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On October 10, 2012, The United States Department of Justice unsealed an Indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Miami, FL, charging 10 individuals in connection with a vending machine “business opportunity�...

Let the ride-sharing wars begin. Ride-sharing startup SideCar has raised $10 million in Series A financing from Google Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners to take on others in the space.

Coca-Cola is in talks to buy a stake in fast-growing digital music company Spotify, I have learned.

Jennifer Rogers turned down because of her size for a job at California's Tilted Kilt restaurant.

Cleaning staff in Tokyo have seven minutes between arrival and departure to clean the world's fastest train.

On the campaign trail Romney says we shouldn't ship jobs to China and should "crack down" on China trade problems. But he refuses to help or even meet with the Sensata workers whose jobs are being shipped to China right ...

Conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court aimed withering questions at lawyers defending the University of Texas's affirmative-action program today, asking how the school could determine when it had accomplished th...

Aerospace and defence firms BAE Systems and EADS have decided to cancel their planned merger, after talks were thwarted by political deadlock.

How clever of Matthew May to design Laws of Subtraction as what Frans Johansson dubs a “hook”  -- something concrete around which we can gain clarity in our own thinking and are pulled into contributing re...

Americans will pay more to heat their homes this winter as they feel something they didn't feel much of last year: cold.

Figures suggest only 11% of sales in UK are declared, with company benefiting from basing its HQ in Dublin Facebook has been accused of taking the British taxpayer for a ride after experts suggested the company had depre...

Walmart dismiss as 'publicity stunt' campaign group's attempt on busiest shopping day to push for improved conditions Workers' rights groups behind a series of strikes at Walmart stores across the US are now targeting Bl...

You don't have to be a genius to like chocolate, but geniuses are more likely to eat lots of chocolate, at least according to a new paper published in the august New England Journal of Medicine. Franz Messerli reports...

Last April, after Facebook(FB) caught most of the tech world off guard -- especially the folks at Twitter -- by buying Instagram from $1 billion, I wrote an article where I made the case for why the next shoe to drop was...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. touted strong sales at its U.S. grocery stores and a big start to holiday layaway sales today, helping to send shares of the world's largest retailer to an all-time high.

Thor Industries Inc. (THO) grew earnings per share by 27.3% in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by improved markets for recreational vehicles (RV) and buses. This manufacturer of RVs, buses and ambulances achieved a Zac...

Doug Wheat, a certified financial planner with Family Wealth Management, answered reader questions about financial planning for retirement.

Children are being neglected in policies that appeal to their elders — but they are the ones who will have to pay the bills run up today.

Sources say German chancellor was key factor in decision to terminate talks The €35bn (£28bn) mega-merger between BAE Systems and EADS collapsed as a result of personal opposition from the German chancellor, Ang...

The US economy has expanded "modestly" in the past six weeks thanks to a stronger housing market, a survey by the US Federal Reserve suggests.

No one likes to pay bank fees. And they are even more annoying when the amount and variety of fees can vary depending not only on where you bank, but also on the state where you live.

Stocks fell on Wednesday, a day after the earnings season opened with Alcoa posting a quarterly net loss and Chevron saying profits would fall sharply.