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J.C. Penney‘s investments in beauty aim to steer the company out of a sales slump, as it lags some of its other department store peers heading into 2018. The company just last month revealed its plans to hire 6,500 stylists for a burgeoning hair salon business across the U.S. Its […]

As consumers pressure corporate America to act in the wake of last month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman High School in South Florida, one of Wall Street’s highest-profile companies finds itself in an awkward position: Goldman Sachs. In 2017, Goldman’s private equity arm helped finance Bass Pro Shops’ roughly $4 […]

I’ve reviewed more than a hundred smartphones over the last decade (maybe even hundreds), and there are a few features in each phone that weigh more when it comes to whether or not it receives a good review or not. It can be stressful buying a new smartphone, especially as […]

Sports betting in states outside of Nevada may be nearing reality. But that doesn’t mean it will be a business success. Even as major professional sports leagues like the National Basketball Association open their eyes to the multibillion-dollar opportunity, their ideas on how to get a piece of the action […]

Self-made billionaire Richard Branson works hard but he plays even harder. “Fun is one of the most important — and underrated — ingredients in any successful venture,” the Virgin Group founder writes in “The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership.” He continues, “If you’re not having fun, then it’s […]

For Solomon Oyakhire, the call from Palo Alto came during dinner time the Nigerian student was alone, eating dinner in his apartment in Lagos. On the other line was John Hennessy, a former President of Stanford University and the co-founder on the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, congratulating him on winning a scholarship […]

One of the ironies of trade protectionism is that tariffs and import quotas are what we do to ourselves in times of peace what foreign nations do to u‎s with blockades to keep imports from entering our country in times of war. Or consider that we impose sanctions on U.S. […]

In the past few years, tiny homes have had a big impact on real estate. And the trend has gained some serious traction with consumers — shows like HGTV’s “Tiny House, Big Living” and FYI’s “Tiny House Nation” are fueling the compact houses’ popularity. Last year, homes less than 500 […]

Special counsel Robert Mueller‘s team is looking into whether business talks that President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner had with foreigners during the presidential transition ended up affecting White House policies toward those people, NBC News reported Friday. NBC News, citing various sources, said Mueller’s investigators are focusing on Kushner’s […]

When Lighthouse AI CEO Alex Teichman leaves his house in the morning, he waves at the camera he’s mounted above the front door. When his wife wakes up, she’ll get a push notification on her phone showing her a video of his little goodbye. It’s not the typical use case […]