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The announcement of a cost-reduction plan is a red flag since it may reflect weakness in the underlying operation.

REUTERS/Ahmad Masood A very important data point for the global thermal coal market emerged this week, with one of the world’s largest importing nations saying that it may go the opposite direction — and start export...

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), where a total of 20,297 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.0 mil...

Stocks are opening solidly higher on Wall Street on Friday after the government reported an encouraging burst of hiring last month. The gain of 287,000 jobs in June, which the Labor Department reported early Friday, was ...

A world in which all cars run on electricity is not such a distant reality, Virgin boss Richard Branson believes -- thanks to the work done by Formula E.

Reuters/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov Kazakhstan just one-upped George Soros. In an interview with Bloomberg News' Nariman Gizitdinov, Daniyar Akishev, the governor of the Kazkahstan's central bank, said the bank bet pulled out ...

James Gorman is about to feel some pain in Massachusetts. William Galvin, the Bay State's top securities regulator, has launched an investigation of Gorman's Morgan Stanley and its alleged loan sales contests, which pose...

Pokémon trainers have always had to deal with hardships like tough gym leaders, that meddling Team Rocket, and finding rare legendary creatures. But now you can add a new obstacle to the list: overloaded servers. Pokém...

Theranos says the federal government has banned founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes from owning or running a medical laboratory for two years. The company announced the decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servic...

Since the 2008 recession, states have reduced spending on public higher education by 17 percent, creating questions of affordability and access.

HR is oftentimes one of the smallest teams inside of organizations, what would happen if it became the largest?

The Securities and Exchange Commission's plan to give activist investors more firepower to defeat company board candidates hit a House roadblock Thursday.

The refusal of six asset management firms to allow investor withdrawals is creating a nightmare situation for global markets.

It sends positive message that job market is strong despite headwinds at home and abroad.          

Flickr/Jerry Ferguson New York and San Francisco are probably two of the most iconic cities in America. New York is the financial and cultural hub of the world, while San Francisco and its adjacent Silicon Valley area h...

Britain's decision to leave the European Union will trim economic growth this year and next across the 19 countries that share the euro currency. …

As graffiti artists like Banksy rise to prominence, gallery owners caution that the long-term value of contemporary works can be difficult to discern.

Shoppers still make purchases in brick and mortar stores, but it takes a different kind of effort to draw them there.

An Atlantic City casino that went out of business two years ago is reopening as a hotel. …

Whether your organization possesses confidential business information as storied as Colonel Sanders' secret recipe or as sensitive as an unpatented innovation, it is crucial to protect data properly.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in South Africa today on the latest stop of a four-nation Africa tour to raise his country's economic profile on the continent. …

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