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Rochester, New York — The cold hits me as soon as I leave the Amtrak station, stepping into a swirl of snow eddies that etch the low streets in black and white.The terminal sits just outside…

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the…

By Jill Felska Photos By Daniel Kelleghan The Boss You Wish You Had Julia spends her day focusing on the happiness, productivity, and growth of the team at Eventbrite, named among the Top 5 Best…

James R. HoughtonFormer Chairman and CEOCorning Incorporated02116In 1851, Amory Houghton started in the glass business by investing in Bay State Glass (eventually Union Glass Works) in nearby…

To get a passing score, workers have to wash their hands within 10 seconds of entering a patient’s room. Only workers who stay in the room for at least a minute are counted, and the quality of their…

Words of caution from the former CTO of Twitter. The startup life isn't rebellious—it's the new corporate ladder:

"The machine doesn’t care about you. In fact, the machine is designed with the understanding that most startups will fail, or at most offer unremarkable returns to investors. The majority of the companies in many VC portfolios are acknowledged duds. One or two '10x' companies prop up most portfolios. At best, startup founders who fail get another pull of the slot machine. At worst, their failures drive them to desperation."

Rajat Gupta, who was indicted in the largest insider trading case in United States history. Late one Friday morning, Rajat Gupta was rushing through security at

Image by John Gara/Buzzfeed In 2004, 13-year-old Joanna Levesque became the youngest solo artist ever to have a number one single on the Billboard charts. Levesque, who recorded as JoJo, had been…

Caesars Entertainment, the world’s most geographically diversified gaming company, has been earning a reputation as an environmental leader in the hospitality industry, receiving awards and…