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It's time for boldfaced New Yorkers to play Spot Yourself on TV. Showtime's buzzed- about series "Billions" kicks off tonight starring Damian Lewis as a billionaire hedge fund owner whose sharp-elbowed business practices...

To tumble dry or not to tumble dry: that is the question. We've all been there, frantically searching our laundry tags to determine if we need to hand our new pants over to the dry cleaner — or if we can toss them in t...

Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/flickr When it came time to build her business, CatalystCreativ, Amanda Slavin took her masters degree in education and five years of hospitality experience, put them ...

By Paul Glader

Call it China’s revenge—and the sequel to last summer’s horror show is no less terrifying than the original. Just ask the thousands of panicked investors who are, yet again, madly tossing their stocks over the side...

Beloved high-end headphone company Audeze has released the SINE, their first on-ear headphone. Here are all the important details.

Complex financial jargon, unwieldy contracts, high fees—these are the common tools of fringe subprime lenders.

Three easy financial fixes for 2016 that will make life much easier come 2030, 2040, or 2050.          

My wife and I recently looked at homes around Washington D.C. We were shocked. Prices in many D.C. suburbs are 30% to 50% higher than they were five years ago. We visited Seattle over Christmas and found the same: Prices...

Iranian president hails end of sanctions as western economies and companies such as Airbus stand to benefit Global oil prices will remain under pressure this week after Iran said it was ready to add half a million barrel...

Oil-market stability will be achieved through cooperation among major producers but this will likely take time, Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi said.

Despite a raft of stimulus measures, China's economy is faltering as companies like shipbuilders increasingly lose business.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is merging an Arkansas-based division that develops computer systems for its stores with a fast-growing technology unit in Silicon Valley, aiming to hasten its move to compete in the online era.

Dear John: I read in your column that the former president of the Dallas Federal Reserve, Richard Fisher, says he and others front-loaded an enormous stock market rally to create a wealth effect. Had I been told what man...

Change Up The Collateral

What do Amazon, Dell Computer, Home Depot, Airbnb, and Uber have in common? They all started with a "dumb" idea. Every fortune begins with a business idea that passes the market test and turns into a product that changes...

U.S. stock and bond markets close Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but it's business as usual for markets overseas.

On Sunday, SpaceX tried and was unsuccessful at landing the first stage of its second-stage rocket on a drone ship floating in the Pacific. SpaceX had planned to broadcast the landing attempt live, but just seconds befor...

Need to lower the stress from a frustrating workday or find a way to put yourself in that "happy" place? Learn from children and skip. I'm not kidding! It might sound silly, but it really isn't. The act of skipping (with...

One alternative to the temporary Olympic Stadium idea has been to keep the stadium around and to convert it into a smaller venue after the games to serve as a professional soccer stadium.

Oil’s hitting 12-year lows as we speak - and that’s crushing a favorite vehicle of many income investors. If you’re not yet out, get out.