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CFPB proposal would block some financial product providers from barring consumer efforts to file class-action lawsuits          

Technically speaking, Apple, Inc. has been quite a loser recently. Between earnings and analysts’ reports, Apple has clearly grown out of favor. With a 52 week high of 132.97, its current trading price of $94.19 is tra...

Oculus announced today that it has brought on board Fitbit’s Hans Hartmann as its new chief operating officer, replacing Laird Malamed who had assumed that post since the company’s founding. Malamed will be taking on...

LOS ANGELES -- The chief investment officer of the New York state pension fund doesn't like the fees hedge funds charge to manage money. Vicki Fuller, who oversees the $185 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, ...

(Reuters) – Thirteen U.S. industry groups representing technology companies Amazon, Uber, Apple, Facebook and others are pushing for the next U.S. president to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and...

Weight Watchers' stock got a tad fatter Wednesday -- but the portfolios of many investors who followed Oprah Winfrey into the company remain a little light. The company's shares gained almost 13 percent in after-hours tr...

Many question the health of the Saudi oil industry, without realizing that concerns were never based on serious analysis. Nor have the skeptics owned up to their errors.

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Following a massive drop yesterday in Baidu’s share prices, China’s largest search engine operator may have little choice but to rein in one of its most lucrative sources of revenue after the death of a 21-year-old s...

Anthony Harvey/Getty English actor Tom Holland, 19, has been hard at work to achieve his Spider-Man look for "Captain America: Civil War," in which he makes an appearance. Best known for starring in "Billy Elliot the M...

The 30-year fixed-rate average slid to 3.61 percent.

On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled rules targeting arbitration clauses, little known agreements that limit consumers' options for suing companies.

Microsoft today announced that its Windows 10 operating system has now been installed on more than 300 million devices. That’s up from the “more than 270 million devices” milestone announced on March 30. “We're s...

The U.S. dollar stretches gains against its main rivals into a third day ahead of remarks from a host of Federal Reserve officials later Thursday as well as a widely watched report on April job gains due Friday.

AP Whole Foods investors should be worried. The company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were a mixed bag. Earnings per share beat analyst expectations, but sales at stores open at least a year fell 3% ...

Apple management seems to have their fingers stuck on the sell button

(Reuters) - It took years of lawsuits and political battles for California to finally break ground last year on the nation's first bullet train, which aims to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles by 2029.

(Reuters) - The $5.2 billion expansion of the Panama Canal was expected to make U.S. East Coast ports more competitive for cargo ships carrying televisions, tennis shoes and other products from Asia.

Why is foreign real estate an attractive investment for Chinese funds, insurance firms, and even individuals? Real estate offers a relatively safe place to put your money if you have plenty of it - without the need to be...

They now make up 50 percent of the work force, and if you want to grow your company, you're going to need them.

The local business ratings and reviews site beat Wall Street estimates on both the top and bottom line.

In a recent survey of senior finance professionals, IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) found that just 28% of respondents were either “extremely” or “very” satisfied with their work-life balance. Further, ...