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EDITOR'S NOTE: Our friends at TruTV have found the most ludicrous lawsuits ever filed. It’s unbelievable that some cases make their way to court....

Business Day Live: Prosecutors using tapes to build criminal case over JPMorgan loss. | Privatizing Greece’s Port of Piraeus. | E-mails suggest collusion between private equity giants.

If you are not sure what to make of the many claims beauty products tout for the "new and improved" you, you are not alone. A trip to the drugstore beauty aisle or department store makeup counter is enough to make one's ...

Consumers now expect nearly every brand to have its own app, and small businesses feel pressured to create and publish them.

His marriage to Angelina Jolie only lasted three years, but Billy Bob Thornton lasted much longer with the home he shared with his former wife.

By Bob Vila

I admit it:  I used to be the prototypical lean entrepreneur. We paid ourselves meager salaries and were generally scrappy. Our $750K seed round was raised without any fanfare and we grew NewsCred to over 15 people wi...

It's known as "The Shack." For nearly seven years, the little carriage house located on Merrick and Trumbull in Detroit's Woodbridge neighborhood has served as...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Roger Agnelli, who was forced out as chief executive of Brazil's Vale in May 2011, may have been lucky to leave the world's second-largest mining company when he did.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Republican Senate challenger Todd Akin launched a TV ad Thursday claiming the family of Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill "pocketed $40 million...

The FBI is reviewing taped phone conversations to build criminal cases related to the multibillion-dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase revealed earlier this year.

NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Women seeking the best place to work and raise children in the United States may want to head to...

Larry Summers has joined the growing list of people saying that Mitt Romney's tax plan just does not work. "It’s easy to say that 'My...

Given past controversies involving urinals in the shape of lipsticked, arguably female mouths, a restaurant in Sydney shouldn't have been surprised when its bathroom fixtures...

Despite being one of the most respected constituencies in the country, small businesses are a group that many people understand little about -- the very smallest ones, especially. Micro businesses are vital contributors ...

NEW YORK -- "Now is the moment when we can do something," Mitt Romney says in the TV ad, "And with your help, we will...

Last winter was the mildest on record for the United States, but sadly, there probably won’t be a repeat this year. Instead, temperatures this winter are expected to be close to normal — that is, about 20 t...

By Wynne Parry, LiveScience Contributor NEW YORK — Prominent climate scientist James Hansen has been warning that humans have brought the planet to a tipping...

In honor of National Work and Family Month, I'm coming clean: I'm a napper. Have been all my life.

The Republican and Democratic parties should be investigating the caretakers of America's essential infrastructure, not kowtow to their whims.

Lance Armstrong has not yet faced a backlash from the brands that have backed him. CNN's Jim Boulden explains.

After nearly 100 Walmart workers across the country went on an unprecedented strike this week, the retailer announced that it is opening a hiring center...