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I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I have always looked at a business first for its potential ability to be self-sustaining, and provide reasonable profits to feed my family, my lifestyle, and my retirement. Then secondly...

The summer movie season has some of the most action-packed films of the year. However, a lot of the action couldn't have been done if not for the great work of Hollywood's best stunt men and women. So we've compiled a li...

Chief marketing officers and chief information officers aren’t playing nicely. And that fracture is causing the emergence of a whole new C-suite player, the chief digital officer. “The main reason for the emergence o...

From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting new concerns that their costs will rise as a result of the federal health care law.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has abandoned its current attempt to buy AstraZeneca for nearly $118 billion -- potentially the third-biggest acquisition in history -- as a deadline approached without a last-minute change of...

Welcome to the club selling the luxury lifestyle at the Monaco Grand Prix.

A design executive learns to relax by watching a famous pilot handle a crowd, and seeing how fellow passengers responded to landing in the wrong city.

Who are the best companies in the U.S. to work for when it comes to benefits and compensation? The top honors goes to the tech company that offers free food and let's you bring your pet to work.

China may be trying to steal trade secrets from U.S. businesses, as federal prosecutors allege. Yet for many U.S. companies, China's vast market remains an irresistible source of business.

In Japan, there's a new breed of stock. They're small and volatile, but they're a very big deal. And at least one of them has caused Western hedge funds to lose a lot of money.

The proposals from a working group of RBI call for depositors to have preference over senior creditors

HP has increased the number of jobs it will cut to about 50,000 as the company reaches the midpoint of CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan.

When a TV host interviews his boss,  there's always a risk at softball question and nice platitudes.  But Fareed Zakaria isn't that kind of guy - so when he sat down with Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes,  he pretty much a...

Mahbod Modghadam made comments like "his sister is smokin hot" on alleged mass shooter Elliot Rodger's manifesto

Notwithstanding the fastidiousness of a handful of contemporary artists, studio precision seems to be a lost art – or maybe just a lost discipline. Where Brian Wilson, Quincy Jones and Steely Dan used to obsess over ev...

A proposal to store propane gas in a Connecticut shoreline community is drawing opposition from local residents.

Instead of booking overnight stays, business travelers are taking advantage of meeting space at airports.

Now would be a good time to check the hummus that's been in your fridge for a long time and think about throwing it away. A plant in Texas voluntarily recalled 14,860 pounds of hummus last week after a routine inspection...

If you're watching a major league baseball game today, perhaps you've noticed something strange about the uniforms. The numbers are hard to read, and so are the names on the back. The caps look like part of the costume d...

Millions of used vehicles and rental cars may not undergo repairs despite major recalls.

For investors, one of the most important metrics of a company is return on equity (ROE), which can be calculated by taking net income and dividing it by equity. "The decision to expand into the market of a competitor and...

Guest Post: No, this is not another pessimistic rant about the lack of women in the tech industry, especially in leadership roles.