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Britain’s Dyson knows a thing or two about innovation and shaking up tired consumer products. But over the past year it has lost its leadership of the US vacuum cleaners market, the largest in the world.

"Undercover Boss" is supposed to reveal the good, bad and ugly of everyday workplaces by inserting senior executives into their own companies -- you guessed it -- undercover. But Sunday night's episode just uncovered a w...

As temperatures drop in the US, many are starting to plan their escape to the Caribbean. And what better way to enjoy a truly stress free holiday than an all-inclusive resort?  With help from Hotels.com, we've rounded u...

Hedge fund Lion Capital has nominated one of its founders for a seat on the American Apparel Inc. board and is pushing the Los Angeles retailer to weigh "strategic alternatives," presumably including a sale of the compan...

A flight attendant's mishap foils the usual early-morning flight plan for the chief operating officer of the Breeders' Cup.

As the season has progressed, the Chicago Bulls have seen the development of a new star. Fourth-year guard Jimmy Butler has elevated his game to All-Star status. Butler is averaging career highs in points per game (22.2)...

Prenups require periodic review, as do sunset provisions that can protect monied spouses.

It's Christmas for drug policy data nerds! In late December to little fanfare -- not so much as a tweet! -- the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released state-level numbers from the most recent ...

Russia's banks are under tremendous stress amid a plunging currency and ongoing Western sanctions over Russian involvement in the Ukraine crisis, and they will likely need more government bailouts to survive, according t...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (TheStreet) -- It's easy to forget in the context of China's global economic magnetism that a Communist party bent on long-term survival has run the country for 65 years. Per doctrine, a Communist state mu...

Fans can turn into foes in the time it takes to eat lunch

Stocks on course for yearly gain of around 8%; Nikkei may hit 20,000 by April, says analyst

Now developers say the future of Newark is finally under way, with half-a-dozen downtown residential developments having received financing, broken ground or been completed within the past year.

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Dec 29

Will deflation spread to Britain, and could Gordon Brown turn around RBS? Matthew Lynn sets out his six predictions for the year ahead. The post Gordon Brown to take over at RBS - and five more predictions for 2015 was f...

A local orange dwarf star has a 90 percent probability of passing within the orbit of our outer solar system’s Oort Cloud between 240,000 and 470,000 years from now, says the author of a new study detailing the compute...

From 1985 to 1987, the spy war between the US and the Soviet Union reached a bizarre fever pitch. CIA assets inside the KGB were rounded up and executed, and no one could figure out why. A disgruntled ex-CIA agent evaded...

First-time buyers sat on the sidelines in 2014, and most sales were on the high end. That may be about to change in the new year.

London startups are raising significantly more venture capital, with a new study claiming that money raised in 2014 is double the figure from 2013.  The Financial Times reports that London startups raised a total of $1....

After finally getting PlayStation Network back up and running yesterday, Sony's online infrastructure is once again on the fritz.

In 2015, Greece will face some 22.3 billion euros in debt payments -- much of it to those who took some the biggest risks in loading up on Greek bonds during the debt crisis: the European Central Bank and distressed inve...