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A recent advisory opinion of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (PETITION NO. C120126A) shows us a company (Petitioner X) that was desperately trying to avoid New York State nexus. They sold stuff on line ...

There used to be a joke Iraqis told about television: there are only four channels, and Saddam is on every one of them. Now Saddam's long dead, it's a decade later, and Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has openly censored ...

This week: A new jobs report is released, as well as data on housing, construction and personal income. The Federal Reserve holds its latest policy meeting. Personal income data for March comes out at 8:30 a.m. Analysts ...

SHOP, a new gallery exhibition and pop-up shop coinciding with New York Fashion Week, proves that not all fashion -- or consumption -- is banal.

Remember the BRICS? You know, those five "emerging market" countries comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Well, recently they held their fifth annual BRICS Summit. The occasion inspired me to take ...

Herbalife, Newmont, and Hertz are among some of the more notable companies reporting earnings on Monday.

LONDON

Paul Krugman's got it right when it comes to the economic crisis, says Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist responded...

NEW YORK

Built on lush portraits of human pathology, subscription- and ad-supported cable channels gradually became hotbeds of quality and profits, as detailed in "Difficult Men" by Brett Martin.

There is evidence that troops loyal to Syrian Bashar al-Assad have used chemical weapons, and U.S. lawmakers are urging President Obama to respond. It's not that simple. The military options range from one-off missile st...

SINGAPORE

Stocks have fared well after another earnings season of lowered expectations, but expect economic data and central-bank policy to take on more influence as the market begins to enter its softer months.

ATHENS, April 28

Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan marries 35-year-old former model in Palm Beach, Fla. Michael Jordan got married over the weekend in front of a few hundred of his family and closest friends. The Charlotte Bobcats ...

NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Sunday that one of its co-chief operating officers is leaving the company, marking the latest high-profile departure...

In the very moments Italy's new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak economy, a middle-aged unemployed bricklayer opened fire Sunday in the s...

Kids who helped design it say that it's hard to understand why they need to take meds that make them throw up. The games help convey why it helps.

After watching House of Cards, you'd think that the real Washington D.C. would want to distance itself from the nefarious plotting of Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood. But you'd be wrong.

Your character will soon become a universal score that people will use to make decisions about whether to hire you, sell to you, or otherwise interact with you in the future.

These are upcoming Microsoft logos -- as strange as it may seem.

I have been doing a bit of Spring cleaning, trying to eliminate the clutter in my office.