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Should states use tax breaks to woo seniors?

State competition to provide tax breaks to older residents, especially wealthy seniors, is similar to the way states use tax subsidies to woo businesses. It may not make much sense, but it sure is trendy.  

Warby Parker may have a better 'buy one, give one' model

Toms Shoes popularized 'one for one' giving. Warby Parker adds training low-income local entrepreneurs to start their own businesses selling glasses at affordable prices.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs: the genius rebel who saw the world – computers included – differently from the rest of us.

Steve Jobs: what we can learn from how he lived

Steve Jobs had vision and focus from an early age, and he took courses that piqued his interest – even if they seemed offbeat. Steve Jobs also had an innate sense of a new emerging generation.

Tributes to Steve Jobs: five top tweets

Apple's announcement Wednesday that founder Steve Jobs had died sparked waves of comment across the Internet, as techies and others chose their own ways to note his achievements or mourn his passing. Here are five noteworthy tweets ...

Steve Jobs's 2005 Stanford commencement address

In 2005, Apple and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs delivered the commencement address to graduating students at Stanford University. Here is the full text and video of his speech.

Steve Jobs: Businessman, innovator, visionary

Steve Jobs passed on Wednesday. Steve Jobs was more than Apple's CEO, he helped make computers a household necessity and ushered in the iPod, iPhone and other must-have gadgets. Considered one of the greatest American CEOs of his generation, Steve Jobs' career path was a long, winding road that included several major hurdles.

iBIO of Steve Jobs

The torture debate

Why does the line between coercion and torture seem so shadowy now?

Introducing the super-sized Kindle DX

Grade inflation gone wild

Most college kids spend more time drinking than studying. And they still get mostly A's.

How early voting may swing Super Tuesday results

Some states have allowed primary votes to be cast as long as a month ago. In California, for example, up to half of all primary votes may be cast early.