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In most states, the capital of the state is NOT the biggest city in the state.  Using a data set from the US Geological Service that includes location and 2010 Census population data, we made a map showing every state'...

Stocks of pharmaceutical companies such as Tekmira, GlaxoSmithKline and Sarepta Therapeutics rose significantly on Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of Ebola in the Uni...

The Wall Street battle over Herbalife has drawn accusations of insider trading from billionaire investors on both sides of the fight. But so far, the only charges in the federal...

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Finally! A great little free booklet to help anyone who has to manage money for an aging parent (or anyone else). The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come up with an excellent piece. A fine part of is the list o...

WASHINGTON -- Hank Greenberg's lawyer continued to hammer a Federal Reserve official on Tuesday about its 2008 bailout of AIG -- zeroing in on some Fed e-mails allegedly casting doubt...

A federal judge ruled that America's largest bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, will have to face a class-action lawsuit that claims the bank gave misleading advice to a group of investors, convincing them to buy $10 billion of ...

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Argentina's president on Tuesday said a U.S. judge's decision to hold the nation in contempt for attempting to service its debt is "silliness."

NEW YORK (The Deal) -- With a pack of deals for makers of products for humans' furry friends, e-commerce players are also hitting the auction block. Two of those companies up for sale are Foster and Smith, which does bus...

Whether it was your boss at your first job, a professor during your college career, or a family friend, many people will find someone to act as his or her mentor. This person provides advice and helps navigate the trials...

We've put together the definitive list of the best mobile apps out right now. There are over 1.3 million apps in Apple's App Store, and another 1.3 million in Google's Play store, so finding your next app can be overwhel...

Several US and foreign attack planes, including the B-1B "Lancer" and the F-15E Strike Eagle, are equipped with the Lockhhed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP). The pod has a laser designator used for laser-guide...

Hit pop singer Ariana Grande is the latest celebrity to hop on the beverage endorsement bandwagon.  What makes this deal different than most celebrity sponsorships, though, is that Grande won't be lending her famous fac...

Trulia's chief economist Jed Kolko tweeted out maps showing how the job market is doing in US metropolitan areas. We were interested by this long-term map, showing how metro area job markets have changed over the last tw...

"LET'S GO, JE-DAH!" New York Yankees team captain/national hero/living legend/all-around good guy (except if you ask Keith Olbermann) Derek Jeter played the last game of his career this past Sunday against the Boston Red...

"Your tummy looks like a bagel." Kids are the future and can be adorable or whatever, but they have no filter when it comes to expressing their thoughts--good or bad, but especially bad. Read Full Story

This flu season is already shaping up to be worse than the last. Because flu season occurs in different time periods around the world, health experts track outbreaks of the virus globally to try and predict how the illne...

A lot has changed in Chicago media over the past 30 years. One thing that hasn't is Felicia Middlebrooks, who has been the morning co-anchor for CBS Radio's WBBM-AM 780 since Oct 1, 1984.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares ofaPetrobrasa continued to fall 4.93% to $13.49 in morning Wednesday after the latest polls showed Brazilian presidentaDilma Rousseff is widening her lead over pro-business candidate Marina...

Shares of several major airline companies were trading lower on Wednesday morning after the CDC on Tuesday night confirmed the first case of Ebola in the US. On Twitter, CNBC's Carl Quintanilla said that traders were bl...

The New York Times is unfortunately having to cut another 100 people from its newsroom. The paper blames "the financial plight of the news business" for these cuts, which isn't quite fair. Many news organizations are doi...