If you walk into your room at the brand spanking new Virgin hotel in downtown Chicago, you'll find a simple telephone on the asymmetrical end table. The phone has only one button (other than the dial pad): a central button marked by enlarged, red print exclaiming “YES!” Press this button (I tried…

This week, many million Americans are expected to fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets. Some will compete for fun. Others will join free contests. Meanwhile, still others will enter private pools that include both entry fees and cash prizes.

With the NCAA selection committee expected to soon announce its 2015 tournament brackets, college basketball fans have already begun to scour the web for free NCAA Tournament contests to join. Once again this year, each of the 'big three' fantasy sports websites (Yahoo, ESPN and CBS) is offering a…

A workshop of 100 CEOs and managers from companies across the UK has revealed insights into the effects of national character on corporate governance, which was famously described by Stephen Green, ex CEO and Chairman of HSBC, as "the very essence of a business."

Don't like taxes? Form a church, even if your religion looks like a party. But be prepared for the IRS and state tax officials to ask questions.

The Kentucky Wildcat’s Men’s Basketball team is making history. With an undefeated regular season under their belt, the Cats have the capability to continue through March Madness with a perfect record (which hasn’t been done since Indiana in 1975-1976). That is not to say, however, that every moment…

By Alicia Robb, senior fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation I spent last weekend in Guayaquil, Ecuador, attending the first-ever Startup Weekend Women’s Edition in South America. I attended my first Startup Weekend Women’s Edition more than a year ago in San Francisco. Observing attendees at…

Marc Koska has had a shot at saving the world; a single shot that has taken him 31 years. Back in 1984 the Englishman, then a 23-year-old who spent much of his time yachting in the Caribbean, was horrified like many others by the dire prediction that the newly-identified HIV virus could claim as…

German police announced the arrest of seven individuals and the seizure of 360kg in narcotics this week, in relation to an investigation into a drug dealership known as Shiny-Flakes, providing some startling images that exposed the sheer scale of the operation.

New York is creating one of the most restrictive medicinal marijuana programs in the country. Creating an atmosphere open only to investors who able to losing millions of dollars for years.

Tax scams, fraud and identity theft refund claims are running rampant. Senate Finance Committee hearings reveal just how bad it is.

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held March 9, 2015, that federal agencies do not have to go through formal rule-making to makes changes to rules that interpret regulations. The high court concluded that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) acted properly in issuing an “administrator interpretation”…

You’re not getting the results you want from your SEO firm. Is it possible you're micromanaging, and hurting results in the process?

A year after its merger, the freelance work marketplace Elance-oDesk is emphasizing its employers and freelancers in Asia and elsewhere outside the United States.

Facebook’s case reveals a deeper problem.

Technology startups in China are raising cash at a record pace from private investors, prompting concerns about potential overvaluation, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Here is our entrepreneurial playbook that includes the lessons basketball has taught us to help you up your game in life and work.

HBO Now is coming, but the deal involving Apple Inc. that has fans of the two monster companies excited might not be all sunshine and roses one analyst says.

In order for a "daily fantasy sports" contest to be legal under federal and state laws, the underlying contest must be deemed a "game of skill" rather than a "game of chance." To date, no "daily fantasy sports" company has ever published a study to prove that their contests meet this important…

To tackle rising health insurance costs, employers are expected to offer more highly-incentivized wellness programs

While investors try to wrap their brains around the surging dollar, a batch of numbers due this morning is set to provide further evidence of a mending economy. Of course, not all metrics point to better days ahead for stocks.

Alibaba is investing $200 million in SnapChat, a messaging app that allows users to send disappearing photos and is currently banned in China, according to a person at Alibaba who is familiar with the deal.

The widely anticipated Apple Watch is due to hit the Chinese market on April 24, but makers of imitation devices just couldn’t wait, and knock-offs are already available on Alibaba’s Taobao.com, including some features not even offered on the real Apple device.

Ride-hailing service Uber may operate in 55 countries across the world, but its smaller rival Lyft is hoping to nip at its heels in the U.S., and it has raised $530 million in new funding to do so, Lyft said Wednesday.

Alibaba Group invests $200 million in U.S.-based Snapchat in its latest venture into social media, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Changing marijuana laws are attracting entrepreneurs into the legal pot industry as shop owners, bakers, tour operators, inventors and much much more.

I spent the better part of last week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), checking out a number of new gaming-related innovations poised to hit the market in the next few weeks, months, and (maybe) years. I’m particularly interested in PC hardware, which was good because a number of the major…

How do Wikimedia employees feel about the suit against the NSA? This question was originally answered on Quora by Amir E. Aharoni.