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An Arby's Restaurant in Dayton, Ohio, has fired its assistant general manager after she had to jump through the store's drive-through window to escape a knife-wielding robber. What's Arby's beef? Archer, the company says...

Oil field services majors Schlumberger and Baker Hughes released their Q3 earnings on Friday, reporting a mixed set of numbers. The strong performance in international markets helped Schlumberger buck the broader industr...

This almost 90-acre property in Woodstock, Vt., includes a spruced up 19th-century house, equestrian features and mountain views.

Well at least my favorite candidate is not handcuffed to a chair for tonight's debate.  Tonight's debate is proceeding in the wake of a court challenge by Green Party Candidate Jill Stein.  Here is the latest from ...

No shocker here: One of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs and small business owners is finding the funds necessary to launch – and eventually grow – their businesses.  If you’re reading thi...

A rare glimpse inside the Miami compound of the infamous Chicago gangster, Al Capone.

One of the great debates of modern capitalism is whether or not morality matters in business.  This question is often posed as: “Should the purpose of corporations be directed to good?  Or instead, should cor...

It is almost Halloween and with that come ghosts, goblins and tricks proving things may not always be what they seem.  In that spirit, let's step outside of our normal options strategies like condors and butterflies t...

Shares in Netflix fell off a cliff on Tuesday in the aftermath of an earnings release that revealed lower guidance for U.S. subscribers and negative free cash flow.  Despite beating profit and hitting revenue estimate...

Yahoo! released its top 10 searches for 2011 on Dec. 1. The iPhone topped the list, making it the only gadget to do so this year. Here's a look at the people, programming, and current events that topped this year's list ...

DividendChannel.com creates a proprietary ''DividendRank'' by screening through our coverage universe of large cap, dividend paying stocks, to look at a variety of data — dividend history & yield, book value, quar...

In a week that saw President Obama poll dead-even with Republican rival Mitt Romney in the race for the White House, it may have been some relief to the president that gas prices have shed 17 cents in the last 12 days.Â...

Today, Apple held its much-anticipated event to introduce the new iPad Mini.  It truly stood out as one of Apple’s best marketing shows since Steve stepped down, until the pricing of the iPad Mini was announced...

Written by Christopher Mitchell, the Director of the Telecommunications as Commons Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and Todd O’Boyle, the Program Director for the Media and Democracy Refo...

A Philadelphia man was found guilty of credit card fraud and identity theft after his "accomplices" say he crawled on movie theater floors in Connecticut, stealing money from women's purses.

It's the end of an era.

The unprecedented consumption growth of 1.3 billion Chinese is taking a strong toll on China's environment and infrastructure. One area where China's new status as economic superpower is cars. In 2009, China surpassed th...

Strip club patrons get a bad rap. It’s more than just dark loners, the unemployable, and Jaeger-fueled frat boys who enjoy the occasional dalliance in the Champagne Room. After all, Stephen Hawking — renown...

The departure of Kathleen Gaffney from Loomis Sayles to Eaton Vance pits mentor against student

TD's Nally: Don't delay in courting NextGen clients

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to ...

DuPont and Radio Shack are the latest companies to fall short of expectations and dive lower.  Yesterday there was no momentum in the bounce despite the market recovering for small gains, giving us an indication that ...