According to the Obama administration, this is the Summer of Recovery: the global recession is over, factories across America are ramping up production, and corporate balance sheets are dripping black ink. So why does it still feel more like a Winter of Discontent?

After graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Carrianne Howard hoped to find a job in the video game industry. She did -- kind of. For $12 an hour, she worked as a recruiter for video game companies. And then her position was eliminated. So now, she's working as a stripper.

In possibly the worst incidence of deja vu in recent memory, BP says that it still might drill in the massive reservoir where the Deepwater Horizon leak unleashed over 4 million gallons of oil. BP's reasoning is most likely a combination of pure greed and a realization that domestic oil resources are limited--the reservoir is estimated to hold...

A couple of years ago, something went wrong. Our neighbors to the north became discontent with Tim Hortons, Doug Henning, Justin Bieber, and Jason Bay being their primary contributions to higher culture. All of a sudden, they wanted to beat us at capitalism, too. Today, five dollars U.S. buys five dollars CAN. (no longer a 15% discount)

Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A cle...

The U.S. auto market is about to be inundated with electrified vehicle options, but without widespread initiatives to educate drivers, the new wave of electrification could crash and burn before these cars get off the lot.

Goldman Sachs has had months to think about the new financial regulations the government is implementing. And by "think about," I mean "find loopholes in." The company has come up with a way to get around some restrictions on trading.

Entrepreneurs often struggle to determine the best state to incorporate their business in. Each state differs in their incentives and penalties for doing business, which makes the decision of where to set up home base an especially weighty one with consequences that apply over the lifetime of the business.

Two out of three Fortune 500 companies are located in 10 primary states and the industries with the largest profits may ...

The cast and crew of Mad Men do a great job of transporting viewers to another time and place. But what influence has Jon Hamm's Golden Globe winning character Don Draper had on your working style?