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Each state contains an abundance of public high schools, but some stand out more than others. Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, just released its 2016 rankings of the best public high...

Black Friday may have become “a thing” in the UK but it is still dominated by an American company – Amazon, to be precise, says one of their UK rivals, a start-up called Flubit.com, based in London, who want to emu...

China's main stock market index fell more than 5% on Friday after two securities firms said they are under investigation for possible misconduct.          

Stores aren't waiting around to push discounts on holiday goods

Lower commodity prices pressured Asian resources shares this week, while a weaker yen helped put Japanese shares on track for their sixth week of gains.

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's jobless rate fell to a 20-year low in October, but consumer spending and incomes also edged down as the tight labor market failed to spur significant increases in wages. The latest figures are likel...

(Reuters) -- U.S. stock indexes ended little changed in light trading Friday, with consumer stocks falling as investors fretted over early reports on the U.S. holiday shopping season and Walt Disney Co.'s subscriber loss...

How Can Roche Get 25% Boost In Revenues In 5 Years? In the accompanying Table, we present factors that impact the revenue growth potential of Roche to answer this question. Farther below, we present links to similar pict...

Chinese shares sank more than 5% after reports that stock regulator had widened its probe on brokerages to include the country's fourth-biggest securities firm

The arrest of Brazilian billionaire André Esteves has caused unease among clients of his firm, BTG Pactual, the country's biggest independent investment bank.

Are you tired of Facebook’s trending section in your News Feed? Celebrity news getting annoying? Would you rather have legitimate news? Introducing Fluffblocker. Before we go any further, keep in mind that for this to ...

(By Dustin Volz, Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans’ phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted surveillance methods, t...

A different way to finance a college education has begun to gain traction and could provide a fresh alternative to student loans, which plague many recent graduates and the U.S. economy as a whole. Purdue University this...

Newegg, a popular online shop for technology products, and the website for department store Neiman Marcus have both suffered outages today — Black Friday, of all days. On Black Friday last year, Best Buy’s website we...

Lenovo has become the world’s biggest PC maker, but it hasn’t had much of a presence in the lucrative market of gaming PCs. The company hopes to change that through a strategic partnership with Razer, the maker of ga...

The probe into the finance industry comes as the government widens an anti-corruption campaign

The Oil & Gas industry saw significant activity this week, with Petrobras announcing that the worker strike that was severely affecting its Brazilian operations has finally come to an end. The company claimed in a statem...

Nokia's key growth drivers include: 1) establishing a strong presence in China; achieving growth in its licensing division; and, 3) exploiting the trend of Internet of Things (IoT). China is a crucial market from Nokia's...

The key drivers of Disney's growth in future include: 1) creating innovations to attract visitors to its theme parks; 2) driving revenues for its resorts; and, 3) increasing viewership and subscription fees for ESPN and ...

New year investment strategizing often focuses on overlooked, underperforming issues. This activity could be especially beneficial for 2016.

Monuhar Ullah, a senior manager who helped oversee controversial tax-focused trading strategies in Bank of America Corp.'s equities division, is leaving the bank.