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Homeownership made many people millionaires in the '90s. That's unlikely to happen again.

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan resumed construction work needed to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of Okinawa's main island to another on Thursday, overriding vigorous protests by local residents. The land reclamation work o...

Like Google and other big tech companies, Apple asks both technical questions and some unusual brain teasers.

An estimated $292.2 billion was spent on U.S. business travel in 2014, and these places are reaping the benefits.

"If it has to happen, then it has to happen first," writes Laura Vanderkam, a time-management expert and the author of "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast." Those among us who have managed to find profes...

The New York Times editorial board had a clear message for Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday -- go home.

Britain's economic recovery may have lost momentum in the third quarter figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest. The post Economy loses momentum was first published on MoneyWeek.

RushCard, the pre-paid debit card backed by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, will create a "multi-million dollar" fund to help cover the costs that its customers suffered while the card was beset by technical problems earl...

It's Halloween time again, and that can only mean one thing: time for a new horror movie list for your viewing/nightmare pleasures! For this year's list, I decided to provide you with the top 10 best horror films of the�...

There has long been a link between basketball and banking.  A healthy percentage of teams in the National Basketball Association are owned or operated by financial services sector pros, from hedge fund honchos to privat...

Are you more of a Taylor Swift or a Smaug on social?

Mark Travis of Intrepid Capital fund shares his most undervalued holdings, including an oil company.

Private rental prices in the UK increased by 2.7% in the 12 months to September 2015, but there are considerable regional variations, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics. Private rental pr...

FATCA's massive worldwide reporting scheme is ambitious. Yet a watchdog report reveals that the IRS may not be taking key steps that are needed to collate and match the data reported by taxpayers and foreign banks.

As I predicted long before anyone else got on board, the Federal Reserve wasn't able to raise interest rates in October. And it didn't say anything about jacking them up at its next meeting in December either. Let me mak...

There are two women in this presidential election at the moment, and one of them just took a swipe at the other by saying her policies are bad for her own gender.Carly Fiorina based her criticism of Hillary Clinton's pla...

Justin Goff, 31, has created two million-dollar businesses with no employees other than the owners—an eBook company and an online health supplements store. The secret of this entrepreneur from Columbus, Ohio has been m...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASD: WFM), where a total volume of 28,578 contracts has been traded thus far tod...

Bringing Allergan into the fold would be a big win for Pfizer--at the right price.

Visa is in advanced negotiations to buy Visa Europe for about $22 billion in a deal that would unite Visa's global operations.

Welcome to Main Street Morning, The Washington Post's daily collection of news affecting entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with a special focus on policy and government.Here's what's affecting my small busine...

A hunter's paradise just came on the market in Michigan. It's called the Granot Loma, and according to the listing, it may be the largest log cabin lodge in America. With a private marina and 5,000 acres of surrounding...