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Diversity advocate Laura Gómez raises largest seed funding round by a Latina founder in Silicon Valley: $2 million.

So he asked me whether he'd be better off working at a big company or a startup (he noted that the latter seemed livelier).

Alex Rappaport, 36, wants to get kids really excited about learning. He cofounded education startup Flocabulary more than 10 ...

Nicole Farb cofounded Darby Smart to make it easy for people to buy and sell kits like these. There are more than 7 million ...

Typically you need to wait until you reach retirement age to start taking money out of a cash-balance plan. However, unlike a traditional pension plan, a cash-balance plan is portable. That means ...

Yes. Put as much money as you can into tax-sheltered retirement accounts, such as 401(k)s and IRAs. That's because the investments in those accounts grow tax-free until retirement - meaning you'll ...

The main difference between the two types of IRAs is when you pay taxes on your investments. Traditional IRAs can delay the taxes until retirement, but with Roth IRAs, you pay tax now rather than ...

From a single store in Rogers, Ark., in 1962., to more than 4,300 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club outlets today, see how the world's No. 1 retailer has expanded across the U.S., in this visualization by ...

These days, Daymond John is best known as the impeccably dressed star investor of reality show Shark Tank, but his reputation -- and his millions -- were first made as the co-founder and chief ...

When the Minneapolis metro region went to build a light rail line connecting downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, the initial reaction was not good. Several community groups from lower-income ...