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Residential property prices in Hong Kong reached a record high in May, increasing more than 20% compared with the same month last year. The growth in values continues despite the government’s series of property market ...

The applicant, a college graduate who served in the military and passed the officer's exam in 2011, said the hiring process stopped cold in 2013.

The rental site is introducing a new-and-improved Business Travel program aimed at corporate travelers. Airbnb announced an overhauled corporate division on Monday as part of a concerted effort to poach business traveler...

According to the recent news reported by The Economic Times, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced its intention to splurge $5 billion to strengthen its presence in India by expanding its warehouses and data cente...

Nathan's Famous bonds are appetizing to the manager of a short-term fixed-income fund, says Phil van Doorn.

On this scorching New York summer morning it's worth remembering that not all words of money wisdom come from today's  business heros, like Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer, or Microsoft's Bill Gates or even Facebook's Mark Zuc...

Criminal investigators at the IRS are probing whether a Singapore asset-management firm accepted transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts closed by U.S. taxpayers.

The nominee, Kathryn M. Dominguez, is a professor of economics at the University of Michigan. If confirmed, she would become the third woman on the Fed Board of Governors.

Even though the S&P 500 was up 3.6% last week, things aren't looking good for stocks this year. The S&P return on equity dropped 0.35% to 15.5% in Q1, marking the third straight quarter of decline. And in a weekly not...

On a sizzling June morning in Las Vegas, 10 Zappos.com employees sat in an air-conditioned conference room decorated with “Star Wars” memorabilia and a mural of Darth Vader. They had gathered for a weekly meeting to ...

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America's military depends on satellites. Without them, commanders would have trouble coordinating troops or piloting unmanned drones halfway around the world. But now a federal report finds that the government is likely...

Fast food chain Burger King has recently turned to creative agency Turner Duckworth Design to help rebrand the company with new eye-catching visuals. Burger King wanted their new food packaging to go beyond just aestheti...

Gold tumbles to a more than five-year low, and China shares drift lower after authorities' weekend move to tighten the use of informal lending channels by stock investors.

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It's been five years since President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank financial reform act on July 21, 2010, saying the law would "lead all of us to a stronger, more prosperous future." Despite some positive steps, that promi...

Winslow Bent found himself unemployed in 2008, staring down the Great Recession. When he saw a 1940s Dodge Power Wagon in a field near his home in Jackson Hole, he turned to his childhood passion for solace. “It was su...

The acquisition of Sikorsky would be the biggest by Lockheed since its $10 billion takeover of Martin Marietta in 1994.

Under President Xi Jinping , China is succeeding in creating an alternative vision for global leadership designed to challenge Western, and in particular American, dominance. Momentum is gathering behind the Asian Infras...

At the McDonald's restaurant on Eighth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets, tourists sit amid drug addicts looking for a fix or nodding off at tables.

Brad Hargreaves understands that rent in cities is going through the roof, so he is starting a co-living company this fall that will convert Brooklyn brownstones into college-like dorms. Five years ago, Hargreaves j...

Andrew Hawryluk has eaten Chipotle for 153 days straight — and he has the receipts to prove it.  The 23-year-old animator from Los Angeles joked to his brother that he was going to eat Chipotle for the 40 days of Lent...