Small Business
Social media dispute resolution stumps some companies
- If HBO cuts out on you in the middle of the latest "Girls" episode, and you have Charter Communications Inc as your cable provider, don't try tweeting your dismay to their customer service department. Nobody will hear your lament.
German watchmaker rebuilds luxury brand from post-war rubble
GLASHUETTE, Germany - At the age of 66, when many are already enjoying retirement, Walter Lange was setting out to prove great luxury watches do not have to be Swiss.
Cylance hires former DHS official, other prominent cyber experts
BOSTON - Technology startup Cylance Inc hired four prominent experts in the field of protecting power plants, water utilities and other infrastructure systems from cyber attacks as the firm gets ready to release its first line of security products.
Irish cellphone entrepreneur banks on a smarter Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE - When Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien set about building a cellphone company in the western hemisphere's poorest country, there was no shortage of skeptics.
In-store shoppers likely to head online next time they buy: IBM
NEW YORK - The overwhelming majority of shoppers made their last purchase in a store and not online, but far fewer are committed to do so the next time they buy something, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Moscot and Warby Parker: How two small eyewear companies saw their way to success
U.S. Census figures don't lie: About 59 percent of retail businesses started by 2005 were gone by 2010. And in the eyewear business, the odds are especially difficult as one major company, Luxottica, dominates the manufacturing and distribution market. (The Italian company owns Oakley, Ray-Ban and Persol, along with Sears Optical and Lenscrafters.)
Reviving a time bound tradition online
At the most recent Pop Up Flea, a temporary Americana brand and menswear bazaar in New York City, one unexpected vendor stood out. Not only was the sheer size of its crowd impressive, but it wasn't even a traditional retail store. The popular booth featured the watch blog Hodinkee—pronounced ho-dinkey—founded by former UBS consultant Ben Clymer.
Teen entrepreneurs tap their mothers' Facebook connections
CHICAGO - When mother of three Angela Allyn takes to Facebook, it's usually not to post pictures of her latest party, but to drum up business for her entrepreneurial teenage son, Alec.
"Fiscal Cliff" worries depressed small-biz hiring: survey
NEW YORK - At least one in four small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses said they scaled back on investment and hiring in late 2012 due to worries about the "fiscal cliff," according to a survey released Wednesday.
Closely watched Internet TV startup Aereo raises $38 million
- Aereo, the Internet TV startup backed by the media company run by billionaire Barry Diller, has raised $38 million and will expand to 22 U.S. cities including Chicago, Houston and Miami.
Ping Fu’s dramatic journey from captivity to computer entrepreneur
Ping Fu, co-founder of Geomagic, shares her harrowing personal story with Reuters Editor-at-Large Sir Harold Evans.
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