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Good morning. Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today. 1. WPP's media investment arm GroupM has acquired a majority stake in London-based independent digital media agency Essence Digital, wh...

Most people fail badly when asked this extremely common business question. Here's the right way to answer.

Don't believe the hype: Working hard isn't always your best bet.

Instagram is a massively valuable social network. Some analysts think it's worth as much as $37 billion. So who are its most popular users? To find out, we took Socialblade's list of the 100 most followed Instagram accou...

Time is still very much on your side in your 30s — if you manage your money well, it can mean huge financial gains in the future. That's easier said than done. Plus, many of us tend to assume we'll have more money in o...

If you want to watch videos on the latest version of the Apple TV, you have a few options available, including Netflix and YouTube. But one option that isn’t available is game streaming app Twitch. Amazon, which acquir...

TOKYO (AP) -- Shares of Japan Post jumped nearly 17 percent Wednesday in the first day of trading after the company and its banking and insurance units raised a combined 1.44 trillion yen ($11.9 billion) in the world's b...

Mr. Colacino, 58, is president of Savills Studley, a commercial real estate services firm specializing in tenant representation.

LinkedIn has become a de facto professional and personal resource to more than 400M registered members. This is more than half of the 780M-plus professionals on the digital economy map. Here's how to leverage LinkedIn pu...

Peter S. Kraus, chief of AllianceBernstein, is convinced that exchange-traded funds are a mounting peril to the markets. And he isn't shy about telling E.T.F. brokers that to their faces.

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of an organization is more critical than ever in companies today, because he or she is responsible for all activities under the umbrella of marketing. These marketing activities play an ...

Stocks were wavering between small gains and losses Wednesday, as investors worked through another batch of company earnings from companies including CBS and Michael Kors. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average ...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong led gains in Asian stock markets Wednesday after an official said China will set up a second stock trading link with the city this year while Japan surged on a blockbuster share sale. KEEPING ...

Goldman Sachs is having a rough week on the government-relations front. The Wall Street powerhouse acknowledged Tuesday it is under investigation for possible manipulation of the $13 trillion US Treasurys market, adding ...

Germany, Luxembourg, and Spain are egregious offenders in “supporting an unjust global tax system,” according to a new report from the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad), a network of NGOs. The repor...

It cites "irregularities" and says fuel economy levels may have been set too low          

Exactly four years ago, Groupon Inc's initial public offering was priced at $20, valuing the company at $13 billion.

Halo 5: Guardians has sold more than $400 million in its first week on the market, setting new records according to video game publisher Microsoft. That pushes the lifetime sales of the Halo series to more than $5 billio...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the country's largest financial institutions are still falling short of managing the types of risks that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Yellen says that break...

Survey: US businesses added 182,000 jobs in October, down from September

Hillary Clinton may never have to explain her private emails, but her ties to the Clinton Foundation and its reporting gaffes remain. The Foundation and its sister organizations may fix all errors by amended tax filings,...

Travel booking site Expedia has agreed to buy publicly traded vacation rental company HomeAway for $3.9 billion, the companies announced today. It’s a big deal partly because it validates the growth of rapidly expandin...