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Regulators never had any data to suggest that cell phone use in flight was in any way a danger to passengers.

The picture everyone loves to hate (and take) has earned philological status. Let's celebrate the selfie.

The claim that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 would slash poverty rates in half is overly simplistic.

If current employment trends continue, the number of people out of the labor force will surpass the number of working Americans in about four years.

Twitter is the poster child for entrepreneurial determination and free-market opportunities. Believe that hype.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, would add costs and complications to businesses that have already shown they are far more enlightened than the government, writes Ray Hennessey.

Of all the surveys conducted, the Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index is taking the prize for the most obvious.

Caught in the controversy over government surveillance, the biggest technology companies ally to get Congress to rein in spying.

A California woman was issued a summons for driving while wearing Google Glass. Is it really akin to a television strapped to your head?

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, and other words of wisdom for entrepreneurs.

The disparity between those losing coverage and those gaining demonstrates the private sector is, and always will be, better at managing events than the government.

The eye-popping price tags of companies such as Fab, Pinterest and Snapchat have raised concerns that valuations have gotten out of whack. The reality is there's no such thing as being overvalued or undervalued.

There's always attention on billionaires like Bill Gates who dropped out of college and made it big. But, as the monthly employment report shows, those who graduate face a much better job market.

With all the data available and all the money being spent on digital ads, it should be easy to decide how effective they are. Only, it isn't.

In a letter to investors and customers, the fallen smartphone maker channels its inner Chip Diller.

All equal pay fights are created equal, but some are more equal than others.

Starbucks appears to be sending a message about cooperation to lawmakers in Washington, but it's really just getting more customers into its stores.

On the Supreme Court's slate for this term is a decision on whether companies who prevail against patent trolls can be reimbursed for legal expenses.

Twitter needs diversity on its board, but not in the way you might think.

Just 37 percent of business owners approve of the president's job performance, according to a new poll by Gallup.

Bestselling author Tom Clancy, who died Wednesday at age 66, gave great advice to businesspeople of all stripes.

America's largest and smallest employers led continued modest job creation in September, with much of the private sector continuing to show a hesitancy to hire.

The Lacey Act was the first real American conservation law, but changes in the law have made it too dangerous to conserve in its present form.

In a win for online privacy advocates but a blow to advertisers, a federal judge has ruled Google may have violated wiretapping laws by scanning and reviewing users' Gmails.

New information suggests research is wrong when it says that executives -- because of the tough business decisions they need to make -- are more prone to bad health.

The troubled mobile maker has accepted a $9-a-share offer from Fairfax Financial Holdings, which already owns 10 percent of BlackBerry's shares.

Businesses spend a lot of time and money fretting over patent issues, but perhaps the concept of intellectual property as a whole needs to be re-examined.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's request that customers leave their guns at the door puts his company -- and by extension, his employees and franchisees -- behind this political issue.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wrote an open letter to customers saying the presence of weapons in its stores is 'unsettling and upsetting' to too many of its customers.

Pursuit of profits is still paramount. But getting there with a social element is possible.