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The world’s wealthiest working actress is a former kindergarten teacher with such keen investing acumen that she’s been nicknamed "China's show-business Buffett" by her country’s media.

Its recently released agreement provides only way to opt-out: close your account. After getting heat, the financial services company now says customers can also opt-out via customer service.

Hawaii's health insurance exchange announced on Friday that it will be shutting down, and its nearly 40,000 enrollees will be transitioned to the federal Obamacare marketplace, Healthcare.gov. The private, nonprofit Hawa...

Investors expect strong economic news to hasten an interest-rate rise.

From an expansive field of 19 likely Republican candidates getting set to square off, we pick the seven strongest and make a prediction.

Takeover or no takeover, the Swiss chemical maker's prospects look good.

It was a David vs. Goliath moment for the world's largest retailer. A laid-off Walmart worker managed to corner Chief Executive Doug McMillon at the company's annual meeting on Friday...

Bond ETFs and mutual funds are underpinned by much less liquid assets. That, Nouriel Roubini warns, is a recipe for disaster.

Bad news for Google: Unlike Apple, the company won't be able to charge banks a transaction fee when people use its new mobile payments service.  Big banks give Apple a 0.15% cut of each credit-card transaction and half ...

I don't really have an answer for the question posed in this title, but after researching some financial facts about player endorsements after Serena Williams won her 20th career singles Grand Slam in Paris on Saturday ...

Today marks the 71st anniversary of the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II -- also known as D-Day -- that led to the liberation of France from Nazi control and contributed to the Allied victory. An estimated...

The president of Lord & Taylor and Hudson's Bay department stores said she learned early on the importance of saying thank you to improve morale.

While Mother's Day is the third-highest grossing retail holiday in the U.S., Father's Day can sometimes underwhelm. We all know what to get our moms -- think jewelry and spa days -- but dads are notoriously tough to shop...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) will start rewarding hackers through a bug-hunting scheme, which will encourage people to report security problems on Tesla's website. The program is official on a crowdsourcing company web...

According to a recent research note published by JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America still uses cost cutting practices as a catalyst. Vivek Juneja, an analyst at the firm, said that Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan has tu...

Back to the future

Salesforce may already be one of the most powerful companies in San Francisco, but in the rest of world, it's still working its way up to becoming a mainstream brand. And this week, it took another step forward by settin...

Social media networks have become globally recognized as an important business marketing strategy in recent years. Moreover, big companies are looking to create a greater impact on mainstream social media to capitalize o...

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX) and its partner Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (ADR) (OTCMKTS:TKPYY) have filed a lawsuit against Actavis Plc (NYSE:ACT) to block a generic version of a weight-loss pill sold in th...

For some time, rumors have been crossing the wires that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) may acquire Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR). The idea of "Twoogle" has emerged, which is being made increasingly credible by some of the important ...

When the service goes live, Netflix will be available in 12 European countries. Last year, Netflix expanded into France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.

Apple Inc. is poised to unveil what analysts and record label executives hope will be a game-changer in the way consumers listen to music.