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The Wednesday announcement that legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman would bump former President Andrew Jackson from the front of the $20 bill was greeted with wide praise and celebration. But the change was far from we...

The Super Servant 4 is a gigantic boat transport system. It's like a giant floating parking garage for other boats. It's more than 550 feet long, weighs more than 12,600 tons, and carries yachts around. Story by Jacob Sh...

Research explains how music affects your productivity.

Abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill? Not so fast, says former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. …

The oil and gas services group Weir is facing opposition to plans to pay 'restricted stock' to top executives, Sky News learns.

Massachusetts girl wrote letter to President Obama last year, urging him to ​put a woman on U.S. paper currency

Hundreds of companies have agreed to spend around $78 million on cleaning up groundwater contaminated by toxic chemicals from a Southern California Superfund site, it was announced Wednesday. …

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Raleigh-based bank is cutting costs after completing acquisition of NewBridge Bank Details on job cuts weren't immediately available Yadkin added 42 branches with NewBridge deal …

Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand looking for new partners to source biofuel, amounting to about 5% of total use This week Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand held a conference with the biofuel industry after joining...

REUTERS/Stringer China, already heavily indebted, continues to accumulate debt at a rapid rate. In March alone, total social financing — the broadest measure of credit growth that captures new lending from both traditi...

Billionaire Jim Walton is stepping down from Wal-Mart's board. His son, Steuart, has been nominated to join the board in his place.

Since Maddie consulted with an attorney this week, I talked to one, too.

Innovations in tech are shaping the future of our health.

Portugal's anti-austerity government said Thursday it can substantially reduce the country's budget deficit in coming years without cutting pay or pensions or increasing income tax. …

High Point Bank considered bulking up to the size of other community banks in its market but quickly realized that the strategy would involve significant expense, risk and capital. So the company ended up selling to BNC ...

The Bank of North Dakota, the nation's only state-owned bank, set an earnings record for the 12th straight year in 2015, the bank's president said Thursday. …

RAW Embed Few things in this world are more beautiful than a sky full of U.S. Army paratroopers descending from a fleet of C-130s on a perfect spring day. The planes glide by, the chutes pop open, and the troopers float ...

Lacy Starling is president of Legion Logistics, a trucking logistics company in Florence, KY, that she runs together with her ex-husband, CEO Tony Coutsoftides.

Kevin Gibbon, co-founder of Shyp, describes how he rented out his apartment on Airbnb in order to bootstrap his startup.

Five socially responsible businesses are exploiting very different niches

Lucy Postinswhipped up a gluten-free, non-GMO, organic meal for her dog Mosi -- and created a new career for herself.