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Stocks are a bit lower in early Monday trading yet the global markets seem set on recording their fourth consecutive positive quarter. The MSCI World Index is up over 4% in the second quarter as it tracks stocks in 45 di...

For weeks there have been reports that BNP Paribas, the largest bank in France, would face a massive fine and be barred from trading in dollars for violating U.S. sanctions. Now it's official, the bank will pay $8.8 bill...

Royal Philips NV says it will separate its LED lighting components unit into a stand-alone company within Philips by 2015, preparing it for a potential spin off or sale. The…

Kenneth R. Feinberg, a compensation expert who handled the 9/11 settlements, is to announce the G.M. payouts in a Monday morning news conference.

The Rhode Island Senate reconvened Monday in an unusual — and brief — post-recess session to pass legislation it had already approved, after questions were raised about the original vote margin.

Andrea Soros Colombel, daughter of billionaire investor George Soros, is putting up her Greenwich Village townhouse for $24.75 million. The luxurious property went on sale briefly in 2012 for $29.5 million, but was later...

Argentina will likely miss a bond payment that risks sending it into a catastrophic default.

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The music industry isn't quite dead — it's merely completely unrecognizable from what it once was. The following chart from music industry analyst Mark Mulligan explains: Since 2000, overall global music revenues have ...

"Transformers: Age of Extinction" had a huge opening weekend, becoming the first film this year to have a $100 million debut. While it's fun to look at, the movie is an exercise in excess: too many plots, too many new T...

Information wants to be free. It?s time to create that our enterprise systems began to behave less like gatekeepers and more like facilitators.

Juice Press believes its newest product line will exceed the expectations of even the city's biggest juice snobs. The chain is pitching ProViotic, a vegan-based probiotic product line derived from...

For years the prospect of a new Islamic caliphate has entranced the minds of jihadi crazies around the globe and their polar opposite western islamophobes. Now ISIS has officially declared a reborn Caliphate with its lea...

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are MannKind, Apple, and Facebook

Blackstone Group BX +0.84% LP is quietly laying plans to start a hedge fund that will make big, risky bets, an effort it hopes will eventually rival some of the largest firms in the business, according to people famil...

It's a four-day week ahead of the July 4 weekend. But it would be a mistake to just phone it in. We've got some economic fireworks on the calendar including a slew of manufacturing reports and a Thursday jobs report. Her...

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An entrepreneurial company is planning to take a new approach to the old adage 'making money from old rope'.

The Blackstone Group LP (BX) is reportedly considering setting up a hedge fund business that will make substantial bets on the stock market. According to people familiar with the matter, the New York City-based private e...

Seth Green, whose multiple debilitating conditions prevented him from living a "normal" life, finally found a solution. The 23-year-old says in the video above that medical cannabis has helped mitigate the panic attacks,...

Whether you're launching a new business, working with a new agency, or just contemplating a re-design, the first step is deciding what message your graphic content should convey. Your brand needs to tell a story--and tha...

Does anyone remember the sustainability timebomb?  Cast your mind back to a world before 2008 when, we were told, the way that modern capitalism had functioned in its 200-odd years since industrialisation just wasn't go...