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Companies are providing debt assistance to their employees--a nice, and rarefied, perk.

The best LCD TV of the year to date is definitely not perfect, but it's still good enough to give OLED at least a few things to think about

There are so many barriers to a good night's sleep these days. Phones, TVs, kids, work — the list goes on and on. We all know we need more sleep. Many Americans don't get the recommended seven to nine hours of shut eye...

CEO Satya Nadella faces challenges as he pivots away from the PC towards a cloud-based world.          

In a new book, former labor leader Andy Stern takes on technological disruption and offers some (possible) solutions

Purnima Kochikar, Google’s director of apps and games business development for the Play store, took the stage at VentureBeat’s 2016 MobileBeat event to talk about the importance of context in the emerging world of bo...

The BBC's Andy Verity explains why rising prices are not necessarily a bad thing, particularly for those with long-term debt like mortgages.

Johnson & Johnson's second-quarter profit fell 11.5 percent, mainly due to a sizeable gain a year ago, but it easily beat Wall Street's expectations. The company also raised its full-year financial forecasts. …

History has proven many times that carrying large amounts of debt in a fluctuating market creates a dangerous situation. But the production contract model used that is spreading globally in chicken and livestock farming ...

Fact: Around half of all people who regularly play video games are women. And yet, it's no secret that the games industry has historically marketed its wares to heterosexual men. Overly sexualized women have often acted...

Nick Xenophon says there are 'legitimate questions' about the renewable energy mix after South Australian price shocks Surging electricity prices in South Australia have sparked calls for a national inquiry into renewabl...

Why pay a middleman? That's what big-time investors are saying to so-called funds of hedge funds. High fees and weak performance have institutions going directly to hedge funds. Over the last year, assets under managemen...

Federal Reserve officials are looking more confidently toward an interest-rate increase before year-end, possibly as early as September.

Kaisa Group has fired its auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers, not a good sign as the defaulted Chinese property developer tries to get back on its feet.

China's State Council, or cabinet, vowed to make it easier for local and foreign companies to do business in the country by cutting red tape and expanding their financing channels, as investment -- a longtime growth engi...

Yahoo seems to be going out with a whimper.

Image Source Retailers can learn from the success and mistakes made by new emerging companies in the sharing economy. Companies like Uber and Airbnb have reinvented the use of technology in business and created a new lab...

Caltech theoretical physicist Sean Carroll stopped by Business Insider to talk about string theory, parallel universes, and other exciting topics he discusses in his new book, "The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Me...

Brexit expected to have mild impact but agency sites risks of more severe effects.          

The Brexit vote may have less impact on the country's residential property market than the hike to stamp duty introduced in April.

Britain's decision to leave the European Union will reduce global economic growth this year and next, the International Monetary Fund says. …

Wealth distribution is a key variable and the U.S. ranks near the bottom of 43 developed nations.