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Here's the thing. People keep talking about the Fed Exit, and the economy achieving escape velocity, and the jobs market returning to normal. But a lot of the data just isn't that impressive. For the second quarter, for ...

One of the best costumes at Comic-Con was this elaborate "Sharknado" headpiece. Inspired by the SyFy original movie, a convention-goer wore a larger-than-life hat swathed in gray and white fabric and plastic toy sharks. ...

The Outlook: Do rising mortgage rates mean the housing recovery is over? No, especially if rates rise because the economy is improving.

Halliburton had a second quarter that came in line with expectations, as international operations helped offset weakness in the U.S. and Canada.

What's the next innovation in health IT? According to Boston-based entrepreneur Zoe Barry, it's about time we made it easier to pick up a prescription at the pharmacy.

Is a sector that has long punished investors finally taking flight for good?

Deal will help OnMobile gain a stronger foothold in North American market

It was another positive week for stocks as the Dow Transportation Average led the way, gaining 2.3%, followed by a 1.2% gain in the Dow Utilities. Small caps were also strong with the Russell 2000 over 1.3%. Oil and gas ...

I recently spoke to Scott Harrison, who is the Founder and CEO of charity: water, a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. In seven years, with the help of more than ...

A 47-year-old president and managing partner of a private equity firm survived a plunge from his seventh floor Fifth Avenue apartment yesterday morning, the New York Post reports. Adam Silberman sustained several broken ...

When Detroit declared bankruptcy, or at least tried to -- the legal situation has gotten complicated -- I know that I wasn't the only economist...

The Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. plant in Greenwood is undergoing a $15 million expansion and reorganization that will double the factory's manufacturing capacity.

SHANGHAI

Chinese stocks fell but other Asian markets edged up Monday after Japan's ruling party won a majority in parliament's upper house and a mandate to push ahead economic reforms.

An Asia Markets report of July 22, 2013, gave inaccurate results for U.S. stock markets on Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index made modest gains Friday, though weakness for Microsoft Corp. helped drag down the Dow Jo...

Larry Summers is running hard to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve. This is a terrible idea. Once appointed chief of economic policy, Summers with Tim Geithner was a prime architect of propping up a...

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MaskMe proves why web users don't have to trade being able to the web for holding on to their data.

Guest Post Don't overlook your most powerful marketing tool of all: Public relations. The good news is that PR doesn't have to cost much.

Last year Apple sold 26 million iPhones and 17 million iPads for revenues of $35 billion and profit of $8.8 billion in its third quarter. It was up from the year-ago quarter, but it wasn't stellar. Expect something simil...