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Every executive and business leader has the same blind spot: getting too close to a situation and losing perspective.

Today’s American Success Salute goes to Tanisha Akinloye, the founder and CEO of Trumbull, Conn.-based Empowering Through Beauty – a nonprofit that provides free makeovers and beauty services to help homeless, battered, and low-income women know their inner and outer beauty.

Two conflicting rulings came down Tuesday regarding the subsidies related to the Affordable Care Act, so where do we go from here?

Dave Says: What's the best plan for a debt-free retiree to create an estate that can be left to family members? 

When you're embroiled in a legal battle, one of they keys to winning is making your opponent's risk bigger than yours.

Marc Blackman, CEO of Gold Eagle, on building his company’s flagship brands like HEET and Sta-bil, and acquiring new products.

Today’s Salute to American Success goes to a founder of a growing roofing business that’s enjoying being on top!

The massive enterprise partnership struck by Apple and IBM faces significant execution headwinds.

Today’s American Success Salute goes to an entrepreneurial teen -- a millennial -- who doesn’t plan on coasting through life.

Today’s Salute to American Success goes to a mom who created an organic-baby product business – called Zoë b Organic -- that’s making green from being green.

The framers of the Bill of Rights probably didn't think much about the anarchy of the Internet when they drafted the First Amendment.

Dave Says: Having two job offers is a dream come true, but how do you make sure your selection doesn't become a nightmare? And is there really such a thing as a safe investment haven? 

Today’s Salute to American Success goes to a man who pulled himself out of poverty to create a multi-million-dollar hair-care products empire, and has proven he can more than cut it in the business world. 

You can still find a summer job, but these companies are looking to add to their full-time payroll.

Paulina Meat Market in Chicago has been operating since 1949. Owner Bill Begale says the secret to its success is listening to what customers want.

There is no brand crisis today, but there may soon come a time when Silicon Valley will want to change its name.  

It once looked like Apple had lost the PC war, but Microsoft learned a hard lesson: Never count Apple out. Google and Samsung beware.

Civilization advances when unique individuals that think and act differently, shatter the status quo and change how we do things.

Your wallet is going to be missing a major component in 10 years. 

Power is fleeting. And your spotlight fades much sooner than you might expect.