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Getting an internship with a large Wall Street firm is notoriously difficult. This year, Morgan Stanley accepted only 1.1% of applicants for its summer internship program. Similarly, Goldman Sachs only took about 2% of ...

The scale of global consumption is staggering, especially when it comes to some of the world's most popular products, such as Coca-Cola and iPads.  The absurdly addictive Angry Birds game, for example, has been download...

Hamas's tunnel network has emerged as a major focus of Israel's ground campaign in the Gaza Strip. The tunnels extend from under populated areas to the other side of Gaza's border with Israel, and were reportedly part of...

Dollar Tree is buying rival discounter Family Dollar. The $8.5 billion deal will give Dollar Tree more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada.          

This Austin, Texas, homeowner built a total of four pools on his property.

Stocks have turned mixed after rising early in the session. The Dow is down 2 points, the S&P 500 is down 2 points, and the Nasdaq is up 7 points. Earlier today, we got mixed economic data, with consumer confidence jumpi...

The string of digits presented on the front of a credit or debit card is enough to confuse even the smartest of shoppers. Yet, each number plays a crucial role in identifying the card provider, bank, and account informat...

Warren Buffett the very icon and dean of the America's trust in the stock market and our economic process whose example has been a beacon of achievement and trust in the system. Is it possible that even Warren Buffett ha...

The rich don’t win ‘em all in China.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Shares of NutriSystem Inc.  are lower by -9.42% to $16.25 in after-hours trading after the company issued earnings per share guidance for its 2014 third quarter in the range of 12 cents to 17 cen...

Johnny Manziel showed up to Cleveland Browns camp and faced an avalanche of questions about his off-the-field life. After a report that the team was "stunned" by how much he parties, Manziel wouldn't apologize for his li...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Blackstone Group 's involvement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac  appears deeper than previously known. Blackstone sought to advise the Treasury Department on what to do with its controlling ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of BP are down -2.84% to $49.20 on very heavy trading volume in early afternoon trade. While the oil and gas company reported that the second quarter underlying replacement cost profit inc...

J.P. Morgan Chase is cutting hundreds of technology-support employees as part of a push to trim expenses as the bank battles sluggish revenue, according to a person familiar with the matter.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Masco was gaining 9.2% to $22.14 Tuesday after beating analysts' estimates for earnings in the second quarter. For the second quarter Masco reported earnings of 32 cents a share, beating the Capi...

Herbalife antagonist Bill Ackman must be smiling. The nutritional supplements company he has bet $1 billion is a fraud broke Wall Street hearts Monday for the first time in more...

Lloyds got licked. UK-based Lloyds Banking Group paid $370 million in fines to US and British prosecutors to settle allegations it committed wire fraud in rigging interest rates. The penalty...

Biotech giant Amgen Inc. said it would lay off up to 2,900 employees and close facilities in Washington state and Colorado, as the Thousand Oaks company moved to reign in expenses and focus on new drugs.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Eaton  was falling 6.9% to $71.42 Tuesday after missing analysts' estimates for revenue in the second quarter and cutting its full-year guidance. For the second quarter Eaton reported earnings o...

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Southern states have highest concentration of people with debt in collections.          

An academic study shows Moody's gave higher ratings to bonds issued by companies its biggest shareholders owned stakes in.