Disruptive business ideas have the capacity to address giant problems. The bigger the issue being tackled, the better the business idea. So how’s this for a smart startup? A children’s food business launched in London is attempting to help counter growing obesity in the U.K. At the same time, it’s…

Many people react to a layoff with anger. They trash their employer to anyone who will listen. Restrict your ranting to your nearest and dearest. Do ask your boss to portray your exit publicly as a voluntary resignation. Ask for services beyond severance pay, like outplacement help. Be pleasantly…

Looking to start a million-dollar, one-person internet business? Then Lewis Howes has a lot to teach you.

Anyone’s who’s ever stared into the eyes of a snake can attest to their cold-blooded instinctual ire. But the gray matter needed to create thinkers like Einstein and Edison requires more than steely instinct. That’s one reason most researchers scoff at the notion that dinosaurs --- whether…

I have been conducting some research lately by interviewing a group of 25 CEOs. One of the questions I asked them is, how do they want their customers and clients to feel about their company? They thought the question strange at first, so I gave them a comprehensive list of emotional responses to…

South Indian Sujit Nair is the Director and Chief Co-ordinator of the British South India Council of Commerce (BSICC). The group is an independent, nonpartisan, volunteer-run organization that promotes trade and investment between the U.K. and India, specifically South India. Over the last three…

M&A has exploded in the tech sector this year. In fact, the dealmaking – which is already at over $110 billion – is on pace to hit levels not seen since the late 1990s.

How to seal the deal and build long term relationships

Professional video gaming, known as eSports, is taking over. It is now a multi-billion-dollar industry and gaining steam.

The essence of a political campaign all boils down to marketing – the ability to convert insight about the voters and competitors into a superior strategic position and plan that provides real value for voters and gives your candidate a superior position in the marketplace. When conceived and…

For all the advances marketing has made in targeting consumers with campaigns, and even predicting their behavior, they still don’t have the full picture of consumers and how they make decisions about what to buy.

Application development (34%), managed services (27%), ERP implementations (22%) and cloud (20%) are the highest spending priorities for enterprises in 2015 according to the latest Cowen & Company IT spending survey.

As OPEC prepares to meet, with little expectation of any movement on the cartel’s customarily flouted oil production quota level of 30 million barrels per day (bpd), Iraq has provided the biggest pre-summit kerfuffle.

The indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has brought new attention to the crime of structuring. The attention is energizing the supporters of Kent Hovind, who is nearing the end of a long sentence, primarily, when considering the number of counts in the indictment, for structuring.

The Impact Angel Network focuses on small to medium-sized companies in Ethopia and just made its latest investment.

The word markdown is one of the most dreaded words in a small business owner's language. After all, if you're marking down something it means it has not sold as you expected and even worse, at the original value in which you intended it to. As a result? Markdowns are a must, and while they may seem…

Google announces plans to get deeper into virtual reality, and a new Android operating system at its developer conference.

If Google is any indication, most Americans wouldn’t even make it through the first round of the National Scripps Spelling Bee. And depending on where they live, their spelling problems may be particularly troublesome.

It’s known as eSports, and it’s grown significantly in recent years — even filling entire arenas.

Federal contractors should now have more clarity about the types of violations that may jeopardize their winning new contracts or maintaining current ones—if they can digest the mammoth proposed guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and proposed rule issued by the Federal Acquisition…

Ninety-one percent of health organizations have had a data breach in the last two years, and for the first time, cyber attacks was the top cause, according to a recent report.

Ross Ulbricht, the convicted mastermind behind the Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison in a New York courtroom on Friday. The hearing, which included testimonies from parents of alleged Silk Road overdose victims, lasted approximately 2.5 hours.

U.S. stocks close lower on Friday after a string of weak economic reports rounding up the week with modest losses

For teens hunting for summer jobs, things are looking up.

On average, 6.5 billion shares change hands on U.S. stock exchanges each day. But not all stocks are created equal.

You don’t see many leopard-skin coats around these days, or handbags festooned with peacock feathers. The voices of environmentalists and animal rights activists have been heeded by fashion industry leaders and are having an impact on the world of luxury fashion.

As the world of work continues to evolve, staying relevant becomes much harder. By the time we graduate college, many of the skills we learn become out of date. New technologies are emerging all over the place and businesses of all shapes and sizes are being disrupted. So as a current or prospective…

Next week I have the distinct pleasure of heading over to London to attend a couple of security events. One of which is the community driven BSides London 2015 conference. This will be the third year that I’m attending this event and I still am tickled with the quality of the event. I’ve been to all…

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are Amazon, Google, and GameStop.

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been indicted on federal structuring charges over an undefined underlying cash payoff. Is the alleged cover-up worse than the alleged crime?

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