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NetJets' 2,800 pilots just dusted Warren Buffett. After three long years of sometimes acrimonious contract talks, with the Berkshire Hathaway-owned fractional jet ownership company, the pilots have hammered out a new fiv...

In the more than 200 years since the US declared independence from the English in 1776, the uniforms of those serving in the US Army have changed drastically.  Over the years, as the nation grew, uniforms too have evol...

The economy's training wheels are coming off. Let's hope for the best.          

BlackRock, T. Rowe Price, and other money managers may rebound in 2016. Time to reconsider their stocks.

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio railed against the year-end budget and tax package, suggested he might slow down its inevitable passage and then skipped the vote F...

Many graduates of Hunter College High School were stunned when they learned that a $1 million donation to the school in March came from Mr. Shkreli, a multimillionaire pharmaceuticals executive.

Thomson Reuters An FBI document may confirm that the woman who helped carry out a shooting at a community center in San Bernardino, California, that left 14 people dead earlier this month did, in fact, pledge allegi...

Reuters/ Tyrone Siu Commodities trading company Trafigura says there's been a "sea-change" in investor attitudes in the commodities sector. In other words, investors are feeling negative and many are fleeing commodi...

Can the beloved doll brand, which turns 30 next year, maintain relevance and regain sales as its original customers become parents?

As the year gets ready to end and another New Year is about to be ushered in, it’s common practice for many to not only make resolutions but to also reflect on the passing year.

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

Manager Sonu Kalra looks for blue-chip qualities in growth stocks such as Under Armour, Avago Technologies, Apple, and Alphabet.

Wiki Commons Some say we are in a dark age of leadership. With so many challenges facing the world, now more than ever we need better leaders. But what does “better” mean? Several of today’s leaders are visionary; ...

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Wikimedia Commons Not every idea turns out to be a good one. Let's take a look back at some of the blunders in the tech sector from the past year. Some you may remember, while others were a little more under the radar, b...

It will only take days for the Federal Reserve's boost to short-term interest rates to start showing up in the yields of money-market mutual funds.

Members of Hawaii's congressional delegation are applauding Hawaii's take in the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill, which includes spending increases in nearly all categories for the Aloha State. …

Ah, the Kool-Aid Man, that icon of the 80's whose violent emergence from your family's drywall signaled the start of some sugar-fueled shenanigans. You remember him, right?

Colleen Crosby, 48, saw the very first "Star Wars" movie at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 1977. And on Thursday she grabbed her lightsaber and homemade Jedi costume and rushed to the same spot for opening night ...

The razor industry's best-selling behemoth, Mach3 maker Gillette, and fastest-growing upstart, online subscription service Dollar Shave Club, have been at war for America's $3.3 billion shaving business for years. But no...

The razor industry's dominant player claims Dollar Shave Club's razors are in violation of a 2004 Gillette patent. Gillette, a behemoth in the razor market, is putting the screws to popular e-commerce upstart Dollar Shav...

Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Kickstarter has given the public an early crack at some spectacular stuff. It’s given us an entire galaxy of gadgets and allowed fan enthusiasm to revive Veronica Mars and Myster...