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When it comes to workplace attire, we're no longer restricted to the all-business-all-the-time suits-and-ties of Mad Men-era office culture. Colorful, fun companies like Google have proved success isn't derived from stodgy work outfits but can be achieved even in T-shirts and V-necks

Businesses that go through incubators historically have close to a 90 percent survival rate. And today, every major city has incubators focused on getting tech-savvy start-ups off the ground. We've pinpointed some of the most productive, innovative, and nurturing start-up incubators in the country"be sure to keep an eye on their next classes of graduates.

There are times I can see all the moving pieces I’ve been amassing over the past several months settling into place. And I can see FamiliesGo! coming together as a business. Then there are moments that I’m overwhelmed by the complexity of what I’m trying to do and amount of time and money that it demands—and that I don’t have readily at my disposal—and I wonder if I’m crazy to even attempt this business-owner thing.

Too much fun in the sun? What to do when the summer heat gets under your skin

If you’re seeking a personalized Monte Carlo vacation that might include Grand Prix driving or private wine tastings, there is new service designed to help you create a dream vacation or event in the region. Celebration Concierge is a Monaco-based personal event planning service that launched this summer

Photographs by Adam Dean and Susetta Bozzi China is reclaiming its place as the world's megabazaar, with the city of Yiwu as its one-stop shop for traders from the Muslim world. THE megamall is bustling with shoppers at noon when two Pakistani men -- dark-skinned with black beards, wearing white skullcaps and the traditional salwar kameez of the subcontinent -- drop their bags near a third-floor sporting-goods shop. They remove their leather sandals, place their safari vests on the floor, and prostrate themselves toward Mecca, thousands of miles away

Soda and beer. Other than exhaling, bubbly drinks are our closest experience with releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide . So as you confront steamy summer, which cold beverage is best--from an environmental perspective?

Mark Zuckerberg most popular on Google+, small businesses still struggling, Amazon launches pet store, and more. Mark Zuckerberg dominates Google+.

The July 4th weekend is just behind us and I spent a good part of last week thinking about summer and how my expectation for work-free vacations might or might not be about to disappear with the launch of FamiliesGo!. Back when I had a staff job at a major business magazine I had an editor who asked me to miss an evening flight that would start my annual vacation to do an eleventh-hour revise on a story. Now, he'd known about my trip for well over a month and I'd filed this story several weeks earlier

Heres a look at the top four contenders for developing the next spacecraft, how much funding they have received through the program, and how close they are to sending a crewed flight into orbit. After the shuttle Atlantis makes its final flight this summer, NASA will shut down the program responsible for 135 manned space flights since 1981. Now, NASA is turning to commercial companies to develop space-flight capabilities through its Commercial Crew Development program, which has doled out $320 million in funds since 2009.

Four entrepreneurs offer Artsicle their marketing ideas and help the start-up craft a following.

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Being owned by eBay was making StumbleUpon sleepy, Garrett Camp concluded.

In 1998, the Kilpatrick Hills, Scotland–based distillery Auchentoshan, created the Auchentoshan Single Malt Lowland Scotch Whisky, Scotland’s only triple-distilled single-malt Scotch.

You can plan a relaxing summer vacationeven if you're the boss. Here's how: Fifty-four percent of American adults say they won't take a vacation this summer, according to a Rasmussen poll taken in May. And it can be particularly tough for entrepreneurs who are the lifeblood of their businesses.