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Ever had trouble setting up that new Ikea furniture, or needed eggs for a Sunday morning omelet but didn’t want to run to the store in your jammies? Ever had trouble setting up that new Ikea furniture ...

(ABC News) -Justin Prim isn't just a bike messenger. He's part of a new wave of self-employed go-getters, some making six figures, who are capitalizing on something called 'the sharing economy.' 'For ...

Laura Surmer wants to run a few bags of old clothes to the Goodwill. She also wants to cash in a bag of coins at a nearby supermarket, but she doesn't want to do it herself. Joshua Leavitt of San ...

Leah Busque had a problem. The software engineer already had dinner reservations and was out of dog food to feed her yellow lab. How to make the reservations and still feed Kobe? She thought that ...

Vanessa Garcia works as a Taskrabbit in Los Angeles charging $75 an hour. She helps people going through breakups organize their homes and they frequently open up to her. Garcia says that clients ...

IKEA agreed to acquire Silicon Valley startup TaskRabbit, the online marketplace that connects people with freelancers willing to run errands and do odd jobs. Terms of Thursday’s deal, expected to ...