Gangnam attracts Korean startups seeking trendy consumers and tech community
The uber-trendy Seoul neighborhood made famous by the "Gangnam Style" K-pop hit is known for status-conscious people, plastic surgery clinics and Ivy League prep schools.
Lack of diversity prods technology companies to consider ways to re-engineer their workforces
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson spent most of this year pressuring the technology industry into facing up to the glaring scarcity of women, blacks and Latinos at companies renowned as great places to work.
Cisco to lay off up to 6,000 workers as part of restructuring
Cisco says it will lay off up to 6,000 workers, or 8 percent of its workforce, as part of a restructuring.
A Dozen Deductions for Your Small Business
Don't cheat yourself. Even savvy small-business owners forget about these deductions.
Top 12 Tax Deductions for the Self-Employed
As a self-employed individual, you understand value and the need to meticulously watch and control expenses. That is especially true of taxes – one of the largest and most convoluted expenses you will incur. To survive and thrive, you must take advantage of all potential deductions.
Ignore Tax Code Revisions At Your Own Peril
Tax law changes almost on a daily basis. As a self-employed individual you are required to keep up with those changes. It’s difficult to do, but not keeping up can be costly.
Woman in Silicon Valley gender bias case says she told colleague she loved him
A woman alleging gender bias at a prestigious Silicon Valley venture capital firm testified that she couldn't turn back the advances of a male co-worker with whom she'd later have an affair because of her injuries from an accident on a trip to Germany.
Woman in gender bias suit against Silicon Valley venture capital firm to testify for 2nd day
Jurors in a sex discrimination trial against one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital firms will hear a second day of testimony from the woman behind the high-profile gender bias lawsuit.
Making a living online means a lot more than collecting a share of YouTube ad revenue
When 29-year-old YouTube star Meghan Tonjes launched a podcast with crowd-funding site Patreon a year ago, it was one of dozens of things the singer-songwriter was doing to grind out a living online.
Netflix under pressure to expand 1-year parental leave to lower-paid workers in DVD division
Netflix is getting jeered for excluding the employees in its DVD-by-rental service from a recently introduced benefit that gives up to a year of unpaid leave to most of its workers after the birth or adoption of a baby.
Google creates new holding company, Alphabet, to oversee its core business and new ventures
Google is creating a new company to oversee its highly lucrative Internet business and a growing flock of other ventures, including some — like building self-driving cars and researching ways to prolong human life — that are known more for their ambition than for turning an immediate profit.
Nintendo names long-serving exec Tatsumi Kimishima as president following Iwata death
Nintendo has named a long-serving executive as president following the death in July of Satoru Iwata.
Microsoft CEO names Brad Smith as company's new president and chief legal officer
Microsoft has named Brad Smith as its new president and chief legal officer, effective immediately.
Amazon offers 1-hour delivery of household products in Manhattan
Amazon says it is offering one-hour delivery of thousands of basic products to its Prime customers in Manhattan.
Obama to take executive actions aimed at boosting US manufacturing
President Barack Obama is expanding his push for increased manufacturing in the United States by directing federal money toward new technologies, apprenticeship programs and competitions designed to assist small manufacturers.
Amazon gives a disappointing holiday revenue forecast, as investors lose patience
Amazon's trademark smile icon is becoming more of a grimace.
Amazon gives a disappointing holiday revenue forecast, shares fall
It might be a blue Christmas for Amazon.
Memo from Microsoft exec Stephen Elop announcing up to 18,000 job cuts over next year
Microsoft Executive Vice President Stephen Elop sent employees of the company's devices business a memo detailing its job cut plans.
4 employer-sponsored benefits changes that may stem from overhaul tax starting in 2018
Many workers will soon find that their health insurance costs more and covers less next year, and that employers have taken a sharper interest in their well-being.
Start-Up Nation: Live Coverage From Greylock Partners
Get ready for Start-Up Nation. FBN’s Liz Claman is reporting live Wednesday from Greylock Partners,








