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Wall Street has been griping for years that Twitter Inc. is missing opportunities to generate more revenue with its vast audience.But in a major step announced Thursday that could ease some of those complaints, the socia...

Andrew Burton/Getty Images CFO Insider is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for chief financial officers and other finance experts. Low oil prices to "force" M&A in 2016 (...

Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive who was widely criticized for jacking up the price of a drug mainly used by cancer and HIV-AIDS patients by more than 5,000 percent, is the secret buyer of a one-of-a-kind Wu-...

U.S. stocks rebounded Thursday as oil prices pared losses and energy-share prices gained.

The Federal Reserve is faced with a serious conundrum with respect to raising rates at their meeting next week (Dec 15-16) and Mr. Market does not want them to raise rates (see below). On one hand, they backed themselves...

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Berkshire Hathaway has taken a 8% stake in Seritage Growth Properties, a collection of real estate 235 real estate properties recently spun off from struggling retailer Sears. T

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would launch 'Walmart Pay,' to become the first U.S. retailer to offer its own payment feature to expand consumer payment options and increase the speed of checkouts.

There are now more low-income and high-income Americans combined than there are people in the middle class, a study released Wednesday found.  According to a Pew Research Center report, there were 120.8 million adults l...

Airbnb hosts were less inclined to book renters with stereotypically African-American names, Harvard Business School researchers found. A new study from Harvard Business School finds that Airbnb hosts are more likely to ...

Science Magazine on YouTube On Thursday, Dec. 10, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics fired up a monster machine that they hope will change the world. The machine is called the Wendelstein 7-X, or W7-X for short....

AIG said four of its 15 most-senior executives are departing, continuing an effort by CEO Peter Hancock to realign duties and cut costs as the insurer faces pressure from big investors to improve profitability.

The Federal Reserve has approved Bank of America's resubmitted stress test, giving the bank the green light to continue paying a 5-cent quarterly dividend and buy back shares.

Drivers who are now seeking vehicle-related and phone expenses from the ride-sharing company can now be covered by the lawsuit, in addition to the original plaintiffs.

GM ignition switch compensation fund pays out $594.5 million on 399 claims, final report says

Donny Deutsch, creator and star of the sitcom Donny!, explains why the clearest way to success is through doing what you love.

On December 4 President Obama signed into law the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. While it deals with funding transportation, the new law also contains a pernicious scheme to raise revenue. It requires the I...

Whether it's a hacker or a law enforcement official, there's a lot at stake for whoever figures out who Satoshi Nakamoto is.

A slew of new online startups is providing small businesses quick loans -- and quietly charging 40%, 60%, 80% and higher APRs in the process.

During past oil market slumps, energy companies went on M&A sprees to consolidate, but this time, they are turning to decidedly less sexy deals: selling pipelines and storage tanks to raise money.

While PepsiCo's snack offerings are considered the main drivers of the company's organic volume sales growth, beverages are considered the slackers. The foods division, including the likes of Frito-Lay and Quaker Foods, ...