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NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Century Investments has hired Patrick Bannigan, an Ameriprise Financial executive, as its new chief operating officer.

In the spring of 2012, President Obama passed an act that will drastically alter the landscape of crowdfunding platforms. Until April 5, 2012, a small pool of existing crowdfunding sites were only permitted to operate on...

Workers at one major automaker didn't have to worry about taking time out of their workday to vote on Tuesday. Chrysler, on its own initiative,...

Romney might pull this out because the polling is so bad, Evangelicals will turn out in record numbers and Democratic enthusiasm will be really, really low. That might happen, but the odds are fairly significant it won't...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks climbed on Tuesday, the last day of trading before the election results came to a close, as investors looked forward to a resolution to the drawn-out race for the White House.

It's time that we look away from behavior and toward the state of mind that creates the behavior.

It's not enough to have exceptional technical and leadership skills; to be successful at the most senior levels, you must have the whole "executive package."

Mitt Romney has repeatedly asserted that his experience as a successful businessman qualifies him to be president. The workers from the Sensata plant in Freeport, Ill., pop. 25,000, ardently disagree.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Tuesday reported quarterly profit that beat analyst expectations thanks to growth at the company's cable networks.

Your own personal brand should make you unforgettable. Winning job applicants are those who succeed in sinking a memory hook into the soft gray membrane of their interviewers' brains.

Our economic malaise has been consistently underestimated, and the result has been the adoption of inadequate half-measures. Swapping budget cuts at the edge of the fiscal cliff isn't a solution.

DETROIT (Reuters) - A former General Motors Co engineer and her husband, charged with conspiring to steal the automaker's trade secrets, were seen throwing out bags of shredded documents in a shopping plaza in 2006, FBI ...

NEW YORK –- Judging from the black limousines that delivered them and the luxury-brand hunting coats that protected them from the late autumn chill, the...

Digging geothermal wells can be expensive and difficult, and the systems have been slow to catch on in New York City, but the benefits may eventually outweigh the costs.

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Stocks extended their gains on this election day as investors consider the impact of the outcome of the presidential election on the markets.

Third-quarter net income at the operator of the New York Stock Exchange and four European stock markets tumbled 42%, hit by lackluster trading volumes.

Hurricane Sandy is forcing New York’s restaurateurs to rethink the way they operate.

Wesco International (WCC) had its price target increased by Oppenheimer (OPY) to $80 with an outperform rating as margins at the company have been strong.

According to a quirky old stock-market indicator, Barack Obama is going to win re-election tonight. Based on ancient market lore, almost every time the Dow...

I knew something wrong was afoot when my wife reported that a 90-year-old woman had to be turned away from voting early at our local polling place. Her crime:  She didn't have a driver's license. Why would she? She wa...

The latest Brinker Barometer does not bode particularly well for President Obama.