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These unregulated lab-developed tests include a key prenatal test for Down syndrome. The U.S. government is finally on its way to closing one of the health sector's most controversial loopholes. Read Full Story

A senior executive of Koch Industries on Tuesday sent a letter to the company's employees disputing a new book about the Kochs and other conservative families, saying it significantly exaggerated the role of the company'...

President Obama’s glide through the lower chamber on his way to deliver his final State of the Union differed from his very first one seven years ago. In 2009, he was imbued with a confidence and a spirit -- one to car...

Jefferies Chris McReynolds, the former head of US Treasuries trading at Barclays, has started work at Jefferies as head of US rates, according to people familiar with the matter.  Jefferies declined to comment.  Bloo...

The FAFSA form is the key to college financial aid. Here's how to avoid two common scams.

Time Warner Inc. isn't even on the block yet, but Apple is staying extra close to any possible movement on this front, The Post has learned. The tech giant is among a handful of companies, all possible suitors of the ent...

Chinese shares head higher on Wednesday as efforts by Beijing to stabilise the local currency brought some calm into equity markets.

It's time to worry. That's the conclusion Wall Street analysts came to on Tuesday, saying the global economy is hurtling toward the worst year for investors since the 2008 financial crisis. With the price of oil down 39 ...

The numbers are in -- and Silicon Valley looks like a sleaze pit. Sixty percent of the women working in Silicon Valley have endured unwanted sexual advances, and nearly two-thirds of those women said the harassment came ...

(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Tuesday declared a $1 billion supplemental cash dividend, but its outlook for 2016 profit failed to exceed Wall Street's estimates, sending its stock down in after-hours trading.

Courtesy of WOW Air This week, Icelandic budget airline WOW Air unveiled a set of new flight deals from Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport: $199 one-way tickets to various destinati...

courtesy Virgin Limited Edition Yes, we know the chances of winning are slim. And you probably wouldn't want to take the lump sum, anyway. But dreaming never hurt anyone. We've compiled a list of some of the most outrage...

University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Dean Daniel Diermeier and his wife, U. of C. lecturer Ariela Lazar, have paid $3.75 million in recent months for two houses on the same block in Hyde Park. However, in...

Wikimedia In 2015, coastal tech hubs like San Francisco and Seattle were front and center for housing as millionaires with startup money sought shelter. "But this year, the markets that shine brightest will be those that...

(Kitco News) - Gold prices are moderately lower Wednesday on some more profit-taking and weak long liquidation. At mid-week investor risk appetite has up-ticked, which is a negative for the safe-haven yellow metal. A fir...

The way men and women talk with each other has a long history that takes us back to when we were hunters and gatherers. You can learn a great deal about how you communicate by taking a look back in time.

Cisco reports a rapid rise in unauthorized cloud usage

(By Anya George Tharakan, Reuters) – International Business Machines Corp (IBM) was granted the most U.S. patents for the 23rd year in a row in 2015, according to a ranking by patent analysis firm IFI Claims Patents Se...

The Prudential Regulation Authority wants to be able to reclaim, in cases of misconduct, some of the money paid to bankers who changed jobs.

Wix — the website building platform — has teamed up with DreamWorks to return to the Super Bowl this year, with its second big game advert. The ad will feature the characters from "Kung Fu Panda 3," as they try to ge...

Eat this. Don't eat that. Five cups of coffee a day is fine. Like most retail nutrition advice, the new issue of Dietary Guidelines for Americans is presented as if there were scientific certainty about what we ought to ...

Fitria Ramli / Shutterstock The impending closure of Al Jazeera America is baffling in some respects. Qatar turned into one of the Middle East's rising countries through a smart and patient "soft power" strategy. The k...