Afghan businesses in the Fremont, California area have been hard hit by fallout from the terrorist attacks. But patriotic Afghan-Americans are hopeful that their customers will return before it's too late.READ»
Find out how handheld computers and GPS systems are helping fire chief Joseph Pfeifer's team of firefighters document and track evidence found at the world's largest crime scene: ground zero.READ»
Bill Buxton is the chief scientist at the company that helped create the computer-generated characters in the film "Final Fantasy." We asked him to speculate on what our world will look like 10 years from now. Here are his predictions.READ»
What's it like up there, where legroom and stale peanuts used to be our biggest concerns? How are travelers navigating the new airport restrictions? Do you really need to check in two hours early? Share your firsthand accounts of airline travel today.READ»
The MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab is building the future of business -- literally. Think C-3P0 with degrees in astrophysics, marine biology, and home economics.READ»
To design a new generation of shoes for women, Nike turned to nature for inspiration. In particular, the company adopted the stance of the lioness: tough and feminine.READ»
An Enron rubber ducky. An unopened code of ethics. A copy of "Money in Motion," a 401(k) booklet printed in 1999. Those are just a few of the Enron relics we bought on eBay following the company's bankruptcy filing. View the aftermath auctions here.READ»
NoiseFour represents a design experiment unmotivated by profit, clients, or internal procedure. Glimpse this "couture line" before it revolutionizes the mainstream.READ»
Last week, Fast Company readers from as far away as Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore expressed their revulsion and offered their support. Read their thoughts and then add your own reflections and suggestions.READ»
General Motors' next LaCrosse sedan is being designed right now … in China. That says a lot about GM, a lot about China, and even more about the future of creativity.READ»
Chrysler has always been at its best when its back is to the wall. CEO Dieter Zetsche is taking the lessons of a disaster and making them company policy.READ»
How the CEO of Hyundai Motor America, a corporate lawyer by training, engineered the most unlikely turnaround in the auto business -- and kicked Hyundai into gear.READ»
Can a famously high-testosterone company, built on brash ads and male athletic fantasies, finally click with female customers? That's the challenge behind Nike Goddess, whose goal is a once-and-for-all shift in how the company sells to, designs for, and communicates with women.READ»
Chet Huber of GM's OnStar has been working hard to connect automobile drivers to the outside world for seven years. His service has succeeded in ways he never expected -- and faced obstacles he never imagined.READ»
Forget everything that you've ever learned about mentoring, especially the idea of hitching your wagon to a rising star. Here's how Intel is reinventing the old approach to mentoring to teach, inspire, and reconnect its employees.READ»
Is it getting kind of bleak in the business game these days? Finding it hard to get on base, get some hits, win some praise? Forget about old Casey! We recommend this switch: If you want to score some business, instead work on your pitch!READ»
