Empires rise and fall, and none more so than business empires. Whole industries that once dominated the planet are just a figment in memory’s eye, while new industries quietly grow into massive behemoths. New York City has certainly seen its share of empires. Today, the city is a global center of finance, real estate, legal services, technology, and many, many more industries. It hosts the headquarters of roughly 10% of the Fortune 500, and the metro’s GDP is roughly equivalent to that of Canada.... CLICK for complete article

Amazon has made it clear that it wants to own the smart home space. Now the company's going a step further, taking a stake in a start-up that's building actual homes.

On Tuesday, Amazon said its Alexa Fund invested in Plant Prefab, a Southern California company that says it uses sustainable construction processes and materials to build prefabricated custom single- and multifamily houses. The start-up is aiming to use automation...Click here for full article

Atlas Engineered Products (CVE-AEP) President Guy Champagne talks to Steve Darling of Proactive Investors in their Vancouver studio and talked about the acquisition of Tandelle Specialty Inc. and Pacer Building components for $8.6 million.

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger resigned Monday and didn't offer a reason to the parent company.

Sources close to the matter told TechCrunch the departure is due to rising tension between Facebook and Instagram's leaders likely the result of a management shuffle in May. Specifically, Instagram's former VP of Product Kevin Weil moved to work with Facebook's blockchain technology and was replaced with the Adam Mosseri, who was VP of Facebook News Feed and part of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "inner circle." CLICK for complete article

It’s often associated with symptoms like tremors and high-profile patients like actor Michael J. Fox and legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, but few people seem to know much about Parkinson’s disease.

That’s why radio program director, Larry Gifford, has been trying to raise awareness about the illness after he was diagnosed with it last summer. Join Larry as he shares his journey navigating like with the degenerative brain disease known as Parkinson's. CLICK HERE