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Up to 24,000 people around the world die every year from lightning, so you might think this natural phenomenon is something to be feared and avoided. That's not always the case, however. For example, check this out: This...

Tech darling Alibaba might be the talk of the town today, but that wasn't always the case. Here are some surprising things about the company's rise to the top.

Here's a new way to get people to quit smoking - pay them.

I was terrified to try it. The last time I had been on a public bicycle was in Seville, Spain, where I got hit by a motorcyclist who failed to look on a turn.  This time, I was climbing on an electronic bike with a moto...

Verizon Wireless will pay $90 million and Sprint $68 million to settle charges that they allowed phony charges on their customers' monthly bills.

Jeffrey Gundlach says art prices are sustainable "as long as the world continues to mint new billionaires in Russia and China who can't get their money out of there fast enough."

Traders are piling into assets that rose as the dollar fell--but how long will the rally last?

After the closing bell Wednesday, Shake Shack Inc. shares jumped more than 8 percent after the fast-casual burger joint said its first-quarter revenue grew 56 percent. Meanwhile, department store J C Penney Company Inc. ...

We know more about how the human body works -- how we live and die -- than we ever have before. We've mapped the human genome, the blueprint that's largely responsible for who we are, and scientists are now able to seque...

Wall Street's regulators don't want to lose their home court advantage. Andrew Ceresney, the head of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, defended the government on Tuesday against reports...

Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group Holding is exporting its cloud computing technologies to the Middle East, as it competes with Amazon Web Services for global customers.

Leon Black has blinked. The private equity mogul's Caesars Entertainment will resume paying most of the 340 current and former executives owed $81 million in deferred compensation, it admitted in...

In an era where social media stars and maverick entrepreneurs continue shaping America’s ever-evolving economy – branding is everything.

Stuck with slow growth prospects in a saturated market, banks that issue credit cards are increasingly churning out cards that are aimed at creditworthy customers loyal to a store, airline or hotel.

A designer makes the case that workplace collaboration app Slack's "secret sauce" isn't design.

In what is scheduled to be his last earnings report as JC Penney's CEO Mike Ullman promised the retailer was now "on the offensive" and planned to win back American's respect. The report was perhaps a small step in th...

Fast-growing sales have Shake Shack sizzling again, but its measured growth pace doesn't match its outsized stock returns.

Washington

John Hinckley has lived a shockingly normal life the past year, especially for someone who shot a US president and spends much of his time in a psychiatric hospital. He already spends 17 days a month at his mother's hou...

Consumers are eating burgers in record numbers.  Polling site Ranker.com recently surveyed 42,000 consumers on 46 burgers to find the best fast food options. Beloved NYC-based chain Shake Shack was noticeably absent fro...

How time flies. If you plan to catch up on Mad Men before Sunday's series finale, you'd better start soon. Really soon. AMC begins its Mad Men Marathon this afternoon. And it's all Mad Men all the time between now and 10...

U.S. stocks closed mostly lower Wednesday, extending losses for a third straight session as investors weighed a mixed retail sales last month. Wednesday's declines were led by the utility sector, with electrical power co...