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The spouses of the most dominant athletes alive include models, musicians, and fellow sports figures. Many of these athletes have men and women throwing themselves at them all day long. But when you look at our list of t...

Over the past few years Alex Morgan has risen from an unknown college athlete to one of the most famous female soccer players in the world. Morgan has played for the U.S. Women's National Team in the 2011 World Cup and t...

Spring is finally here, and warm weather should be right around the corner. From rainy-day accessories to trendy footwear, we've come up with 10 items every guy should add to his wardrobe for the season. An umbrella. The...

A Milwaukee, Wis.-area Marine Corps recruiter is being charged with using a recruit's Facebook account to solicit nude photos from more than 40 young women, police say. Andrew Curran, a 27-year-old active-duty Staff S...

A controversial, state-sponsored pro-fossil fuels Earth Day poster contest for children has triggered a heated and divisive debate about Utah's reliance on non-renewable energy resources....

On 3/26/13, Newalta Corp (Toronto: NAL) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.10, payable on 4/15/13. As a percentage of NAL's recent stock price of $15.25, this dividend works out to approximately 0.6...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Friday it would lay off about 800 machinists this year as it reduces its workforce on its 747 and 787 airplane programs.

The old adage that any publicity is good publicity may not quite hold true for Ikea. According to a new analysis, the furniture maker has...

Biz says, "We don't always agree with the things people choose to tweet, but we keep the information flowing irrespective of any view we may have about the content."

The Senate has backed a repeal of a 2.3 percent tax on medical device makers that was enacted as part of Obamacare.

Earlier this month, we brought you the history of the U.S. dollar's incredible comeback. Now, it seems, the entire world has caught on. According to this chart from Jason Goepfert — aka SentimenTrader — we ...

Whether the natural gas boom could reduce the threat of climate change by fostering a switch from coal depends in part on how much gas leaks out in the course of hydraulic fracturing.

A week after his selection, the new Pope seems to be a huge hit. Only two percent of U.S. adults are unhappy with Pope Francis, according to Pew Research. While there does appear to be some controversy over his actions d...

Moody's Investors Service on Friday said that it probably wouldn't have granted top ratings on J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s first post-crisis mortgage bond because the security's structure puts investors at risk of losses f...

Barnes & Noble is kicking off a seriously nice limited time deal where buyers of a Nook tablet will be given a free Nook e-reader to complete the set. The tablet was already a good buy, but the addition of the e-reader m...

The top 25 people on Forbes' 2012 list of China's richest.

On the heel of Cypriot bank-deposit delirium, we suspect that the U.S. central bankers had more than enough concern to hold firm to the seemingly limitless flow of monetary easing.

Puerto Rico financial officials told municipal bond investors a proposal to reform its beleaguered pensions could pass within weeks.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York on Friday sentenced a former Deutsche Bank AG banker to 3-1/2 years in prison and to pay more than $100 million in restitution for his role in helping clients hide money i...

The U.S. dollar is gaining strength against ailing rival benchmark currencies including the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound. As a result, writes Jonathan Burton, dollar-based investors have a few new strateg...

(Reuters) - The board of directors of JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Friday it "strongly endorses" keeping Jamie Dimon as both their chairman and chief executive of the company.

It seems like everyone is trying to argue about whether feminine traits are a strength or weakness for executives.   Sheryl Sandberg says in her controversial book that women should embrace their "feminine emoti...