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Google is turning its might toward solving a mystery that has confounded mankind for millennia – and it’s enlisting the chairman of Apple to help unlock the genetic puzzle. The …

Audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG recently released results from its 2013 Higher Education Outlook Survey. The survey, now in its second year, questioned 103 senior officers in higher education …

By MARY PATRICK General Motors announced the release this month of updated versions of its popular SUV brands, seeking to stay ahead of a bevy of competitors. The car company …

Koch Industries announced the purchase this week of Molex, the maker of electronic connectors that partners with many companies, including Apple.

The $7.2 billion deal is one of the biggest ever by the privately-held company. They will buy out shareholders and take the company private, which will immediately eliminate one of Molex’s biggest expenses: $150 million paid annually as a dividend to shareholders.

In a strange twist, Internet retail giant Amazon is both supporting and fighting the effort to get sellers on the web to collect state sales tax. Late last month, Amazon …

By MARY PATRICK In yet another case that shows the growing need for cyber experts, two men have been charged with stealing source code from a New York firm in …

By MARY PATRICK The Syrian Electronic Army recently found a new way to hack major media websites, breaching a news recommendation engine that appears on the pages that contain news …

Big data has arrived at the mall, department store and specialty retailers near you. Traditional stores of all sizes are turning to video surveillance,…

Coursera announced that it has received $43 million in funding from Learn Capital, Laureate Education Inc., GSV Capital and several other investors to…

Blackboard Inc. announced that it will offer a new platform for schools that want to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs) without having to use…