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Tech stocks power the rally on strong earnings from Microsoft, Amazon.com, Alphabet.          

BlackBerry is officially accepting preorders for its new Android-based smartphone. Priv was first announced last month. The phone features a touchscreen, slide-out keyboard, and Blackberry’s security software. The phon...

Hurricane Patricia, one of the most powerful storms on record, has forced the cancellation of hundreds of airline flights from Mexico to Texas and the recall of a cruise ship to Los Angeles. But so far the impact on the ...

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Credit Suisse Group AG and Barclays PLC are in discussions to pay as much as $150 million combined to end several investigations and one lawsuit alleging improprieties related to their "dark pools," according to people f...

Sauber's Felipe Nasr explains the aerodynamics of an F1 car and how important is in winning a race

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey said he is giving a third of his stock in the company, about 1 percent, to the employee equity pool.

It seems that we are moving towards a world, where the idea of working for one organization for many years is becoming obsolete. In the workplace, many employees are now working on tasks and projects instead of on long t...

Move over, Koch brothers -- Jeff Bezos is now the third-richest man in America. The Amazon founder's net worth surged to more than $55 billion late Thursday after the Seattle...

A federal judge, disgusted by cushy deals that allow lawbreaking corporate bosses to avoid jail time, used a ruling in a little-known corruption case to tear into Department of Justice prosecutors this week.  In an 84-...

According to a new study by Gallup, 58% of American adults believe marijuana should be made legal. That number, tied at the highest rate it’s ever been, is getting entrepreneurs in the cannabis sector excited.

Last year in a Forbes post entitled How The Fast Casual Segment Is Gaining Market Share In The Restaurant Industry, the writer described the term "fast casual restaurant" thusly: "a relatively fresh and rapidly growing c...

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PAUL Khouri, 34, has strong, broad shoulders from rock climbing. He loved talking to customers about the sport in the five years he worked at the the outdoors outfitter REI on Rockville Pike -- the good spots to climb ou...

Financial firms have lots of reconciliation projects going -- Duco Cube can work across data types, from interest swaps to email lists.

In recent years, investors have started buying shares in other people's litigation proceedings. Are they warping the legal system in the process?

Airline nearly doubled its net profit, beats Wall Street estimates.          

Bill Gates briefly relinquished his title as the world's richest man to Spanish retail giant Amancio Ortega Friday morning.

Washington's highs and lows from Forbes' 2015 Best States for Business and Careers.