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Robert Samuel knows some people are willing to pay good money to have someone else do the waiting for them. In fact, he has turned line-waiting into a prospering business.

The company founded by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Max Levchin has spawned three billionaires, many, many millionaires, and generation-defining companies. Here, we break down the key players from the most notorious group...

Home Depot was slow to raise its defenses against hackers despite alarms from computer experts as far back as 2008.

Weekend Investor: There's a growing array of ways to profit from renting out single-family homes.

A true adventure seeker does not have a panic attack, or so I thought until I had my first visit to the popular O.Noir Restaurant in Toronto. One of the most unique dining in the dark concepts in the world had me ready t...

Investors are not happy with Oracle right now and it cost its co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison, close to $2 billion on Friday. Ellison is Oracle's largest shareholder with over 1 billion shares, a 25% stake. So he gets h...

Sean John Combs, a.k.a. Puff Daddy, P. Diddy or just plain Diddy, has bought a newly built mansion on the Westside for $39 million.

Charged by the FTC for violating COPPA, Yelp settles with the agency, points to a bug in their mobile app for all the trouble.

Have an empty room at home? There could be an extra source of income for homeowners. WSJ CIO Journal deputy editor Steven Rosenbush joins the News Hub with Sara Murray. Photo: Getty.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (BABA) record IPO raised gross proceeds of around $25 billion. For the banks involved in making the debut possible, this means an accumulated payday of $250 million, or 1% of the proceeds.

You might be surprised who ends up on top in this Wi-Fi audio shootout.

Any problems that may lie ahead, among them poverty and corruption, have failed to dent Indonesians' confidence and willingness to splurge.

In a world in which the expected long-term return on stocks after taxes and inflation is 3% to 4% a year at best, financial advisers still typically charge 1% a year for their services. Why, when you take all the risk, d...

As Fed policy tightens over the short term, investors will have to actively manage interest rate exposure while looking ahead to a 'new neutral' in the next three to five years, says PIMCO's Jerome Schneider.

Plus, the Scotland vote's lesson for investors, inflation's abatement, and more.

Hi fives and cheers on 5th avenue in New York City, as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus made their debut. Andreas Gibson pre-ordered his new 6 plus online, and came at 3am to be the first one to pick it up: "I am most exci...

The automaker will produce a new, larger sedan meant to equal the offerings of German rivals and to polish its reputation, particularly in China.

To account for concerns raised by small brewers, cheese producers and others, the agency revised provisions for water testing, manure, compost and spent grains.

One commercial plant opened this month and two others are close, but technical and economic hurdles remain.

There is a lot said outside the boss' office and not all of it pleasant. Find out if this is the chatter at your company.

China on Friday leveled a nearly half-billion-dollar fine against British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline after an investigation concluded that the company bribed physicians and hospitals to use its products.

The federal Export-Import Bank, which was in danger of shutting down at month's end because of strong conservative opposition, will live on after Congress approved a short-term extension of its charter.