How business owners can stand out amid market's noise
Entrepreneurs can build great products, but without a distinct brand, marketplace noise will drown them out.
California scraps plan to tax text messages
State regulators are ditching a proposal to impose a tax on text messages, citing FCC ruling
Ditch your smartphone for a year, win $100,000
Vitaminwater challenges smartphone addicts to abandon their devices for 365 unimaginable days. The reward? A cool $100K VitaminWater contest: Ditch your smartphone for a year, win $100,000 in cell phone challenge
Banned in Boston: Plastic bags at grocery stores
Just in time for holiday food shopping season: City ordinance forbids big stores from offering plastic checkout bags
For people with disabilities, a trend in "adaptive" clothing
The fashion industry is taking notice of people with disabilities, who represent a large and growing market
Homelessness on the rise in some U.S. cities
Fewer Americans are on the street overall, though the problem is flaring in certain parts of the country — here's why
Strong U.S. job market hurts care for those in nursing homes
Facing low pay and grueling conditions, many workers in senior care facilities flee for other jobs
China bans import and sale of most iPhone models
Ruling follows claim by chipmaker Qualcomm that Apple is infringing on some of its technology patents
"Broken" Washington called threat to U.S. economy
Geithner and fellow financial crisis vets Paulson and Bernanke agree U.S. ill-prepared to combat inevitable next crisis
Critics say cashless retailers penalize the poor
Lawmakers want to require retailers to accept cash to make sure even those who are unbanked get served
Whitney Museum workers angry over vice chairman's ties to border violence
Warren Kanders owns a company that makes tear gas reportedly used against asylum seekers at U.S.-Mexico border
Marriott data breach: 5 steps to protect yourself after the hack
Experts recommend taking these 5 steps to safeguard your finances after Marriott disclosed the massive breach
Marriott hack: Big fail, but not the biggest ever
The Marriott data hack is the second-biggest security breach on record, according to experts
Payless sold discount shoes at luxury prices
Payless pranked fashionistas into paying 1,800 percent markups for the bargain footwear seller's shoes
Immigrant rights groups find Trump is their best fundraiser
The president's hardline anti-immigration policies appear to be inspiring more donations to groups that oppose them