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LAS VEGAS -- The $3.2 trillion hedge fund industry, reeling from its worst quarter for withdrawals since the financial crisis, is bracing for more pain. Hedge funds, which watched in horror as investors yanked $15 billio...

Facebook Luxury retailers have been unhappy with Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce behemoth that's grown rapidly over the past few years. Earlier this week, Gucci made headlines for withdrawing from the International Ant...

The company says it is "enhancing" its restrictions and will now monitor governments to make sure they don't let the drugs get used in executions.

Lower energy prices were expected to produce more global growth, but that hasn't happened. Here's why.

Thomson Reuters Earlier this month, hip teen clothing retailer Aeropostale filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In yet another sign that clothing retail stores are struggling, the company announced its intention to emerge ...

The hedge-fund industry had a lot of 'splainin' to do at the Skybridge SALT conference in Las Vegas, given poor performance and high fees.

These are just some of the marketing "hacks" small business owners have disclosed to me. Give them a try for yourself, and they might just turn your marketing strategy on its head.

Refining the findings of a study by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson shows a gap in GDP expansion under the two parties, but a relatively paltry one

Wanna a Connecticut "castle" for 32 percent off? The disgraced hedge fund investor Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher may have just the place for you. Fletcher's seven-bedroom, 10-bath "Hidden Valley Castle" in leafy Litchfield C...

Vermont is poised to become the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases, and Bob and Deborah Messing think that's a good idea. …

There's a new wave of European entrepreneurship coming, and it's going to be hard to beat.

HBO HBO's "Silicon Valley" is satire, but that doesn't mean it can't also nail the authentic Bay Area tech experience.   Showrunner Mike Judge consults startups and tech news sites — including Business Insider — ...

Sources familiar with the negotiations tell Reuters Buffett is backing a group interested in buying Yahoo's internet assets

REUTERS/Stringer The gray smoke pouring once again into the sky above a rusty steel plant in a town in northern China is seen as a blessing by people who live nearby. One of the plant’s six blast furnaces was put back ...

Regulators subpoenaed four firms involved in seller-financed deals for marketing inexpensive homes to lower-income people who can't get a mortgage.

Jesus Rodriguez, cofounder and former chief executive of mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) company KidoZen, has been sentenced for two years in federal prison on one count of wire fraud after admitting earlier this yea...

Mike Pont / Stringer / Getty Images Fredrik Eklund, the star of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" and a leading broker in New York City, is great at sealing deals. In his 10 years in business, Eklund has closed on more t...

Investor sentiment and analysis of media coverage are new frontiers to explore in understanding stock market gyrations. The news unconsciously affects investor behavior, which in turn moves the stock market. Thus analyzi...

According to a National Venture Capital Association survey, 82% of small businesses get their backing from self-funding. So if you’re coming up empty finding angel investors to contribute to your business fund, you’r...

Chinese companies have been boosting their efforts to acquire foreign companies and broadening their capabilities and portfolios to help them win at home and abroad. Bain & Company’s analysis of M&A deal activity show...

Running a startup that has been funded by family and friends may seem like the best idea or the worst idea ever.

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