With Obamacare rapidly approaching, the nation's top business lobby offers a new option for small employers
On Twitter, marketers have mastered the art of the 140-character message. On Vine, they condense it to just six-seconds
No matter what your career or your business is, your true legacy will be measured one person at a time.
You can't innovate from the center of the firm. You have to start at the outer edge and work your way in.
Twitter may have been first with a catchy video app, but Facebook--via Instagram--has the far superior product.
If your business is going to grow, you need employees who can think like an owner. Here are a few techniques to make that happen.
When members of your team are being counterproductive, staging an intervention can be tough. Here's how to get the result you want.
Can the 10 start-ups invited to participate help revolutionize the current education system?
It worked for Steve Jobs. He dismissed market research and adhered to a single, basic product development ideal.
The paper business card has lost its significance--and utility. Check out a few digital alternatives designed to make networking easier.
The secret to Google's hiring strategy? Hint: it has nothing to do with those famously convoluted interview questions.
Does an out of the box question help you make better hires? These companies think so.
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Small green energy companies are discovering a huge, eager customer: the U.S. government.
Sometimes you need to "rewire" your growing company by adding new people and processes. Just make sure you don't short-circuit your momentum.
Entrepreneur Jen Bilik learned a lesson the hard way when she trusted the wrong person.
The U.S.'s rise as an energy producer just might fuel the comeback of 'Made in the USA.'
Another mobile payment start-up enters the ring. The founder explains how his company is different.
You can give back long before you're big and successful. Here's how.
Your chances of meeting an Ironman finisher walking down the street are about 1 in 1,000. Get a bunch of entrepreneurs in a room, and they're much higher.
Fab wants to be the next billion-dollar e-commerce business. It's fabulously ambitious--but completely at odds with the company's strengths.
How can you tell if a candidate isn't just good at their gig but also a good fit for a small business environment? Try these interview questions.
Don't assume what customers need, even when they express an interest in your product.
Why Led Zeppelin's untitled, unbranded fourth album is a marketing masterstroke worth studying 40 years later.
Small business owners are putting less on the line, but feel more optimistic about the future. Are they seeing through rose colored glasses?
The start-up acquisition madness continues, this time with Twitter buying Spindle, a location-focused social discovery engine.
Nach monatelangen Verhandlungen haben die Euro-Finanzminister Regeln für die direkte Rekapitalisierung von Banken durch den Euro-Krisenfonds ESM vereinbart.
In Athen ist eine schwere Krise in der Koalitionsregierung ausgebrochen. Ein Bruch der Koalition und Neuwahlen sind jetzt wahrscheinlich.
Die Risiken am Immobilienmarkt, die hochverschuldeten Grossbanken und der Steuerstreit mit den USA halten die SNB auf Trab. In keinem der drei Bereiche stehen die Zeichen auf Entspannung. Der Handlungsspielraum ist aber beschränkt.
Die Schweizer Assekuranz kann hinsichtlich der Wertschöpfung zwar nicht mit der Pharmabranche mithalten. Im Vergleich mit Banken sieht das Rendement allerdings gut aus.
Die Nationalbank bekräftigt, dass sie Banken bei einer US-Strafklage nur liquiditätsmässig helfen könne. Ob die Banken die geforderten Daten in die USA liefern können, hängt derweil aus rechtlicher Sicht von der Definition des öffentlichen Interesses ab.
Die Risiken auf dem Hypothekar- und Immobilienmarkt haben laut Nationalbank weiter zugenommen. Auch die Eigenkapitalsituation der Grossbanken bleibt im Fokus. Die Risikomessung müsse glaubwürdiger werden, sagt die SNB.
Berlin sieht die Familienpolitik nach einer Gesamtevaluation auf dem richtigen Weg. Von den rund 150 Massnahmen wird keine abgeschafft. Mit einem «Familiensplitting» will man die Förderung vielmehr noch ausbauen.