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Macy’s Job Cuts Affect 2500 Workers

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Macy’s is ready to let go of some of its baggage. The extra ballast in the form of 2,500 jobs that are to be vacated is a key component of a well-thought-out scheme. Already, after the decision was...
    






The Consumer Electronics Show’s Lessons On The Separation Of State And Technology

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While most of the country endured the polar vortex this week, the annual tech vortex known 2014 Consumer Electronics Show took over Las Vegas. I took a pre-Show tour of the International CES floor...
    






Best Of FORBES: The Polar Vortex, 30 Under 30 And Self-Driving Cars

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“The polar vortex gripping the nation has brought a crazy week for natural gas. On Monday the demand for gas nationwide hit a record 125 billion cubic feet as homeowners and power generators sought...
    






Green Tech Investments Down, With Big Deals Going To Car-Sharing Apps, Clean Power, Energy Efficient Gear

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Venture capital investments in cleantech startups worldwide ended 2013 with 1,007 deals totaling $6.8 billion, a decline from the 1,037 deals amassing $7.9 billion the year before, according to...
    






SodaStream Super Bowl 2014 Ad announced

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The Super Bowl 2014 takes place on February 2, 2014 and will have besides the big game a huge line-up of Super Bowl ads. Fox managed to charge $4 million on average for 30 second spots. Here is...
    






TV-on-Internet service Aereo gets $34M in funding

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TV-on-Internet service Aereo gets $34 million in outside funding as legal battle continues NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, a Barry Diller-backed startup that provides broadcast television...
    






Honest Tea: A $100 Million Brand 15 Years In The Making

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Seth Goldman was born to do this As Co-Founder and CEO of Honest Tea, his picture is in the dictionary next to the word tenacity. With Co-Founder Barry Nalebuff, their brainchild just finished the...
    






A Startup’s $100M Plan To Make Dumb Windows Smart

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A California startup that turns ordinary windows into intelligent light and heat blockers said Tuesday it’s raised $100 million to boost sales and manufacturing. The company, called View, makes...
    






Best Of FORBES: 30 Under 30, Story Of Snapchat: World’s Hottest App?

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“FORBES launched the third annual 30 Under 30, a tally of the brightest stars in 15 different fields under the age of 30. This is an exhilarating time to be young and ambitious. Never before has...
    






Why You Should Care About The Quest To Put DNA Barcodes On Every Species

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At first glance, the rather grandiose-sounding International Barcode of Life (IBOL) project seems an arcane scientific exercise. But the database – which aims to create unique DNA identification “...