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Getty Images The latest J.K. Rowling-adapted movie, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," doesn't come out until mid-November. Luckily, Rowling just released the perfect material to hold you over until then: a shor...

The recruitment firm will see earnings stumble as it derives about 10% of its revenue from the UK.

Barnes & Noble's latest savior plan? Sell beer, wine, and a good time.

Asian markets got off to a gloomy start early Tuesday as Brexit concerns continued to weigh on investors.

Volkswagen diesel owners can choose to either sell their car back to the company or get a repair that could diminish the vehicle's performance under a settlement of claims tied to the German automaker's emissions-cheatin...

REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Google is now using RankBrain, its machine-learning system, to...

Even though cybersecurity jobs can offer six-figure salaries, generous signing bonuses and other perks, banks are struggling to find people to hire.

A few years ago, the European Commission’s London office felt compelled to publish an A to Z of euro myths. There was an entry on eurocrats and an attempt to explain the EU’s reputation for being tyrannical about s...

How the best professionals manage their nerves and powerfully engage their audience. Apply these techniques and put your best foot forward.

Lending Club named a new CEO and cut 179 jobs in the wake of a loan investigation.          

Learning how to pitch your idea is an essential skill for success.

NerdWallet has made its first acquisition, picking up financial planning company AboutLife. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but all six members of the team will be kept on to join NerdWallet’s product, ...

Teri Goldstein, a travel agent in California, has won $10,000 in court after she proved Microsoft's unauthorized update of her OS to Windows 10 debilitated her computer. She lost $17,000 because of the mishap.

The F. Lee Bailey bankruptcy discussed in the Washington Post is not much of a surprise to me.  F. Lee Bailey's resumption of his pre-Sam Shephard practice of tax litigation, this time on his own behalf lit up the tax...

Master card's strong start to 2016 This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Payments Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. MasterCard plans to invest $700-800 million in India between...

Now that Tata Communications has got rid of one of its so-called "drag businesses", it can commit resources to the well-performing data services business

Jeff Curry/Getty With the Rio Olympics just over a month away, 19-year-old US swimmer Katie Ledecky looks poised to dominate the games. On Monday, Ledecky swam in the US time trials, winning the 400 meter freestyle in wh...

LendingClub shares jumped on Tuesday after the company appointed Scott Sanborn as CEO and said it would cut nearly 200 jobs.          

It seems we all have a memory of a particularly cool, young teacher that really shaped our sense of self as we grew up. You know the one -- just a little hard on you because he “knew you could do it,” the one who tau...

In a recent ranking of exits -- based on average return on invested capital -- Silicon Valley came in at eighth place, behind markets like Chicago, Raleigh, Philadelphia and Atlanta.

It’s a seller’s market in many cities across the U.S. If your home is in one of those cities, say Charleston, SC, or Colorado Springs, CO, and isn’t getting offers, something could be wrong. The good news? Knowing ...

There's a chance you're sitting here, reading this while holding a giant bag of Cheetos, and you're thinking-- what the heck is she talking about? But the reality is, you know how you should treat your body, regardless...