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A fictional case study examines the challenges of ethical banking.

U.S. consumer confidence has risen to its highest point since August on the strength of a brighter view of the job market and business conditions.

I’m regularly asked “What should I read if I want to start my own business?” or “I’m leaving the corporate world and I’m thinking about founding a startup — what should I do?”

CNN's Richard Quest speaks German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble about the reforms needed in the European economy.

Since late November the streets of Kiev have become a battle zone, with anti-government protesters facing off against Ukrainian police in near-daily clashes. In the past week or so it became especially violent, with a nu...

Analysts have become increasingly bearish on United Parcel Service in the month leading up to the company's fourth-quarter earnings announcement scheduled for Thursday, January 30, 2014. The consensus analyst estimate ha...

Abbott Laboratories laid off an unspecified number of workers at its Lake County headquarters complex on Tuesday as it seeks to reduce expenses.

Long-term view 'positive' if world economic growth matches expectations, company saysCaterpillar Inc. said it expects a 10 percent decline in sales of mining equipment this year to be partly offset by a 5 percent increas...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bipartisan legislation that would delay flood insurance premium hikes for hundreds of thousands of people living in coastal and low-lying areas cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Monday. The 86-...

Scientists, looking for new weapons against insect pests in farming, have developed gene-silencing agents. But skeptics are concerned about potential threats to nontarget insects and even humans.     

The North American Bitcoin Conference brought an international crowd of thousands to Miami Beach. The two-day gathering, on Jan. 25 and 26 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, featured discussions on regulating the digi...

The only American-owned uranium-enrichment company is struggling to raise billions to construct a modern centrifuge facility, while a European-owned rival thrives in New Mexico.     

Last week was pretty ugly for global stock markets, and closed in the red again on Monday. The responsibility for that misery was placed squarely on the shoulders of emerging markets. Currencies in emerging market nation...

Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg has previously warned that 2014 could see a return to inflationary pressures. Take into account that income inequality is becoming a major concern — as evidenced at the World Economic Fo...

Perhaps a new idea for Costco?     

This article is excerpted and adapted from "Tiger Woman on Wall Street – Winning Business Strategies from Shanghai to New York and back" published by McGrall Hill in November 2013. Copyright © 2014 by Junheng L...

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. federal prosecutors have charged two Brazilian nationals with insider trading in connection with 3G Capital's $3.26 billion acquisition of Burger King in 2010.     

Yahoo shares fall in the extended session as display-ad revenue fell below Wall Street expectations, largely wiping out a share price run-up in the regular session.

Wall Street has (as of this writing) stopped soaring and begun a retreat. What does this mean for the real side of the economy that main street businesses depend on?

He was massive. He was feared. His name was Bodacious. And, there were just a handful of cowboys in the country whose attitude he couldn’t change…in less than eight seconds.

The value of private equity and venture capital investment targeting South African companies fell in 2013. Meanwhile, the value of deals targeting African countries excluding South Africa is skyrocketing. The value and v...

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released documents related to its probe into the near-collapse of American International Group-- with hundreds of redactions to keep information secret.