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Holland, Michigan is the best small-sized US city to launch a new business in 2019, according to a new study. To determine the most business-friendly small cities in the U.S., WalletHub analyzed data of more than 1,200 small-sized US cities using 18 metrics, from investor access to labor costs, to...

The term gothic as applied to architecture was originally used as a pejorative by the renaissance artists of the 16th century to dismiss buildings built in a style and by a culture that they argued was primitive and ugly. To the modern ear it describes a style that is much...

From Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates to Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Daniel Loeb, Carl Icahn, Lawrence Robbins, and David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital, here are 20 stocks closely watched billionaires own. Many of these billionaires made fortunes based on their stock-picking ability, so it...

With a net worth estimated at $24 billion, Leonid Mikhelson, the chairman of the management board of Novatek gas giant, has been named the wealthiest businessman in Russia. Magazine also suggested that the total wealth of the country’s wealthiest 200 businessmen is $496 billion. With a net worth estimated at...

Whether you’re growing plants, people, business – or all three – you know that growth takes certain elements. In recent months, I have learned how important the growth hormone is for humans, for example. It is active at relatively high levels for most people until about the age of 25....

With growing opportunities and technological advancements, setting up a business has no longer an unattainable dream. Business and entrepreneurship was essentially a male-dominated profession and many women used to hesitate to openly come up with business ideas. But now, a lot of changes have occurred in the way female entrepreneurs...

Switzerland is the economically stable country in the world, according to the USNews Report 2019 Best Countries list, a perception-based series of rankings. The 2019 rankings of the world's most economically stable countries placed Germany in 2nd ahead of Sweden into 3rd; while Canada ranked 4th, and Australia 5th. Overall,...

When we talk about founders, we tend to imply an “and” at the end of the title. A founder isn’t just the person who came up with an idea for a new business -- we also expect them to be its chief executive, president, or public face. We assume that...

Two dramatic findings highlight the importance of individuals and corporations developing strong problem-solving skills, and their place in the CEO agenda: Organizations with strong problem-solving capability have total return to shareholders 3.5 times higher than that of their bottom quartile counterparts over a 3 year period. The World Economic Forum...

Being good is no longer good enough — it is merely the entry fee. Traditionally product-centric companies are struggling to grow their market share for one simple reason: Their products are rarely better than those of their competitors. In yesteryear, competitive advantage came from doing something — anything — demonstrably...