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An 18-foot-long oarfish found dead in Southern California was filled with parasites, according to researchers at UC Santa Barbara who dissected the serpent-like fish last Thursday. Around two dozen larval tapeworms, two ...

We love emoji.  Teens add them to every single conversation. Katy Perry translated a whole song into emoji.  Some people can make them into works of art.  Or, at least that's the assumption of Forced Meme Productions...

The Gallery is a band with roots in New England.  Their music by their account consists of: Hook-laden rock songs that combine a mix of mainstream appeal and professionalism with indie cred and likeability. Their brand...

It took a lot of guts for Blackstone (BX) to pull the trigger on a $9 billion shopping-center deal back in 2011. But the firm has made a fortune because of going against the grain.

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A year ago, Hurricane Sandy left a trail of flames, death and destruction from Jamaica to Canada, killing at least 286 people and costing more than $65 billion damage to the United States alone. The storm was particularl...

The Federal Reserve announced today that it was continuing its program to buy $85 billion a month of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. All summer long market watchers expected to fed to taper down its bond-b...

This fashion website has had five lives-- and burned through millions of dollars--since it was founded eight years ago. How come investors aren't flipping out?

Thought exercise: What if one company controlled an exclusive pipeline of the top technical talent in the country? That would be a very important company and the person running that company would be a very nice friend to...

Developer Neil St. John "Ted" Raymond, who has built several prominent real estate projects in Boston, has filed for bankruptcy protection as creditors pursue him for debts relating to his failed effort to develop an Ips...

In a move that will likely make the SBA loan guarantee program more accessible to Main Street, acting Administrator Hulit removes fees from loan amounts of $150,000 or less. The SBA announced this change at the end of Se...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea lawmakers on Wednesday toured a jointly run factory park in North Korea for the first time since it reopened last month after a five-month shutdown.     

No one said it was going to be a cake walk.

Some modern painters and sculptors and wine makers do great work. Others are simply great salespersons. And still others are hustlers. The line between a great salesperson and a hustler is a blurry one?but still there?s...

Officials who guided U.S. through meltdown say their actions were necessaryOfficials who guided U.S. through meltdown say their actions were necessary.

Wealth-X, an international wealth management firm, has just released a report listing the richest person in every U.S. state. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Larry Ellison all grabbed the top spots for their home states ...

Jon Sundt manages $4 billion at his investment management firm Altegris Investments, Inc., but what really gets him going is a nonprofit organization he launched called Natural High. The goal of the organization is to ma...

The U.S. government's budget deficit dropped sharply in fiscal 2013, pushed to its lowest level in five years by record revenues and modestly lower spending.

So you woke up in the middle of the night and had this great idea for an amazing app -- you can picture it, you know it is useful, and you can imagine that many people would like it, too.

The sands are shifting when it comes to countries' success beyond GDP.

West Coast rhymer Dom Kennedy?s second album is currently at No. 4 on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, behind new releases from Drake, Justin Timberlake and Pusha T. Like his peers, fans can buy Kennedy?s album in Best Buy ...

Even trivial interactions with cashiers and others can confer a sense of belonging.