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Wikimedia Commons A security guard has been arrested for stealing $5 million in diamonds from a New York jeweler after a construction worker accidentally threw the precious stones in the trash, police said. Wilfred Marti...

Everybody loves to hate pharmaceutical mogul Martin Shkreli but he could be a poster child for his entire generation.

Tour operators in Japan and France offer vacations for Teddy, Cupcake and Mr. Peepers, complete with sightseeing, meals, activities and plenty of photo ops.

An agreement has been reached that will allow a German-operated cargo ship leave a Lake Superior port in Minnesota where it was detained for more than a month due to alleged environmental violations, the U.S. Coast Guard...

State Street overbilled certain clients over an 18-year period by roughly $200 million, the asset manager said, funds it intends to reimburse at the completion of its review.

Fans of Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer came to the defense of the beleaguered tech titan on Thursday -- saying much of an outspoken shareholder's criticism was wrong. Mayer's alleged over-the-top spending on a "Gre...

Minecraft is an excellent way to lose dozens of hours engineering virtual buildings and machines, but now an interesting new company has devised a way to bridge those digital creations into our physical world. LittleBits...

The bubble hasn't popped yet.

Congress is on the verge of passing a package of very expensive tax cuts and there’s plenty about it to despise. It’s full of huge corporate giveaways. It will drive up the deficit. It might even lead to higher healt...

Green Car Reports Volkswagen now blames a small group of engineers unable to meet stiff U.S. regulations for its diesel-emissions cheating. The company says a small group of engineers were responsible for the "defeat de...

via Valet When a dapper New York advertising exec purchased a small studio in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, he wanted to capture the richness and subtle style of an old noir film. Of course, he didn't have a lot of s...

Federal health officials have cleared a wearable heart-zapping device for children who are at risk of deadly irregular heartbeats. …

With the outlook for oil prices and anything affected by oil prices gloomy, there are some indications that the sector may prove to be a pleasant surprise for investors in 2016 and 2017.

A job is a job, right? Those whom we employ should be grateful to have a paycheck. Maybe that’s how it was when we were in the midst of the recession, but life on the outside (and the inside) has changed dramatically. ...

The goal of a publicist is to be an outstanding asset to a client while finding time to nurture the soul that fuels one-of-a-kind ideas essential to success in this mesmeric and scintillating field. That is no easy task....

As a child who was never a good swimmer, I had a deep fear of drowning. Pool parties were all the rage during Houston summers, so I confronted the craze by lingering in the three-foot section, my neck stretched up to avo...

Take advantage of the rout in risky debt, especially deep-discount closed-end funds with huge yields.

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly sales, hurt by a strong dollar and weak demand for its snacks and baking products in the United States, and cut its full-year sales forecast...

These gifts inspired some creative thinking, even if they didn't seem that important at the time.

It certainly can be challenging finding just the right Christmas gift for the millionaire (or billionaire) who has everything. When someone already has his choice of personal jets, mega yachts and mansions, what's left ...

Martin Shkreli, a lightning rod for growing outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after a federal investigation involving his former hedge fund and a pharmaceutical company he...

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