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David Ryder/Reuters Calling Starbucks a coffee chain would be a bit like describing Michael Jordan as simply "a former basketball player." Like the athlete who now stands as a global brand, the one-time chain of coffee s...

Over 10 and 20 years various asset classes tend to have similar rates of return.

The City by the Bay is once again ranked as the most expensive U.S. destination for business travelers. But the big surprise in an annual study of hotel, rental car and dining prices is the ladder-climbing by Detroit. Th...

We live in a world where progress and the public welfare are stymied by copyright and patent laws that grant extended exclusivity to the owners of intellectual property (“IP”). To pick just one example, drug patents...

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SoftBank President Nikesh Arora is a busy guy these days -- the head of Japan's global telecom giant is in "active" discussions with Yahoo's board, which includes Chief Executive Marissa Mayer. "They are figuring out a s...

Last week Bob Wright released his new corporate tell-all, "The Wright Stuff." The bombshell revelation from Wright's book was that then-GE Chairman Jack Welch turned down an offer to acquire Apple for $2 billion in 1996....

Fiscally responsible -- what else would you expect from "Hamilton," the hit musical about the first US treasury secretary? The play's investors are roaring louder than the theatergoers for the show, which charges Broadwa...

Almost every employee or team member can remember that one special boss in their career who was the role model of a leader, always commanded respect, and was able to get the most voluntarily from everyone all the time. E...

Nico Rosberg made it two F1 wins out of a possible two in 2016 as he stormed to victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

GUEST: Can machines be creative? Recent successes in AI have shown that machines can now perform at human levels in many tasks that, just a few years ago, were considered to be decades away, like driving cars, understand...

Expenses incurred in making and holding investments may seem negligible, but in total they are significant

A more volatile fund such as a diversified equity fund would be more suitable for SIP investment than a debt fund

The S&P 500's earnings are being negatively impacted by energy companies and the strong dollar.

To use this facility, you don't have to be the bank's customer, and it can be used to remit money to any bank account in the world

Despite regular income, safety and high yield on offer, pricing dynamics and low liquidity make G-secs unattractive

You need to be careful when buying a health insurance plan with sub-limit on room rents

KEC International is seeing large tenders opening in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, while operations in Mexico are turning around

HCL Tech investors may well shrug off news of acquisition of Geometric, while the latter's investors have much to cheer

Just as investors in cigarette stocks were relieved that the increase in excise duties was manageable, a new problem has landed at their doorstep

The fastest has been in the growth of personal loans

Virtual reality is finally putting players into video game worlds, and one of the best early examples of this is an Oculus Rift launch game that plays a whole lot like classic games you remember from Nintendo 64. Lucky�...