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SVG, the FTSE 250 feeder fund to Permira, has further distanced itself from the private equity firm after off-loading its main stake in Permira's third fund, which owns Hugo Boss and Galaxy.

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...

Companies like Google, Microsoft and Intel are scrambling to reinvent their businesses now that the old model — a customer sitting at a PC — no longer applies.

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 ...

Computer-based financial market trading can be beneficial, a government report led by the chief scientific adviser concludes.

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...

Youth unemployment is a factor for growing global unrest

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

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...

The average hockey team is now worth $240 million, 5% more than last year, due to higher revenue. But operating income fell 21%, to an average of $4.2 million per team as player costs rose 11% to $59 million per team.

Union considers legal action against Manganese Bronze over steering glitch that triggered recall The maker of London's black cabs knew about vehicle steering problems that led to the company's collapse for more than a mo...

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...

Neil Woodford at Invesco Perpetual wants Dick Olver out – will the award-winning chairman be able to dig in? The curse of the award strikes again. Guess who picked up top prize in the annual Non-Executive Director...

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...

The gap between what female and male college graduates earn may start as soon as new grads collect their first paycheck, new research shows.

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...