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The markets opened higher today and remained in positive territory after an encouraging economic report.

With tax season officially underway, plenty of taxpayers will decide to outsource the job to paid professionals. But just because they walk like a tax professional, sound like a tax professional, and look like a tax prof...

There has been a rumor circulating for a while that 21-year-old Brazilian soccer sensation Neymar would join forces with Lionel Messi at Barcelona F.C. in Spain's La Liga. Now, Sport, a Spanish sports tabloid is reportin...

Gun control can be a divisive issue, but here's something that at least a few Republicans and Democrats agree on: Congress could do more to crack down on illegal firearms sales and gun trafficking. On Tuesday, lawmakers ...

Despite flat revenue, the company's fourth-quarter results were not as bad as some had feared.

A guard at a federal jail in Brooklyn has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate whose child she's carrying. Nancy Gonzalez was expected to appear before a judge Tuesday after authorities accused her of having a fo...

LeBron James just uploaded this photo to his Instagram with the caption "Riding around masked up! Hahaha. S/O Jason Voorhees." Alright. Please follow Sports Page on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this ...

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. U.S. Stocks Will Probably Fall (The Wall St. Journal) The Dow recently hit the 14,000 mark, and st...

Expedia Inc. shares rise more than 4% in after-hours trading after the online travel site reports a 10% increase in fourth-quarter earnings and strong growth it its gross booking and hotel room nights.

N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper has filed a lawsuit against ratings agency Standard & Poor's, joining more than a dozen of his peers in alleging that the company inflated the...

ESPN the Magazine released a "music issue" today in which star athletes posed as famous music album covers. In it, US women's soccer player Alex Morgan poses as Katy Perry, and Ryan Lochte as the iconic underwater baby o...

Zynga Inc. sees its stock climb on heavy volume Tuesday evening, as quarterly results and revenue come in well ahead of Wall Street's expectations.

Forget the depressing data about the lack of jobs for new lawyers. For at least one incoming student, law school is still the best possible career option. "This is the most job security I've had in my life," says Elise, ...

LOS ANGELES

Social game maker Zynga beat Wall Street's targets with its fourth-quarter results, giving a strong boost to the downtrodden stock after hours.

WASHINGTON

The armed forces are set to see another policy change from departing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta this week. The Washington Post is reporting that the Pentagon will extend certain benefits to the spouses of gay and les...

In early January, Avis Budget acquired the car-sharing service Zipcar for $500 million, although Zipcar had made just $4.7 million in profits in the past year. That may prove to be a smart move for Avis, but after testin...

When the moment came, it was joyous and loud. There were deafening cheers as the gay marriage bill passed its first parliamentary hurdle in the House of Commons last night from supporters squeezed into a committee room a...

Half a year ago, serial entrepreneur had a crazy idea: build a social network that people actually paid for. Now with App.net three times bigger than his goal, he looks back -- and ahead -- at what the service is, and wi...

Sorry PlayStation 3 owners, your console doesn't get first dibs on Redbox Instant.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's effort to rebrand the Republican Party didn't lack for ambition. "Making Life Work," it was called. That's quite a claim. Even the Obama campaign's much-mocked " Life of Julia " only c...