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There's a new challenger to Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem in the New Year's resolutions dieting campaign war: Medifast. Medifast -- which like Nutrisystem does meal plans -- has a clever TV campaign running right now t...

We've already shown you bestselling author Robert Greene's 48 tips on becoming more powerful. The master of persuasion has another book titled, "The Art of Seduction" which offers 24 techniques to get what you want by ma...

The markets edged up into positive territory today as investors took in some economic data which showed a steady improvement in the job market.

LOS ANGELES -- Jason Kilar is stepping down as the chief executive of Hulu, the online video service owned by the parents of ABC, NBC...

Top prognosticators way off the mark last year; 'fear du jour'

From the first time we saw the initial "Star Trek Into Darkness" teaser, we were convinced Khan was the antagonist. We were so excited, we nearly referred to Benedict Cumberbatch's character as such before realizing ther...

California's Second District Court of Appeals yesterday granted a retrial for a man convicted of raping a woman by sneaking into her bed and pretending to be her boyfriend. The reason? She wasn't married, according to LA...

Barney Frank has told Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick that he would like to go back to Washington as an interim Senator filling John Kerry's Senate seat, Politico reports. The recently retired Congressman refused th...

(Reuters) - India's Infosys Ltd said on Friday a newspaper report it was planning to fire up to 5,000 poorly performing workers was "wrong", although it encourages "chronic under-performers" to leave as part of its staff...

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iOS was the leading smartphone platform with 53.3 percent share in the U.S. in late 2012. According to Kantar Worldpanel data scheduled to be released on Monday, a big reason is Apple's older phones ... and its ability t...

Brace yourselves, because there soon could come a day when bottled water will be a thing of the past. Yes, one of the most ubiquitous...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for ex...

A year after the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999, a Pew Research Center poll found 85 percent of Americans thought it was the job of parents to stop school violence. High school seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Kl...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Everest Re Group Ltd (NYSE: RE) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example ...

(Reuters) - As American Airlines' board meets next week, expectations are high that it will give more concrete shape to the airline's plans to either merge with US Airways or stay independent.

As work weeks get longer each year and free time seems to slip away quicker than ever, it's essential to make the most of time we actually have at least some control over: the weekend. Time management expert Laura Vander...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE: GWR) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for examp...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, XL Group Plc (NYSE: XL) has taken over the #342 spot from Stericycle Inc. (NASD: SRCL), according to The Online Inv...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) has taken over the #117 spot from Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE: PCP), accor...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Celgene Corp. (NASD: CELG) has taken over the #88 spot from Biogen Idec Inc (NASD: BIIB), according to The Online I...

President Obama says he'll refuse to negotiate over the debt ceiling. But whether he likes it or not, he's going to be negotiating over a major budget agreement in two months' time: The debt ceiling will need to be raise...