?

Inc. has covered the Daily Deal and Local Deal space quite extensively over the last year or so. In fact my colleague Eric Markowitz has reported on the death of daily deals (and their resurrection ) in the last few weeks.

Want your files accessible online, but don't like the idea of not keeping a local copy? These tools let you sync and collaborate, but also give you offline copies and peace of mind. It's not that hard to combine cloud accessibility with just-in-case offline practicality.

Everyday life enters a different phase on the Tuesday after Labor Day, the unofficial start of autumn in the United States. As students and employees return from vacation, and vehicles fully flood roadways once again, drivers face an increased risk of what may be the worst hassle a commuter can encounter: traffic gridlock.

New York commuters can ride a vintage 1920 train in September, compliments of Nucky Thompson. The MTA is going older school than usual starting Labor Day weekend, compliments of your favorite lovable crime lord, Nucky Thompson. As part of the “Compliments of Nucky” campaign promoting the September 25 return of period drama Boardwalk Empire, HBO is putting a vintage 1920s train back on the track on New York's 2 / 3 line (Nucky refers to the show's central character, played by Steve Buscemi).

The likely culprits? Lending is tight--and hiring levels are just strong enough.

After hosting Labor Day talethon for decades and helping raise millions for muscular dystrophy research, ailing comedian is out

We all know it’s a bad economy, so why pay attention to monthly economic reports? It’s a fair question, and one that a lot of small business owners wrestle with. The truth is that monthly economic reports can be valuable to small business owners.

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

What happens when an employee disregards--or doesn't hear--a manager's instructions to save the company's Fourth of July barbecue hot dogs for a Labor Day soiree? We are not making this up.

How much are Americans being paid in 2011? What effect has the recession had?

Feds will launch a probe on Google, a start-up that shows if you've been hacked, a study on how men and women divide their work schedules, and more. Is Google in the doghouse? Federal regulators will be issuing subpoenas to Google, "launching a broad, formal investigation into whether the Internet giant has abused its dominance in Web-search advertising," The Wall Street Journal reports .

More small businesses are choosing to pay out-of-pocket for employee health claims, rather than a fixed monthly premium to an insurance carrier. Here are the pros and cons. As insurance premiums skyrocket and uncertainty surrounds the 2010 health care reform bill, small and mid-sized companies are increasingly looking to contain a spiraling employee health bill

ELLE is available and ready for any Bahamas charters for the Summer 2011 charter season in the Bahamas. Her charter rate has been reduced to $125,000/wk for a limited time to include the 4th of July and Labor Day holidays. Captain Patrick Anderson and his stellar crew of 9 are ready to welcome you aboard

Photograph by David Heerde To build this school in Gando, Burkina Faso, Kéré used local materials designed to withstand weather conditions ranging from blazing sun to torrential showers. His schools now serve 500 children