Over a year ago, Congress passed the ?Jump-Start Our Business Start-ups Act,? better known as the JOBS Act. Its supporters said the new law would create American jobs by making it easier for ?start-ups? to raise money by issuing IPOs ? initial public

* Fed's Bernanke says less bond buying if forecasts is correct * Fed downgrades growth, inflation outlook, ups jobs view * Benchmark 10-year yield rises to 15-month high * Five-year yield hit highest...

I got on my plane to NY after 48 hours in Detroit with tears in my eyes. Why was I so moved by the people, entrepreneurs, and start-ups I met during such a short visit? Trips to London, Milan, Los Angeles and San Francisco have never affected me in s

GoodData and RJMetrics took different approaches to starting their data analysis businesses.    

With his Dorm Room Fund, the serial entrepreneur is putting more cash in the hands of college start-ups--and that's a good thing.By his sophomore year of college, Josh Kopelman was a full-fledged entrepreneur. Not that his alma mater--the University

Work is set to begin on the 3.2-acre La Kretz Innovation Campus in L.A.'s arts district, which will give the nonprofit 10 times more space to nurture start-ups.Inside a cavernous warehouse downtown, crumbling brick walls, exposed wiring and a gaping

NYU Shanghai, the boldest foray yet for a U.S. university into China, is emerging as an illustration of the political risks of Chinese-Western education ventures.

By Stephen Simpson:American Vanguard (AVD) has long been a volatile small-cap stock. Some of that can be chalked up to the vagaries of the agricultural chemicals market, a business where the likes of FMC Corp. (FMC) have also had ample ups and downs.

Third Point's Dan Loeb upped his stake in Sony and pushed the Japanese electronics company to spin off its entertainment arm.

Kim Taylor first popped up on our radar with the premiere of Randi Zuckerberg's "Start-ups: Silicon Valley" reality TV show.  Taylor shocked the show's producers when she decided to quit her job mid-season at marketing startup Ampush to sta

By greg group: While the financial stocks have seen their share of ups and downs recently, Prudential Financial (PRU) is up 45% in the past year with nearly 37% coming since April 2013. According to projected earnings, Prudential still has an additio

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- This past October, I bemoaned the fact that the market was all but ignoring good news from Corningwhich had recently raised its quarterly dividend 20%. On the day that increase was announced, shares actually fell 2% as I recal

Ignoring tradition can be a path to success--but only if you dare.When an entrepreneur challenges the status quo, he or she is either squashed and forgotten about or they hit a nerve and a paradigm shift occurs. The latter happens when the entreprene

* Nikkei falls 0.2 pct, Topix up 0.2 pct * Volume lowest since Dec as market focused on Fed outcome * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average edged down in choppy trad

* Nikkei falls 0.2 pct, Topix up 0.2 pct * Volume lowest since Dec as market focused on Fed outcome * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters)...

* Nikkei falls 0.2 pct, Topix up 0.2 pct * Volume lowest since Dec as market focused on Fed outcome * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average edged down in choppy trad

* Nikkei falls 0.7 pct, Topix down 0.3 pct * Trading remains volatile as focus turns to Fed outcome * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) -...

* Nikkei falls 0.7 pct, Topix down 0.3 pct * Trading remains volatile as focus turns to Fed outcome * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average reversed early gains on Tue

* Nikkei falls 0.7 pct, Topix down 0.3 pct * Trading remains volatile as focus turns to Fed outcome * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average reversed early gains on Tue

* Nikkei and Topix both up 0.6 pct * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei rose on Tuesday, heading for a third straight day...

* Nikkei and Topix both up 0.6 pct * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei rose on Tuesday, heading for a third straight day of gains, which will mark its longest winning run

* Nikkei and Topix both up 0.6 pct * Sony rises after hedge fund ups stake, presses spin-off By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei rose on Tuesday, heading for a third straight day of gains, which will mark its longest winning run

By emphasizing outfits rather than pieces, the Finnish start-up stands to succeed in the virtual try-on space. Here's how customization, shopping carts, and social features are changing the game.Start-ups have tried virtual clothing try-on solutions

By David McHugh and Shawn PogatchnikENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back. Japan is finally looking up afte

Interns at Google receive eye-popping salaries, but some tech start-ups offer much more. Check out some of their awesome perks.A glittering resume no longer cuts it. If you want a job, or even a graduate degree, you've got to put in time as an intern

The nine Internet companies implicated in the PRISM leak aren't the only companies handing over customer data. Apparently, thousands of companies do this. Would you?Yesterday, I wrote about the shady role of a few start-ups in the government's bid to

Sterne Agee cuts the stock to a neutral rating, while Jefferies sticks with its 'buy' recommendation and ups the price target. Click to view a price quote on WFC. Click to research the Banking industry.    

Why UPS' stock can continue to deliver big returns to shareholders.

SoalrCity is hoping to reel in new customers with this move.

By David White:Encana Corporation (ECA) is a Canadian major integrated oil and gas company. In the past it has been most famous for its natural gas assets and production; but that is changing. In FY2012 it had average liquids production of 31,000 bar

When tech entrepreneurs look back at their bumpy launches, a common lament is, “If only I had known.”    

How Silicon Valley tech companies are slowly being sucked into the NSA's cyber-industrial complex.James Bamford recently told The New Yorker that he has a love-hate relationship with the NSA."I love them, and they hate me," he joked.With good reason.

Don’t bring it up next time you’re invited to a dinner party with all of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) high-ups but it looks like the company may be stealing a long-used PR move from its rival Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

JAKARTA, June 13 (Reuters) - Indonesia became the first central bank in Asia to raise its policy interest rate since 2011, the strongest sign yet in regional emerging economies of the stress being...

JAKARTA, June 13 (Reuters) - Indonesia became the first central bank in Asia to raise its policy interest rate since 2011, the strongest sign yet in regional emerging economies of the stress being...

The US start-ups with a big passion to succeed

The term “insurance” carries with it a boatload of connotations, so if you go into a UPS branch to ship a package and someone offers you “insurance” for a few extra dollars, you might think that you’ll be covered in case

(Reuters) - Shares of Gigamon Inc, a maker of data traffic management software, jumped as much as 37 percent in their market debut, underscoring investor confidence in enterprise software start-ups.

(Reuters) - Shares of Gigamon Inc, a maker of data traffic management software, jumped as much as 37 percent in their market debut, underscoring investor confidence in enterprise software start-ups.

June 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Gigamon Inc, a maker of data traffic management software, jumped as much as 37 percent in their market debut, underscoring investor confidence in enterprise software start-ups.

June 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Gigamon Inc, a maker of data traffic management software, jumped as much as 37 percent in their market debut, underscoring investor confidence in enterprise software start-ups.

June 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Gigamon Inc, a maker of data traffic management software, jumped as much as 33 percent in their market debut, underscoring investor confidence in enterprise software start-ups.

June 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Gigamon Inc, a maker of data traffic management software, jumped as much as 33 percent in their market debut, underscoring investor confidence in enterprise software start-ups.

At least three banks are in talks with enterprise cloud start-up Box about extending a credit line, despite banks typically avoiding lending to start-ups.

United Parcel Service is expanding its health-care shipping services in China, as it pursues a larger foothold in a lucrative market with limited access to foreign delivery companies.