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One million Spanish people have jobs in the underground economy

The $6 Envelope That Gets Low-Income Kids Into College

Students aren't getting into top schools because they're not applying. Personalized information packets can change that.

Step 1: Don't use any evidence. Step 2: Mention the 1970s.

Women stop gunning for a promotion earlier than men. But by our mid 30s, most men don't care about getting more responsibilities at work, either.

Why Time Warner Cable Still Wants In on Hulu

After the billion dollar bidding war for Hulu fizzled on Friday, it seemed like the streaming site's cabal of owners — Fox, NBC, and Disney — were ready to settle in with their streaming baby, but a new report suggests a fourth partner might be joining the already crowded view from the top. 

But a social media blockbuster of incredible proportions.

"False alarms."

Johnnie Walker Offends by Using Bruce Lee in Chinese Ad

In order to sell more scotch, Johnnie Walker has turned to computer graphics and is now running an ad in China which features a computer-generated Bruce Lee shilling for booze brand. What's angering his fans isn't just that Johnnie Walker is CGI-ing one of the most revered Chinese-American icons in history, but it's also because of the fact that Bruce Lee never drank. 

Flying sharks are just like quantitative easing. Really.

It's not just a microcosm of congressional insensitivity and bad economics. It's a small moral play about the role of money in politics.

The Silicon Prairie: This is Not Your Grandfather's Farm

GPS-guided tractors, precision-planting software, and more are revolutionizing farming--and Sioux Falls' agriculture industry.

Because viewers can catch up on episodes they miss, TV teams are hitting new highs.

Hotels Are the Country Clubs For the Not Quite One Percent

Faced with the prospect of empty pools and still reeling over our saggy economy, luxury hotels have found another way to make money while avoiding cuts to their rates: by opening their pools and exercise facilities to locals who don't have quite enough money to get their way into elite country clubs but do have an extra $1,000 per month to burn.

Airlines Aren't Afraid to Use Your Fear of a Bad Seat Against You

People know that when an airline tells you that you have a ticket but no seat assignment, you're likely doomed for a middle seat in the bowels of the plane or will get bumped to another flight. It turns out airlines know this too, and have been creating artificial shortages to get you to spend more money to book a seat you may not even need. 

Students will pay interest rates based on the government's own cost of borrowing while Washington keeps earning profits.

Presenting three theories: the Liberal Hangover Problem, the Zimmerman Problem, and the Predictable Primetime Problem

The True Story of the Wall Street Bull (as Told by the Wall Street Bull)

The iconic statue laments his transition from populist icon to symbol of financial greed.

Why Walmart Still Hasn't Crushed the Regional Grocery Store

Traveling across the United States, you can find diversity in the landscape, in the food, in the way people talk. And in the supermarkets.

The market is growing 6 to 10 percent a year.