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Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AUXL) announced yesterday that it will not back off from a potential merger deal with Canada-based QLT Inc. (QLT), despite receiving an "unsolicited" acquisition bid from Endo Internationa...

A bad resume can knock you out of the running for a job that you deserve, no matter how illustrious your work history. Laszlo Bock, Google's senior vice president of people operations for the last eight years, would kno...

Federal Reserve policymakers took the next-to-last step in ending their controversial bond-buying stimulus program as the economy continues to heal.

Garyn Angel had five minutes to make his pitch to five wealthy investors on why they should fund his marijuana startup.

Larry Ellison is without a doubt one of the people who has influenced the tech industry the most.  Today's news that he is stepping down as CEO comes a shock. Ellison, who is co-founder and now CTO of Oracle, has influe...

James Franco has pretty much done it all. He's acted, directed, written, sang, taught, and the list continues. But like many young, aspiring actors, Franco has done some crazy things to try to make his cinematic dreams c...

Surrounded by a sea of flag-carrying, "Yes" badge-wearing teenagers outside the Scottish Parliament today this one "No" voter appeared to set about the task of turning the pro-independence youth tide. Teenagers as young ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) --aMcDonald's declared a quarterly dividend of 85 cents a share Thursday. Shares of the fast food chain were gaining 0.3% to $93.79 in after-hours trading. The new dividend is a 5% increase from McDo...

We've all experienced it before, whether working from home, the office or a remote location, things can go amiss during a conference call.

Tom Brady publicly posted a photo of his post-college resume on Thursday, showing the world just how close he came to working a normal job. It's easy to forgot how unlikely Brady's rise to the top of the American sport...

Samsung's newest phablet, the Galaxy Note 4, will be available in the US starting Oct. 17, with preorders starting on Sept. 19. The company hasn't confirmed pricing just yet, but the phone will be available through Sprin...

TrueCar Inc (TRUE) stock is trading at $19.10, down about 1.6%, after news broke that the company's Chief Technology Officer, Michael Dunn, had resigned.

Lincoln Logs, the popular building toy is coming home to the U.S. to be made in Maine, after years of construction in China.

Investment guru Jim Rogers spoke of having made a 180 degree change in this investment strategy. Japanese stocks could very well be entering a sweet spot. Next month's reporting season will be important. Less important i...

"Twenty-eight percent of women that fought ended up consenting," is the translation offered by multiple local observers of a now pulled Durex ad on the company's Facebook page in Thailand earlier this week. The Facebook ...

"Imagine if you could say anything or do anything, with the odds of getting caught being almost nil. Even if you are apprehended, there would be little, if any, repercussions." Welcome to The Book of Broken Promises: $40...

The Harvard Crimson has a great in-depth dive into the culture surrounding CS50, the introductory computer science course that is currently the most popular class at Harvard with more than 800 students enrolled this seme...

Their total combined net worth this year is $274.6 billion, or about 13.30% of Brazil's GDP in 2013.

Are most entrepreneurs reckless risk seekers hungry to bet their life savings on an untested venture? Are they driven by the same motivations that spur high-stakes gamblers to place million-dollar bets on the roulette wh...

The taxi business has taken a massive hit thanks to the extraordinary rise in ride-sharing services. A new report from the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency finds that since 2012, the average number of tri...

Last winter was a chaotic time for Katie Rivera. The mother of two young girls had just separated from her husband. She had also traded nights working as a bartender for a new career path in vision care that involved day...

Happiness in the workplace is something of a double-edged sword. Yes, having happy employees is critical to the success of any company, but there are plenty of ways that bending over backwards to put a smile on your work...