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The Zappos-style Southeast Asia-based online fashion store has raised $100 million to scale up operations.

May 23, 2013 8:45am | By Kirsten Korosec

Get alerts when you're about to orbit over the Grand Canyon! Learn whether you'll need an umbrella on Jupiter today! These things work for earthlings too.

May 23, 2013 5:36am | By Mark Halper

A massive new development could help redefine how Parisians view the suburbs.

May 22, 2013 10:47am | By Tyler Falk

What are the most important advances and discussion points that are changing our cities?

May 22, 2013 10:11am | By Charlie Osborne

A conceptual art installation in Hong Kong has not only changed the city's skyline, it has changed the mood of its residents and inspired a flood of related products.

1 | May 22, 2013 9:44am | By Kirsten Korosec

The world's top architects are competing to design Finland's longest bridge. Why is it so special? Three words: no cars allowed.

4 | May 22, 2013 4:44am | By Virginia C. McGuire

And you thought your apartment was small.

10 | May 22, 2013 3:10am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

The Take's C.C. Sullivan wonders why designers, architects and artists think that recycling is automatically an aesthetic success. It takes a bit more than just reusing old stuff to create good...

2 | May 22, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

MEXICO CITY -- Philanthropy, meet venture capital. In Mexico, investments that offer a tangible social benefit are a growing market.

1 | May 22, 2013 3:00am | By Lauren Villagran

There's more bad news for New York City's sharing economy.

1 | May 21, 2013 8:38am | By Tyler Falk

Two entrepreneurs have some advice for would-be startup founders: Don't spend too much time planning when you should be selling.

4 | May 21, 2013 3:00am | By Beth Carter

Yet another peer-to-peer service comes up against regulatory hurdles in New York State.

12 | May 17, 2013 3:10am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina's capital just held its 39th Book Fair, the largest in the Spanish speaking world. But largely missing was the item revolutionizing publishing everywhere else: the e-book.

4 | May 17, 2013 3:00am | By Ian Mount

The solar company's plans to roll out an energy storage product marks a shift within the industry to offer more services.

3 | May 16, 2013 9:36am | By Kirsten Korosec

Could excess inventory become a thing of the past? New style startups not only give a boost to emerging designers, but bring unheard-of levels of economy to the fashion business.

May 16, 2013 3:00am | By Laura Shin

The Electric Power Research Institute sees drones as a potentially powerful tool to respond to power outages after big storms.

3 | May 15, 2013 11:09am | By Kirsten Korosec

Will the fast-approaching World Cup give Sao Paulo residents the free public WiFi they have long been promised?

1 | May 15, 2013 4:54am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

MELBOURNE -- Wish someone had taught you how to be confident or how to find a job you love? Melburnians are picking up some life lessons and new skills as part of a trend in "altucation."

4 | May 15, 2013 2:30am | By Lieu Thi Pham

Is it down to age and income, or simply as a means to avoid tax?

1 | May 14, 2013 3:42pm | By Charlie Osborne

Amtrak's most popular route will soon get locomotive upgrades.

7 | May 14, 2013 12:42pm | By Tyler Falk