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Progressive activists and economists who want the Federal Reserve to prioritize jobs and racial justice brought their case to the central bankers' summer meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Thursday for two days of tea...

The Obama administration on Thursday made it a lot easier for unions to organize workers at fast-food restaurants and other workplaces. In a 3-to-2 vote on party lines, the National...

This startup's exit isn't an IPO, it's a pyre. A really big pyre. Imagine walking into an investor meeting and saying, "I need funding for my $300,000 project--but oh, by the way, when we're done with our startup, we're ...

Big Lots Inc. has placed global logistics operations in the hands of Chief Financial Officer Timothy Johnson. He will be in charge of the company's supply chain management as the company continues to restructure its stor...

With all the focus on jobs and employment, you'd think schools would take the obvious step and teach students how to sell.

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! You can tell that the holiday season is getting close, because we published a ton of game reviews this week, including Mega Man Legacy Collection, Until Dawn, and Disney Infin...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Shares of Oasis Petroleum are gaining by 8.45% to $10.27 in early afternoon trading on Friday, as oil prices rally for a second consecutive day driving some energy stocks into the green as well. Oi...

Could this be Penn State all over again?          

UberChina has closed its funding round early, managing to raise the $1 billion it sought. Hillhouse Capital, Baidu and Citic led the charge and investors have reportedly agreed to funding that would value Uber's Chinese ...

Wang Sicong, the son of the richest man in China, did an incredibly frank interview with the BBC for its three-part documentary on Chinese youth. We caught the interview via Shanghaiist. He said that for people in his ge...

Heading into Friday's session, indexes are up for the week but Dow, S&P down for the year.          

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Phil Anschutz is doubling down on the oil patch. The reclusive Denver billionaire has emerged as a big player in the restructuring of struggling fracking outfit Samson Resources -- putting...

While your employees are soaking up their last days of vacation, a new study suggests some might feel like they are missing out on the action back at the office.

A new buzzword in entrepreneurship and equity investing is “inclusiveness.”  It is gaining traction with Venture Capitalists and angels alike, who see that building the diversity of the investor community and the en...

The "existing senior management team" will lead the company until a permanent CEO is appointed, Toronto-based Avid Life said.          

Former President Bill Clinton once sought information from Hillary Clinton's State Department about speaking invitations "related to two of the most repressive countries in the world," ABC News reported Friday. According...

A jury's decision to find a former prep school student guilty on several sexual assault misdemeanors and not guilty on three felony sexual assault charges is "a rational verdict," according to a University of New Hampshi...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a potato genetically engineered by Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine and that still damages crops around the world.

Your level of job satisfaction may have something to do with how well your role fits your personality. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test, which measures preferences like introversion and extroversio...

A good employee arrives early and has a good attitude. An indispensable employee arrives early to do extra training and has an attitude that supports you as a leader.

If Uber is worth its $50 billion valuation, it will have to do more than win over the market historically occupied by the taxi and limo industry — it will have to identify new types of customers. The biggest potential ...