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Central banks have been diversifying their foreign reserves to include gold.  Global central banks were bought 534.6 metric tons of gold last year. The World Gold Council reports that official global gold holdings inc...

The market for used cars is evolving rapidly. Today's used car buyer has access to more information about vehicles, pricing and the overall market than most professional salesmen had in the previous millennium. If you wa...

Though accused of defending selfishness, economics has a long tradition of treating individuals equally. That could have surprising implications in the debate over immigration.

Ilene Gordon, the C.E.O. of Ingredion, says “I don’t think there’s anybody who’s successful in their role today who hasn’t been mentored by somebody.”

Growing up in Indiana and Washington, D.C., Taiwanese-born Wen-Szu Lin often felt torn between two cultures. When, as a young entrepreneur, he was presented with the opportunity to buy the Chinese franchise rights to Aun...

f you want to sell your used car for a fair price with the minimum amount of hassle, you need to meet your buyers where they live: on the information superhighway. Here are seven tips on How To Prepare Your Car For Sale.

Dr. Ross was president of Bell Labs when its mission changed radically in 1984, after the breakup of its corporate parent, AT&T.

Guest Post “Big data” tools and platforms are generating a lot of buzz these days, but "little data" still often holds the most promise for smaller businesses and entrepreneurs.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top trade official said on Saturday he wants financial services to be included in negotiations on an ambitious EU-U.S. free trade pact.

It sounds like an e-mail scam, but this one is actually true. The Internal Revenue Service has hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed 2009 tax refunds, and you may be eligible for the money. You better act fast: Th...

In the early hours of Saturday, Cyprus agreed to a "bailout" with the EU and IMF that is very  controversial because it imposes an immediate one-time tax on everyone with money in a Cypriot bank before banks reopen on...

Ann Coulter spoke at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, firing off an insult about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's snub from the...

The executive director of the Hearing Health Foundation says she saw early in life how some people could be condescending to those with disabilities.

The investing style of Dimensional Fund Advisors, run by David Booth, is sometimes called passive, but the firm is often an extremely active shareholder in companies in its portfolio.

Guest Post We all know we've got a cyber security problem. But while new attack vectors like BYOD and the cloud are making things tougher, there might be a reason for optimism.

As Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson approached the finish line at Saturday's Nationwide race at Bristol (Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300 is the seems-too-good-to-be-true name), Busch slammed Larson into the wall as Busch took ...

David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, addressed the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday. Keene spoke on the last day of the...

National Rifle Association President David Keene spoke Saturday at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference, opening his remarks by observing the differences between "our movement"...

Sun-Times Media, which owns the Chicago Sun-Times and 40 suburban newspapers, has laid off several longtime suburban editors and other staffers as it begins to consolidate operations in its downtown Chicago offices.

Hollywood directors know how to construct an interesting scene, but in the age of 140-character micro-blogging, more than a few know how to construct a quality tweet, too. From snappy one-liners to opinions on topical is...

According to new research from the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of Pennsylvania, young professionals right out of college are a little bit on the “I-know-what-you-are-but-what-am-I?â€...

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is committed to maintaining its freely floating exchange rate and is not currently contemplating any new mechanism to slow strong gains in the peso, deputy finance minister Fernando Aportel...