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First Rule of Chipotle: You Can't Call That 'Chipotle'

The burrito chain has settled its claims against Jack in the Box for marketing a “Chipotle Chicken Club Combo” Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 16, 2013 at 3:24 am | News Desk

Can A $199 Home Alarm the Size of a Beer Can Protect You?

Canary, now crowdfunding on Indiegogo, is a smart security device that sends text alerts and video footage when it senses irregular activities in your home Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 16, 2013 at 3:24 am | News Desk

The Millennials Have No Patience for Your Corporate Travel Policies

To turn travel bookings into a game, American Express tapped a Silicon Valley software firm called Badgeville Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 15, 2013 at 3:09 am | News Desk

Hyperloop Physics 101 With Elon Musk

Innovative physicist Musk shares details of the Hyperloop and explains why its linear acceleration technology can't boost SpaceX Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 13, 2013 at 3:23 am | News Desk

It's Almost Time for a New IPhone

Apple is reportedly planning to release its next generation of iPhone on Sept. 10. It will run on iOS7 and may have a fingerprint scanner Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 13, 2013 at 3:23 am | News Desk

Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop, the Solar-Powered High-Speed Future of Inter-City Transportation

His idea for moving people, and perhaps cars, at super speeds along major corridors appears based on known technology Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 13, 2013 at 3:23 am | News Desk

Secure E-Mail Companies Say There’s No Such Thing Anymore

Obama tried to reassure Americans they could trust him on electronic surveillance. But two secure e-mail providers decided to destroy their data rather than hand it over Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 12, 2013 at 3:55 am | News Desk

An AOL Employee Was Publicly Fired During a Conference Call

The news site's creative director was reportedly sacked by CEO Tim Armstrong after taking out his camera during the call Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 12, 2013 at 3:55 am | News Desk

Dude, My Testosterone’s Pushing 1290. How About Yours?

What you can learn from the new Web-based, executive blood tests Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 10, 2013 at 3:14 am | News Desk

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Leads the Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World

Costco's chief furnishes his boardroom with faux-wood tables, has no PR staff, and doesn't offer customers shopping bags—but he does pay employees a fair wage. Now that his formula is pleasing Wall Street, will other companies follow? Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 10, 2013 at 3:14 am | News Desk

Wal-Mart's New Goal: Sell All the Beer

While Sam Walton despised drunkenness and never pressed beer sales, his successors want to make the chain No. 1 in a $45 billion domestic market Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 10, 2013 at 3:14 am | News Desk

Commercialising neuroscience: Brain sells

“OUR primary goal is for our users to see us as a gym, where they can work out and keep mentally fit,” says Michael Scanlon, the co-founder and chief scientist of Lumos Labs. For $14.95 a month, subscribers to the firm’s Lumosity website get to play a selection of online games designed to improve their cognitive performance. There are around 40 exercises available, including “speed match”, in which players click if an image matches a previous one; “memory matrix”, which requires remembering which squares on a matrix were shaded; and “raindrops”, which involves solving arithmetic problems before the raindrops containing them hit the ground. The puzzles are varied, according to how well ...

August 9, 2013 at 3:04 am | News Desk

Mexico’s oil industry: Unfixable Pemex

A JAR of crude oil, not much bigger than one of baby food, has pride of place in the office of Carlos Morales, the veteran oilman in charge of exploration and production at Pemex, Mexico’s state oil monolith. He handles it reverentially because it comes from Maximino, a deep-water field in the Gulf of Mexico, close to his country’s maritime border with the United States. Deep water is a territory that Pemex has only just started to explore.Although privately owned oil majors such as Chevron have been drilling successfully in non-Mexican waters near Maximino for several years, Pemex has been left behind. After 23 failed attempts and billions of dollars of investment, it finally struck deep-water oil last year. But the amounts r...

August 9, 2013 at 3:04 am | News Desk

Business and cyber-crime: Firewalls and firefights

“IF SOMEONE is shooting at you, the last thing you should focus on is the calibre of the bullet,” says George Kurtz, the boss of CrowdStrike, a young tech company. Seated at a coffee table at Black Hat, a conference for the cyber-security industry held in Las Vegas recently, Mr Kurtz is expounding on the fundamental flaw he sees in the way many firms deal with cyber-intrusions. Most, he says, spend too much time trying to work out what hit them and far too little trying to understand the motivations of their attackers and how to counter future assaults.CrowdStrike is a vocal advocate of “active defence” technologies that are generating much buzz in the cyber-security world. Their proponents argue that those who th...

August 9, 2013 at 3:04 am | News Desk

Seamless and the Online-Takeout Trend Are Making Restaurants Queasy

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has forced GrubHub and Seamless to cede some space in their dominance over online food delivery Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 9, 2013 at 3:04 am | News Desk

Tesla Motors Stuns Wall Street … Again

The electric-car maker can’t seem to make enough of its high-end Model S sedans Click here for more information Businessweek.com -- Most Popular

August 9, 2013 at 3:04 am | News Desk