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How can you tell if someone will make a successful leader?

It's not easy. After all, technical competence doesn't always translate to effective managerial skills, and superstar employees won't necessarily be superstar bosses.

In a recent article for The Harvard Business Review, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Ph.D., a professor of business psychology, suggests that instead of looking at employees' performance in their current roles, we should be focusing on three key personality traits. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who maintains he was wrongly convicted in a notorious 1990 tourist killing deserves a new trial, a judge said Tuesday, throwing out a verdict in a case that helped crystallize an era of crime and fear in the nation's biggest city.

You might think the most successful startups are born in garages (following the famous HP script), but a lot of the most innovative tech ideas were actually made in college dorm rooms.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) on Tuesday spoke out against regulations on the so-called "gig economy," frequently praising companies like Uber and Airbnb as revolutionary businesses that are needlessly hampered by the federal government.

Aaron Sorkin's new movie about Steve Jobs, which opens in theaters October 9, has ruffled quite a few feathers inside and around Apple.

People are living longer than ever before.

A recent study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation found that global life expectancy for both men and women increased from 65.3 years in 1990 to 71.5 years in 2013.

Senior citizens with big personalities — for example, 87-year-old grandma Baddie Winkle, who's earned more than 1.6 million followers for her hilarious posts on Instagram — are slowly changing the stereotypes surrounding those over 60.

The United Nations... Читать дальше...

Microsoft just shocked everyone at its event today by announcing the Surface Book — the company's first ever laptop. Take a look at what Microsoft claims to be the "fastest 13-inch laptop ever made."

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man who acknowledged killing dozens of people across the United States as an enforcer for Mexican drug cartels will hear evidence in court Tuesday that prosecutors say proves he gunned down nine people throughout central California.

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL owners will look west (Los Angeles), east (Europe) and south (Mexico) at their fall meetings Wednesday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Carolinas saw sunshine Tuesday after days of inundation, but it could take weeks to recover from being pummeled by a historic rainstorm that caused widespread flooding and 14 deaths.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A supervisor at a Michigan fiberglass factory who won a $310.5 million Powerball jackpot immediately quit her "nasty, dirty" job and will build houses for her family.

What is a Chardonnay supposed to taste like? How about a Nebbiolo?

Not every wine enthusiast has the time — or money — to sign up for weeks of wine classes in order to better understand what's in their glass.

According to sommelier Jörn Kleinhans, owner of the The Sommelier Company, they don't need to.

"I get so many phone calls where people have a hard time expressing what they're longing for," Kleinhans says. "They want to experience more and learn more, but it's hard for... Читать дальше...

Columbia Sportswear has a new ad campaign featuring its 91-year-old chairman and former CEO, Gert Boyle.

During WWII the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the CIA, hired an American psychologist to analyze and predict the behavior of the world's most brutal tyrant.

Stocks are trading sideways on Tuesday, and the Nasdaq is down about 1% amid a sell-off in biotech stocks.

GENEVA (AP) — The latest developments as hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety make an epic trek through Europe. All times local.

NASA just released thousands of photos documenting every manned lunar mission going back as far as the 1960s, and a photographer restored some of them to make them even clearer.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes were moving between small gains and losses in midday trading as investors stepped back after a five-day rally.

Just because someone is qualified for a job doesn't mean they're the right person for it. To really make it work, they also need to be a great cultural fit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday proposed a record $1.9 million fine against an aerial photography company for flying drones in crowded New York and Chicago airspace without permission.

Harvard University is the best college in the world, according to a new ranking from US News & World Report.

It was only about three months ago when ZestFinance, the online lending startup founded by ex-Google CIO Douglas Merrill, launched a new loan service called Basix.

SEATTLE (AP) — With one big punch, Kam Chancellor showed his importance to the Seattle Seahawks.

HONG KONG (AP) — Japan led Asian stocks higher Tuesday on hopes for new stimulus from its central bank while investors were also buoyed by the prospect that the Federal Reserve will wait until next year to raise interest rates.

Brussels (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the EU consider a no-fly zone and safe haven area in Syria during talks to address Europe's spiralling migrant crisis.