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After MIT's four-year reign atop our annual list of the Best Colleges in America, our readers voted Stanford University as the No. 1 college in America.  To create this list, we asked over 1,500 professionals who have h...

A 23,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills with views of Malibu Beach and downtown Los Angeles has been listed for a staggering $85 million. The real estate listing warns: "be prepared for an overwhelming sensory expe...

CNN's Nina dos Santos looks at what currency options would be available to an independent Scotland.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. After a four-year reign atop our annual list of the Best Colleges in America, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) slipped to second place. For the first time in years, Stanfor...

What started as a one-man project and quickly grew into a computer game phenomenon played by tens of millions of children and adults worldwide will be absorbed by Microsoft Corp. for $2.5 billion.

The nation's poverty rate dropped last year for the first time since 2006, but the typical household income barely budged in a sign of the continuing sluggish economic recovery from the Great Recession, the Census Bureau...

If you think that avoiding a vacation this holiday season is going to get you ahead in the long run, you may be asking for trouble. Sometimes you have to have a brief break, even when you're in the middle of building you...

The two hedge fund executives in bespoke suits turned to each other, winked and said, "Open sesame!" That reference to the magic words that reveal hidden treasure in the classic fairy tale failed to impress the security ...

You have good intentions, but in moments of weakness your resolve fails you. One of these mental "loopholes" is probably to blame.

Billionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson just made it official on Monday that he became the latest investor in 3D Robotics, a commercial drone company founded by ex-Wired Magazine chief editor Ch...

Marketing software maker Kenshoo pulls the trigger and buys Adquant, in a move to bolster the power of social media marketing campaigns.

There's no reason to let conflicts fester and explode when you can handle them with calm professionalism.

In May, Grace Choi presented a startup at New York technology conference, TechCrunch Disrupt. Her idea seemed too good to be true. Her product, Mink, promised to help anyone easily 3D print their own makeup from any hom...

Who hasn't introduced a kill the death tax bill in New Jersey?

But the maps are more interesting for their local details than for the broad sweep of data. The organization of scientists and journalists is mapping flood risk on the entire U.S. coast, taking note of every school, poli...

With its bright whites and perfect black levels, the LG 55EC9300 lives up to the promise of OLED with the best picture quality of any TV we've ever reviewed.

This article appeared at 9:30 a.m. EDT on RealMoney Sept. 5. SAN DIEGO (RealMoney) -- Should Amazona buy RadioShacka or Best Buya ? SunTrust analyst Bob Peck is putting out the thought today that Amazon should buy RadioS...

General Motors is adding 750 workers to a Missouri factory in anticipation of high demand for two new small pickup trucks.

If Chubbies has its way, the Hawaiian shirts your dad wore in the '80s are about to make a comeback. You can thank Chubbies Shorts for all the men who bared their legs (and thighs) this summer. Read Full Story

The poverty rate in the United States has dropped for the first time since 2006, bringing a bit of encouraging news about the nation's economy as President Barack Obama and…

The BSE oil and gas index was the top sectoral loser, down 0.3%

Though university officials defended her record, Jane Mendillo drew scrutiny from alumni and others over relatively high pay and lackluster investment results.