How The Mobile Phone Is Enabling A New Social Enterprise Economy

Do you remember that old mobile phone that you traded in years ago? Chances are, your phone may be helping power a new social revolution for millions living in poverty around the world.

The Wall Street Journal: Jack Ma's firm among Chinese consortium making $4.4. billion foray into online gambling

A Chinese consortium led by Shanghai Giant Network Technology Co. and joined by a fleet of financial moguls including a private-equity arm of Alibaba founder Jack Ma has agreed to purchase an Israeli gambling business for $4.4 billion in cash.

Four Interview Questions To Help You Hire People With Grit

People with grit have the character to succeed because they will think outside the box, solve problems and get the job done. Here are four types of interview questions that can help you identify people with the drive and determination to be great.

Flipping A PR Flop: These 4 Founders Show How It's Done

These four U.S. founders turned their initial PR mistakes into wins in ways that others can model as well.

Deep Dive: Two veteran stock pickers win by going where others see 'fear or disinterest'

The GoodHaven Fund's Larry Pitkowsky and Keith Trauner push into miners and energy, producing double the returns of the S&P 500.

Sorry Google And Tesla, FiveAI Will Have The Best Driverless Car

A new UK startup is looking to blow Tesla and Google's driverless technology offerings out of the water. (Or should that be off the road?)

Questions about Melania Trump's bio suggest fibbing is not worth it

Your résumé will get checked, even if you're not a future First Lady.

The Wall Street Journal: Facebook says it may owe up to $5 billion in taxes

Facebook Inc. said that it could end up owing $3 billion to $5 billion in additional taxes as a result of action by the Internal Revenue Service in a long-running dispute related to how it transferred assets overseas.

How To Know What Your Brand Experience Is Worth

In principle, measuring return on experience isn?t all that complicated. Define the goals at the start of the marketing campaign, set success criteria, execute the campaign, measure and assess results. Simple, right? Well, no, of course not.

Google's Alphabet shares hit intraday record high after earnings

Alphabet Inc. shares soar more than 5% late Thursday, hitting an intraday high, after the parent company of Google reported second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenues well above Wall Street expectations.

Meet The 'Fishmonger' Behind America's Top Celebrity Chefs

I can count the days each year that my wife eats fish on one hand. She doesn't like scales, tails, or bones, and when it comes to the two-eyes up, bottom-dwelling filter feeders you can forget about it.

Marketing 101 -- Make Your Customer Service Team An Asset Not A Necessary Evil

Customer service is one of those necessary evils for a lot of business leaders. Part of the reason for this is it costs so much to run an effective customer service team. When a company is thinking about making cuts they will nearly always make reductions in this area first.

Why eHarmony's new CEO won't ever turn the site into Tinder

Grant Langston has taken over from co-founder Neil Clark Warren.

Marissa Mayer will have earned more than $200 million at Yahoo if she's pushed out

Whatever happens, the Yahoo CEO has earned a tidy sum during her reign.

China Beginning To Sound Like North Korea

Beijing is beginning to sound like the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) when it comes to the way it has been handling the South China Sea disputes

Beat the System: U.S. presidential election gets its own spy-novel subplot

Details are emerging that suggest Russia might be behind an email hack at the Democratic National Committee, says Brett Arends.

18 Ways To Increase Your Website Traffic

As business owners and marketers, it can sometimes feel like nothing will get the needle to move when it comes to your website's traffic. However, last time I checked, getting discouraged doesn't do anything to drive people to your site. So, instead of hanging your head, you should instead jump into one of these strategies below (or all of them if you really want to see a jump in traffic).

The Wall Street Journal: Google streamlines look of Maps, adds hot spots

Google has made a handful of changes to the way Google Maps looks in a bid to make the popular app easier to read at a glance.

Nintendo post-Pokemon plunge could go a lot farther

CLSA analyst Jay Defibaugh warned clients two weeks ago that Nintendo's Pokémon Go-related rally was nearsighted