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The number of plastic carrier bags taken home by Tesco shoppers in England has dropped by 80% since the 5p charge was introduced, data suggests.

There's a food fight breaking out in the condiment aisle -- and the mustard guys are throwing some real haymakers. Century-old French's Food Co., the No. 1 mustard maker in the US, is readying a marketing blitz to back r...

The falling oil and gasoline prices that for months have coincided with strong U.S. hiring have helped most Americans. …

Big controversies often arise from big numbers, and on the surface the cost in U.S. tax revenue from the corporate tax avoidance scheme known as "inversion" looks like a big number: potentially $20 billion over 10 years,...

Stock prices should have fallen on Friday. In fact, they should have declined a lot after the Labor Department announced that the economy added 211,000 new jobs in November. That figure was about what the experts expecte...

U.S. securities regulators are about to crack down on the use of derivatives in certain funds sold to the public, worried some products are too precarious for retail investors.

Republican and Democratic negotiators closed in on a package of tax cuts for businesses and individuals that could exceed $700 billion in forgone revenues over a decade.

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GUEST: As a CTO with one of the largest technology teams in Los Angeles, I do a lot of hiring. I am asked all the time what I look for in hiring talent — especially given the highly competitive technical recruiting env...

GUEST: On its best days, the venture business offers a glimpse of tomorrow — a look at how things will be when our kids grow up. The chance to help those new technologies and markets take shape is one of the reasons I ...

Microsoft today announced plans to open source the core components of Chakra, the company’s JavaScript engine used in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. The project, dubbed ChakraCore, will be released on GitHub in ...

As the year closes out companies are looking for the next tool or service to experiment with to advance their business strategy in the New Year. For many this new tool is called Periscope, a video streaming/ broadcasting...

After selling desserts business Gü in 2010, Averdieck missed running a company. He shares his story and the challenges he faced A man sat down on a ski lift next to James Averdieck, and asked him what he did for a livin...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio asked the city's pension funds to unload their gunmaker stocks on Friday -- but that would deny them one of the safest ways to make money in unsafe times. Consider the performance of Sm...

Workers at Volkswagen's lone American plant on Friday voted to be represented by the United Auto Workers, the union's first victory at a foreign-owned automaker in the South.

I recently spoke with Philip Tessier, the  former executive sous chef at French Laundry, who led the US team to an unprecedented silver medal at the Bocuse d’Or culinary competition held in Lyon, France every 2 years ...

In the week that 14 people lost their lives in a mass shooting in San Bernadino, news of America’s first home shopping network for gun lovers has come to light.

The central governing body of the European monetary union reportedly is on edge as it grapples with British Prime Minister David Cameron's call to reimagine the European Union as a "multicurrency union," the Financial Ti...

Sony’s Richard Marks showed off the PlayStation VR system at the PlayStation Experience fan event in San Francisco. Unfortunately, it went off the rails. Debuting next spring, the PlayStation VR is Sony’s entry in th...

Tim Schafer from Double Fine Productions announced two remastered games will be coming to PS4 and PS Vita at the PlayStation Experience 2015 in San Francisco. Day of the Tentacle Remastered and Full Throttle Remastered a...

GUEST: You don't have to look far to find a study comparing the “abysmal” testing scores of U.S. students to their counterparts around the world. Despite our best efforts to change test rankings, overall test results...

The menorah is one of the most recognizable and widespread symbols of Jewish culture and tradition in the world. It predates the Star of David, and is at the center of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday that lasts eight days -...