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Life rarely works out as we plan it to, which makes retirement planning tricky--especially when it comes to claiming Social Security benefits. 

Wearable tech is hot, Google Glass is cool, and while it may be our future, it’s definitely not our present.      

Having to add to payroll can be a momentous step for budding small businesses, but the tax implications can be burdensome.

The startling landmark ruling by Europe’s highest court takes us down the slippery slope from a free society to a censored one. There is no turning back.  

An insidious epidemic is threatening the careers of executives and business leaders everywhere. It’s called PDRS or Public Displays of Remarkable Stupidity.

Over the last couple of weeks, a few of my clients have decided for one reason or another to close down their businesses. Whatever the reason, there will be tax rules to follow depending on the type of small business.  

You may think you’re normal, but you’re actually in a dysfunctional codependent relationship with your smart gadgets. Oh yes you are.

Personal accountability – the quality responsible for our prosperity and way of life – is steadily disappearing from our culture.   

According to the latest employment report from payroll processor ADP, small businesses added 82,000 jobs in April.

Since 1938, garbage disposer-maker InSinkErator has been manufacturing its products in Racine, Wisconsin – and InSinkErator President Tim Ferry says that makes all the difference.

Bitcoin, the decentralized digital currency that has taken the financial spotlight this year, has yet to become regulated by the government, but that hasn’t stopped the IRS from dictating tax treatment on them.

Nobody can predict what will succeed in the market because, truth is, we don’t know what we want until we see it.

In business, too, it's possible to build a long and great career that takes advantage of experience and innovation. What outdated limits do you need to let go of?

With demand for lumber down, Great Northern Lumber Co. has found success resizing lumber and selling sawdust.

A $2.1 billion construction project to cap the still-leaking Chernobyl nuclear power plant could be delayed for another two years because of escalating hostilities between Ukraine and Russia.

Google may want to be everywhere and in everything, but even if that were possible, it would come at a price that even the search giant can’t afford.

After numerous hacking incidents at retailers and banks in the last few months, many wonder whether the firms should alert you after every attack.

You can’t win big online by putting out the same mind-numbingly monotonous mush as everyone else – you’ve got to differentiate.

Lorraine Hoffmann, owner of the Harri Hoffmann Co., says her family business has stayed afloat since 1950 by focusing on quality.

There’s so much tech jargon, even geeks don’t know what they’re talking about, half the time. Finally, everyone can get on the same page.