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Google got its start in Susan Wojcicki’s garage in Menlo Park, California. Amazon.com’s business plan was forged by founder Jeff Bezos while he and his wife were traveling across the country. And …

Clippers owner Donald Sterling shouldn’t be worried that his life is over. Sure, he’s now holed up in the penthouse of a Beverly Hills office building, subsisting on pizza and …

The Mayor of Torrance, California recently had to face a real-life Bruce Springsteen lyric: “These jobs are going, boys, and they ain’t coming back.” This week, Toyota announced it was …

This Winter put a damper on the economy, which is pretty amazing when you think about it. Even in the absence of epic snowstorms and traffic-snarling ice, winter has never …

While Russian troops camp out on the Ukrainian border, pro-Russian insurgents inside the Eastern European nation are seizing town  after town, this week claiming the eastern city of Luhansk. Obama …

The talk of the weekend was the alleged recording of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. On the tape, the person identified as Sterling makes a series of virulently racist …

Welcome to Situational Awareness, a weekly roundup of news from last week that will likely be causing sleepless nights in the future.   SOMALIA OR BUST:  A Hawaii-based ground crew …

Everyone likes to think they’re unique — a precious little snowflake in the snowstorm of humanity. Yet, when it comes to finances and debt, people make surprisingly similar mistakes. There …

One of the frustrating things about personal finance is watching people, smart people, make the same mistakes over and over. Those bad decisions happen at the personal level, then bubble …

It’s difficult not to commiserate with Abe Gorelick.  In the April 3, 2014 New York Times profile of him in its Business Day section, the Boston ex-marketing executive is portrayed …