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Families can use 529 plans, Coverdell accounts, Roth IRAs and other options--and some find it best to combine them.

Retired Army sergeant Theresa Hannigan lost the use of her legs as a result of her time in the service. More than seven years ago, Matthew Tilford suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist belo...

Whether you've ever been a consultant before or not, I hope you'll start thinking of yourself as a consultant in 2015. You are the CEO of your own business. Your career is your business!

Apple is the latest technology company aiming to get into the car business.

Did you know the London Underground used to run all the way to Slough? Or Southend? The Tube has dozens of discontinued "ghost stations" and lines that once connected to the operational network, but now sit empty, gather...

BMW (OTCMKTS:BAMXY), the world's largest luxury automaker, has tried to corner Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) by offering an electric vehicle (EV) above and below the price range of Tesla Model S. Now a latest report fro...

TANAKA Growth Fund bets on Apple, Gilead and Synapics as top stock choices for 2015.

Time to buy the FarmVille. That's the advice a prominent analyst had for CEO Don Mattrick's tenure atop Zynga. Mattrick needs to step down from the embattled video game maker...

WASHINGTON

Leading China taxi apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache on Saturday announced a plan to merge, creating a new challenge for Uber Technologies Ltd.'s global expansion.

On any given day, up to a dozen ships handle more than $1 billion worth of goods in the mammoth ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation's busiest seaport.

Company received an SEC inquiry regarding a clash with Chinese regulators over fake goods.          

NY hedge fund manager faked death, compared self to a werewolf, to avoid repaying investor          

Nolan Kombol is a course designer and director of innovation for Tough Mudder, a 10- to 12-mile, military-style obstacle course.

Let's stop obsessing over love, sex and '50 Shades of Grey' and see some real watches like Grieb & Benzinger's Shades of Grey; enjoyment guaranteed.

Secret Swiss bank accounts are infamous in the public eye, largely thanks to James Bond movies, and for getting a number of the world's biggest lenders into hot water. UBS finally confirmed that it is under investigation...

NEW YORK -- Costco Wholesale Corp., acknowledging its split with American Express Co., said Friday that it is close to reaching a deal with a new credit card company for exclusive rights to serve the giant retailer's cus...

Guest:Earlier this month, I was invited to speak at the internationally renowned India Institute of Technology conference at the Entrepreneurship Cell summit (E-Cell, IIT-Bombay). I spoke about strategy, business develop...

LOS ANGELES

The 75-year-old former head of an investment firm has been sentenced to six years in prison in a fraud scheme.

"Everything in our lives is going to be available in the push of a button."- @Shervin The service economy is going through uberification. Service marketplaces are aggregating consumer demand through mobile apps (and some...

We got a call from Adriana, who was a client of ours a few years ago. "I thought this would make you guys laugh," she said. "I got a call from a headhunter about a job opportunity in a startup that just got ten million d...