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A ravioli can is no match for hot flowing lava. The hollow metal cylinder is swallowed by a stream of molten rock in seconds in the video above. The footage was taken by photographer Brian Lowry on Kilauea, one of the wo...

Every once in a while a brilliant investigative journalist can get us back on track when we have been led badly astray. I hope that last Sunday's New York Times front page story, "The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorde...

Even officials who support the stimulus agree that the Fed should taper off on its bond buying and focus on stimulating the economy by other means.     

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Paint companies have been ordered to pay $1.1 billion to 10 California cities and counties so that lead can be safely removed from millions of older homes. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge...

A judge has ordered paint companies to pay 10 California jurisdictions $1.1 billion to remove lead from millions of older homes. Here's a look at how much each of the jurisdictions was awarded:     

Africa's richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $16 billion for infrastructure projects in the energy, agriculture and construction sectors in what is likely the largest private investment ever in the conti...

With 2013 coming to a close, Google has released its annual Google Trends lists showing the people, places, and things searched for most often by users around the world. Here are the 10 retail and apparel brands that wer...

Stars of the Showtime drama "Homeland," Claire Danes and Damian Lewis Facebook: Homeland

Higher federal tax rates and a recent Mega Millions revamp that hypes the advertised value of the prize (compared to its real value), shrink the real value of the prize.

General Motors, pushing to refresh most of its U.S. lineup, said it plans to spend $1.3 billion to upgrade five U.S factories on top of the $1.5 billion already announced…

The comedian wrote a series of commercials for the new season of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," his Web show.     

On Friday, billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner announced a new $3 million prize for mathematics known as the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. This is the third such prize that the Valley's elite have created. ...

Miren Oca owns Ocaquatics Swim Schools, a business she founded nearly 20 years ago. She was recently named president of the United States Swim School Association.

The BSE auto index rises 0.96% to be the biggest gainer

MetLife Inc., the insurer reducing variable annuity sales by more than half, said rivals that are expanding are probably retaining less funds to back the retirement products.

The prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm on next year's big trends.

Each year, small businesses in America lose billions of dollars unnecessarily--and unless they're aware of the risks, companies around the country continue to be vulnerable to various scams and pitfalls designed to suck ...

Google has released its annual "zeitgeist" report showing what the world was searching for in 2013. In terms of stocks, Google picked out the 10 biggest trending topics — searches with the largest increase in search v...

Many new business founders view winning competitions as validation. The prizes are always welcome, and the exposure and connections made through them can lead to a critical leap for a new business. The problem: contests ...

Markets have changed, and so should your investment strategy.

Wall Street is pockmarked with traders that broke free of investment banks and trading firms to manage their own portfolios. What?s less common is for a successful trader to do so and deign to help others learn how to su...

Do you have revenues of $5-$10MM and profits under $3MM a year?  Are you a company looking to raise outside capital for the first time?  If you answered yes to both of the preceeding questions, you are about to enter w...