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By Paul Glader

The alternative asset manager is ready to capitalize on a boom in distressed debt. Stock is worth $60.

Investors can use an alternative to a replacement strategy to profitably sell puts and buy calls in stocks that may be hovering around highs.

Online reviews are not just a place for hotel and restaurant patrons to rant or rave about their experiences. There are a number of public review sites as well as industry-specific review sites. In other words, no compan...

Does Friday’s disappointing May jobs report dramatically change the U.S. economic outlook? And how will it shape the Fed’s strategy going forward? Those are questions that many investors might be pondering in the day...

Shutterstock Do you know why coffee spills when you walk while holding a cup of it? Do you care? America's Department of Defense does. According to a recent report from U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), the Defense Advan...

Scanpix/Heiko Junge/via REUTERS Elon Musk has a new idea: "neural lace". It's a technology concept that would create a wireless brain-computer system.  Essentially, the "neural lace" would free humans from being the "ho...

(Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Reserve’s cyber security practices after a Reuters report revealed more than 50 cyber breaches at the U.S. central bank betwee...

Trading Options is not for your average risk taker. Although there are ways to limit your risk to manageable levels, for those with a significant knowledge base and high risk tolerance there is definitely money to be mad...

The average level of the toxic chemical PFOA in the blood of 2,000 Hoosick Falls residents was about 10 times that of the general population, the state Health Department said Friday. …

Staring at screens right before sleep turns out to be a lot worse than previously thought. Dr. Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, lays out all of the negative effects bedtime sc...

Thomson Reuters Germany is the world’s fourth-largest economy. It is also Europe’s largest economy, and any European economic recovery depends a great deal on Germany’s trajectory.  Germany is also the third-large...

If you work in front of a computer all day, you're familiar with that irritated, fuzzy, and tired feeling your eyes have by the end of the afternoon. Everything starts to get a little blurry and sometimes your head aches...

Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week: 1) The European Union came out in support of Airbnb, Uber and other sharing economy companies, encouraging member states not to ban their servi...

Business Insider/Eugene Kim If you're not a gamer, you've probably never heard of Razer. But this Irvine, California-based startup, last valued at $1.5 billion, is a huge deal among PC gamers. Its high-quality gaming dev...

Saudi Arabia might pull a Qatar NOW WATCH: We did a blind taste test of wings from Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's, and Buffalo Wild Wings -- the winner was clear

Hundreds of defense officials are meeting in Singapore this weekend to talk about managing the widely contested, resource-rich South China Sea. That’s what the agenda says at least. The forum might actually turn into a...

Here’s the headline on a news story last week in the Los Angeles Times:  “The huge price tag for missing warnings of L.A. teachers abusing students: $300 million and counting.” This week, the Times editorial pag...

Tomas Gorny’s life is a true rags-to-riches story that should serve as an inspiration for any budding entrepreneur. He arrived in the US from Poland in the ‘90s when he was only 20. Barely speaking any English, Gorny...

Associated Press/Sakchai Lalit Thailand’s famous “tiger temple” is finally being closed down, after nearly two decades of controversy. The popular tourist attraction near Bangkok allowed visitors to handle and pose...

IEX got the jump on one of the biggest names in high-speed trading. Brad Katsuyama's wannabe stock-exchange poached Eric Stockland, an expert on high-tech, ultrafast algorithmic trading, from rival KCG Holdings, IEX said...

Razer wants to light up your keyboard, your mouse, and now your ears as well. The hardware company has jumped into the wireless audio-headset space with its new $170 Man O’War unit. This headset features 7.1 surround-s...