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Tim Cook came out as gay in an essay in Businessweek on Thursday. He said that the unequal treatment LGBT employees face all over the country was a critical factor in his decision. "I've had the good fortune to work at a...

Good morning! Here's what you need to know for Thursday. 1. The World Health Organization issued promising news about the state of Ebola, noting that the epidemic in Liberia may be slowing down. 2. A mudslide set off by...

(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are reopening investigations into big banks on suspicion they may have violated agreements under which the institutions settled prior cases against them, The New York Times reported, citing l...

Computer science is far and beyond the most lucrative degree in the country -- if you attend the right school. Deciding among the top universities is tougher than ever, with many schools building out their tech programs ...

A stormy legal battle between billionaires in the Bahamas is about to get some sunlight. New York hedge-fund mogul Louis Bacon won access Wednesday to a trove of video footage...

FATCA is Revolutionizing tax compliance Worldwide. Now, the OECD has assembled 51 Nations that are All on the Hunt for tax and Offshore Account Data.

When I read Hong Kong leader C.Y. Leung's statements to the foreign media, I think, "He really needs to sack his PR guy." Whether he believes what he is saying or not, we know that he is mouthing the party line because t...

Lenovo's new 13-inch Yoga Tablet 2 couples it's unique hinged design with Windows and a high-resolution display.

Like Apple CEO Tim Cook, these top executives are openly gay in the workplace.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is looking at record volumes during the holiday season this year. The company has forecasted volumes of 585 million packages for the season, up 11% from the same time last year.

For the quarter ended September, the company reported Ebitda of `1,631 crore for the region, 8% lower than estimates of institutional brokerages

German airline Lufthansa lowers profit forecast for 2015 over global economic concerns

Barclays bribed a member of the Saudi royal family and ignored a defaulted lease payment from the country in order to secure a rare banking license inside Saudi Arabia, a...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a possible case of insider trading involving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the biotechnology company Dendreon Corporation (DNDN)...

As we look closer at where the leaders are in the impact investing world, we're finding more evidence that high-net-worth families and individuals are among those who have the greatest experience in the space.

These guys were texting while high -- on a marijuana-focused penny stock, that is. A pair of investing tycoons traded giddy text messages this spring as they planned to unload...

Twitter is going through executive change, yet again. Just six months after CEO Dick Costolo hired Daniel Graf to be in charge of Twitter's consumer products, Twitter is demoting Graf. Kevin Weil will be in charge of con...

CAMBRIDGE ( TheStreet) --  The accusations of cocaine use and having sex with someone else's wife are the least of Marc Beer's problems. Aegerion Pharmaceuticals , the company he runs as CEO, is falling apart. Shares a...

Come January 1, 2015, long-haul passengers will need to fly over twice as much for the same awards.

Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) reported earnings results for the third quarter of fiscal'14 today. The largest Chinese language Internet search provider reported a net income of $631.5 million, which has increased 27% year-over-year...

Think through how you'd like the deal structured from a financial standpoint, as well as your timeline and your preferred level of involvement post-sale. If you can explain these factors to a prospective buyer early on, ...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) analyst Felipe Mattar downgraded Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (PBR) stock from Buy to Neutral as the stock relies on national fuel pricing policy and currency fluctuations. The fina...