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Like its peers, the San Francisco-based marketplace lender is struggling to manage the fallout of a sharp reversal in the interest of investors.

Flea Market Style is making a comeback. If fact, a dozen of the magazines that were shuttered when the family-owned Harris Publications pulled the plug on its 70-title portfolio will be revived in the fourth quarter unde...

Shutterstock We’ve entered the most profound era of change for financial services companies since the 1970s brought us index mutual funds, discount brokers and ATMs. No firm is immune from the coming disruption and eve...

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Is Abdulhamed Kharma nuts for giving away a free banana with most purchases? Of course he is, but it’s part of his goal to abide by the principle of his last name.

When the summer heat is on, there's almost nothing better than grabbing a frozen dessert to help you cool down. But from ice cream and gelato to soft serve and frozen yogurt, there are plenty of icy snacks you can choos...

Business Insider Good morning. Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today. 1. Some of ad tech company SteelHouse's former clients have signed declarations supporting Criteo's allegation that the...

Tough times for the tugrik: Mongolia's currency is the world's worst-performing as the government battles an economic crisis, reports the BBC's Leisha Chi.

Billionaire casino magnate Steve Wynn says he hasn't "given a dime" to Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, both of whom he describes as friends.

You might have some trouble connecting online with your Xbox One today. Xbox Live’s core services — which includes signing into or managing an account — are experiencing errors today, causing some users to be unabl...

Cameron Spencer/Getty When a Native American named Jim Thorpe won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, legend has it that King Gustav V of Sweden presented him the medal and said, �...

Networking giant reportedly planning to reveal massive layoffs.          

U.S. stocks are opening slightly lower Wednesday with phone companies and utilities continuing to take the biggest losses. Retailers traded on earnings reports. Target is down 7% and Lowe's is down 6% after each company ...

When Wal-Mart Stores reports Q2 earnings ahead of the market open on Thursday, analysts and investors already will be braced for a decline in profit amid top-line sales that are expected to be relatively flat compared t...

U.S. stocks edged down as investors stayed cautious ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's July minutes.

Flickr/Staffan Scherz Several decades ago, the term 'mindfulness' implied Eastern mysticism related to the spiritual journey of a person, rooted in Buddhist, Hindu, and ancient Chinese philosophies. All these traditions ...

VRX soaring on big smart money buy-in

When Big Pharma doesn't fully disclose the results of all its clinical trials, both the industry and patients suffer consequences, says one bioethics expert.

Apple is pumping more money into China despite a series of setbacks in the huge but tricky market.

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Large insurers are losing money in marketplaces, and addressing problem could lead to fight in Congress.

When standard-bearer economic relationships no longer seem to apply, there is little sense in running a data dependent monetary policy. Reading through these minutes this seems to be the core debate among FOMC participan...