Throughout my business career of some 60 years, I have always been fascinated by change — the dynamics of change and how businesses, governments and people respond to change. Or fail to respond. Throughout history, major technological trends have had a profound, and often invisible, impact on governments and traditional institutions. In the digital era, this pace of change is amplified… Read More
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he has advised GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on immigration issues, particularly on Trump's call to force Mexico to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump has proposed cutting off money that Mexicans living in the U.S. ...
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Tesla is voluntarily recalling 2,700 of its Model X vehicles over a flaw in the third-row seat that may be dangerous in an accident. In the meantime, the company has advised owners via email that they should not use the third row seat until it is replaced. Read More 
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A 1-year-old English Sheepdog poodle survived a 300 foot fall off of a cliff in Utah Sunday afternoon.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A judge has ruled in favor of New Jersey's efforts to seize land for a protective dune project in Margate.
It was the second major ruling in favor of the state Environmental Protection Department as it tries to assemble strips of privately owned beachfront land ...
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Online street maps have become incredibly accurate over the last few years, but most maps aren't all that precise when it comes to knowing exactly where on a street a store, restaurant or other business is located. That's why your Uber driver sometimes wants to drop you off in the alley behind a restaurant, for example. SocialRadar's new PlaceKit promises to offer far… Read More 
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Political demographics are ever-expanding. Those who favor electronic cigarettes lean Democratic, according to V2, which sells the devices and commissioned a study of 600 adult "vapers" to determine their political affiliations. The findings: 38 percent are Democrats, followed by independents (27 percent), Republicans (24 percent), Libertarians (6 percent) and Greens ...
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday lamented a "rigged," "crooked" system after Sen. Ted Cruz swept the remaining available delegates in Colorado over the weekend.
"They're going absolutely crazy because they weren't given a vote, this was given by politicians, it's a crooked deal, and I see it," Mr. ...
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HTC is set to announce its next flagship smartphone tomorrow at a NYC event. But here it is early. The leaked promotional video shows the evolution of HTC's design with a chamfered edge, camera bump and oval-shaped home button — and like previous HTC devices, the next phone still looks like an iPhone. The video seemingly confirms that the device will sport an UBS-C charging port… Read More 
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A former South Carolina state senator who resigned amid an ethics investigation and pleaded guilty to misconduct in office is due back in court for missing his monthly, court-ordered payments.
Robert Ford of Charleston was sentenced last May to five years of probation and ordered to ...
Corporates are increasingly fearful of contracting innovator's dilemma, a disease so deadly that, if it isn't caught early, can be fatal. And in an attempt to vaccinate against the disease, said corporates are either acquiring, investing in, or incubating startups of their own. The latest to hedge against innovator's dilemma is car maker Jaguar Land Rover, which today is… Read More 
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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - A gut-wrenched John Kerry said Hiroshima's horrible history should teach humanity to avoid conflict and strive to eradicate nuclear weapons as he became the first U.S. secretary of state to tread upon the ground of the world's first atomic bombing.
Kerry's emotional visit Monday to the ...
London-based VC firm Octopus Ventures has topped up its evergreen early stage startup investment fund with another £100 million, bringing the total backing the fund to more than £400 million. It says it plans to invest more than £75 million in early stage startups this year. Read More 
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The address "1209 North Orange Street" in Wilmington, Del., has become known in recent years as the epicenter of U.S. corporate secrecy. The squat, split-level building is the official address of over 285,000 companies, many of which are looking to take advantage of Delaware's Panama-like secrecy rules, tax incentives, and business-friendly case law.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries, meeting Monday in the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Hiroshima, called for a renewed push for flagging nuclear disarmament efforts as they wrestled with some of the intractable global problems facing their nations.
A joint communique condemned the ...
President Barack Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, has been characterized as a moderate who, if confirmed, would nudge his divided colleagues slightly to the left because he would replace conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia.
But Garland will not necessarily come down with the more liberal justices in ...
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The parent company of U.K. tabloid Daily Mail may make a bid for Yahoo's news and media businesses. According to the WSJ, the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has held discussions with several private equity firms to partner on an offer. Read More 
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NEW HAVEN, Vt. (AP) - Twenty-one people from 14 countries across the globe are going to become U.S. citizens during a ceremony at Beeman Elementary School in New Haven.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Colleen A. Brown will administer the Oath of Allegiance to America's newest ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Immigrant children living in the U.S. without legal status have been blocked from registering for school and accessing the educational services they need, according to a report on school districts in four states by Georgetown University Law Center researchers.
Such students have faced long enrollment delays ...
A battle has begun over the choice for the next leader of naval special warfare, with the debate tied to how the command trains SEALs in basic hand-to-hand combat.
The Washington Times has obtained a copy of the Navy's 2010 internal investigation into allegations of favoritism among SEALs looking to ...