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The mayor of Richmond, Calif., is pushing a novel use of eminent domain to prevent foreclosures. Financial firms are very, very unhappy.     

A new feminine product commercial isn't leaving all viewers refreshed. In the "Manly Mistake" spot for Summer's Eve cleansing wash (watch above), a woman coolly informs her husband that he's showering with Summer's Eve. ...

On Jan. 11, 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General issued the first government report on the risks associated with smoking, admitting that cigarettes can cause lung cancer. Here's what the report said about cigarettes and mortal...

The report by The Chronicle of Philanthropy that the top ten philanthropic gifts in the year past totaled $3.4 billion, and that there were more gifts of $100 million or more in 2013 (15), than in 2012 (11), serves as a ...

Accidentally buy much more than you intended? You may not have been planning on it, but the store certainly was. From supermarkets to clothing boutiques, shopping hubs are carefully engineered to get you to spend the mos...

Alex Rodriguez was dealt a 162-game suspension after an arbitrator upheld most of the player's punishment over the weekend. Several news outlets are reporting that the New York Yankees third baseman and three-time Most V...

When thinking of mega millions winners, we usually think of people who purchased lucky lottery tickets. This week, we should count as mega millions winners another category: investors who purchased shares in a small biot...

A virus that kills young pigs is roiling the U.S. pork industry, threatening to create more pain for food shoppers.

(Reuters) - Cathy Smith, Wal-Mart Stores Inc's finance chief for the international division, will leave at the end of the month to take a "leadership position" at an unidentified company, The Wall Street Journal reported...

Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and President Obama has named January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month - public campaigns aimed at shining a light into the darkest corners of human cru...

In a turnaround from decades past, money market bank deposits are paying more interest, on average, than money market mutual funds.     

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Rep. Michele Bachmann was wrong on two counts when she claimed today's poverty rate is "only slightly below where it was in 1964″ and that the small improvement in th...

The beginning of the year is a perfect time to reflect and I've highlighted my favorite posts for entrepreneurs from 2013.

As of January 1, North Carolina officially doesn't recognize the L3C, a new type of legal structure the state passed into law in 2010.

Sinha says Sebi will continue to take steps to build investors' trust that has been hit hard often by manipulation

A price pattern problem for 2 "natural" grocers and a price pattern positive for one.

More than half of the members of Congress have a net worth above a million dollars, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics. That's pushed upward by some impressively rich outliers like California'...

JP Morgan analyst Douglas Anmuth and his team are incredibly optimistic about the Internet industry in 2014. In an email he just sent out to clients, Anmuth says that Internet stocks increased in value 78% during 2013 th...

Monday's stocks to watch will be all about fast food with Yum Brands and Wendy's among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade.

Forbes readers provide new business ideas you can steal.

Sabi says IRF are being introduced on a pilot basis and the product features would be reviewed based on the experience gained

Gold of 99.9 and 99.5% purity added Rs45 each to Rs30,215 and Rs30,015 per 10 grams, respectively