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Eero is one hell of a fancy router. At almost $500 for a three-pack (and $200 a pop), Eero's router system is pricey. But the Eero ships with big promises: “No more buffering,” “No... more dead zones," and "Wi-Fi that actually works." Could it be true? If you buy just one Eero, you'll get “the best router […]

Ritu Singh, Santander Bank's interim head of compliance, didn't take the usual path to her power position. Before getting the job earlier this year, the 47-year-old banker was disbarred for... "misappropriating client funds" and headed up the legal department for a company that pushed "male enhancement" pills, The Post has learned. And for a banking...

Volkswagen needs to hurry with a definitive answer on whether it found a fix to the emissions issue which stirred a global scandal and numerous lawsuits. A U.S. judge set March 24 as the deadline for... the fix update.

Cliff Asness' approach has helped make AQR's liquid-alt mutual funds among the best in the business.

Dow Chemical Co., one of America's largest chemical manufacturers, agreed on Friday to settle a price-fixing lawsuit for $835 million in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia's death. The company had... challenged a $1 billion judgment in a high-stakes, class-action case. But without Scalia, it appears the new reality at the high court was too big a gamble for the company to continue with the litigation. "Growing political uncertainties due to recent events within the Supreme Court and increased likelihood for unfavorable outcomes for business involved in class action suits have changed Dow’s risk assessment of the situation," the company said in a statement. Dow said a case the Supreme Court heard last year but hasn't yet decided, Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo, was the reason its...

Apple said the policy would be restrictive and unnecessary

American Apparel may have emerged from bankruptcy this month, but it's still facing the same labor strife that has dogged it for nearly two years. On Friday, hundreds of sewing workers at two of its... Los Angeles factories staged a stoppage to protest a work rule that has resulted in lower pay, people familiar with...

How much longer will crude oil and gasoline prices remain low? What factors are keeping prices down?

At Yahoo!, the bargaining for board seats is about to begin. The embattled Web portal's board of directors is close to deciding to offer at least two seats to activist hedge fund Starboard Value as it... looks to avert a looming proxy battle, The Post has learned. The offer, if made, could be seen as...

Buffett’s famed annual letter is due to be released this weekend.  With that, today we want to talk a bit about his record, his philosophy on markets and successful investing and the high... conviction stocks that he has in his $130 billion plus Berkshire Hathaway stock portfolio.

Shaan Patel With a perfect SAT score, Shaan Patel thought he'd be able to get into one of his dream schools in the Ivy League. Unfortunately, that didn't happen, but Patel's fine with it. Instead,... he's been able to build a thriving SAT-prep startup that got him on ABC's "Shark Tank" and let him strike a deal with Mark Cuban. "My goal is to become Mark Cuban’s most successful 'Shark Tank' investment," Patel told Business Insider. From growing up at his parents' budget motel to getting a perfect SAT and running his own startup, Patel likes to joke that he's "every Indian stereotype rolled into one." But his story serves as a great reminder that hard work eventually pays off — and an appearance on "Shark Tank" can really make your business fly. "The 'Shark Tank'...

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Companies give free 'gifts' to celebs, but are they gifts? Not really, they are promotional, and their value is income reported on a Form 1099--even the racy items in this year's expensive bag worth... $230,000!

The finance ministers from the world's 20 largest economies wrapped up a day and a half of meetings with a message that the markets worry too much.

Berkshire Hathaway's net worth rose $15.4 billion in 2015, Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett says in his annual letter to investors.

Nothing against the new leader of FIFA, but the better response to all the corruption would have been to break up the organization.

Happy Friday! Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items this week from Tech.eu: 1) Done deal, one of the larger exits in European tech history: Activision Blizzard closes $5.9... billion acquisition of King, makers of Candy Crush 2) Two exits in Israel, over $1.3 billion in combined value: Mellanox paid $811 […]

Stefan Larsson, the new chief executive at Ralph Lauren Corp., was expected to fashion a new business plan for the struggling apparel designer by May. But the apparel veteran appears to be tipping his... hand early. Within the last two weeks, Larsson has eliminated a senior position at the global fashion house and, The Post...

Giant retailer Target produced impressive results last week in an environment in which investors are worried about retailing and the pokey U.S. economy.

Citigroup is the first major U.S. bank to disclose a link to probes involving alleged corruption involving soccer's governing body.

With a 15-year history in India, General Electric spinoff Synchrony Financial is working on their rebranding and building strategy there after setting out on their own - one of the ways is through... offering opportunities to the local young, and female, workforce, says EVP and CIO Carol Juel.

The University of California, Berkeley says a hacker broke into a computer system holding financial data of 80,000 students, alumni, current and former employees. …

The Office More than half of Americans spend less than 25 percent of their time in the office on important, deadline-oriented assignments, according to a new study from the virtual assistant service... Time Etc. The survey found that 43 percent of Americans spend up to half their day scheduling calls and meetings, and 57 percent spend up to half their day attending meetings and on calls. More than a quarter of those surveyed said that working on small tasks makes it difficult to complete their long-term goals. The deluge of meetings, emails and scheduling prevents workers from actually getting doing their jobs and ultimately affects their work-life balance. Nearly 60 percent of those surveyed said they stay at work beyond their scheduled hours. More than half of those who work longer days...

A paper by a group of economists argues that the Federal Reserve's efforts to speak more clearly about its plans for monetary policy set up markets for disappointments.