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Microsoft, Google, Verizon and Salesforce are currently rumored to be courting Twitter for a possible acquisition deal. Twitter stocks went up by some 20 percent after rumors of a buyout surfaced.

As leaders plan to meet informally on Monday, some are hoping to reach a consensus but skeptics write it off as another chance for 'photo ops' Being an oil producer used to mean dealing with luxury problems for many memb...

Richard Merage's hedge fund looks at companies through the lens of a business owner. Bullish on Sprint.

The dust from last week’s abrupt shuttering of Mode Media — a company once valued at $1 billion and with $100 million in revenues — is anything but settled. According to a document obtained by VentureBeat, the comp...

The FOMC announcement Wednesday means that all of us will be spared from Fed babble for a few months. I hope many investors took my advice and avoided the incessant discussion by hitting the mute button. The market did i...

Man AHL, a London-based quant hedge fund that manages about $19 billion, is trying to "demystify" how it makes money. The new video, which you can watch below, explains "breakout trading," one of the most popular systema...

Clinton and Trump both want to boost infrastructure spending. Jamie Cook, of CSFB, picks industry winners.

Getty/Scott Olson Snapchat's name has disappeared. On Friday the company announced in a Wall Street Journal article that it was changing its name to Snap Inc.  The name is more fitting since the company is now more than...

GUEST: It seems like the bifurcation between adtech and martech is finally getting the attention it deserves, and like so many complicated and nuanced topics, it is being grossly oversimplified in the press. In the relat...

Today I need to warn you about a common mistake I’ve seen burn investors over and over. I’ll also show you 3 bargain dividend growth stocks that are great buys for your retirement portfolio now; more on those in a mo...

The Fed meeting is over and earnings are still well ahead, meaning the spotlight this coming week may shine on politics as the U.S. election draws nearer.

Signature Estate Investment Advisors' Brian Holmes provides holistic financial planning, healthy returns.

Traditional auto parts companies will likely play a big role in autonomous car, and their stocks are dirt cheap.

A man wants to help his granddaughter with her college costs, but it can cost him.          

Mutual funds have many different kinds of costs, many of which are unapparent to the untrained investor. Naturally, these costs can eat away at returns. So, what are these costs? And, how large are they?

In spite of what some people believe, customer service is getting better. Really! It’s just that customers are smarter than ever and know what great customer service is. After all, we teach them. Companies tout their a...

Experts say the key is communication.

Municipal bonds are popular with retirees because they provide tax-free income. Some pay secure yields above 6%, which translates to 10% tax-equivalent payouts to folks in high tax brackets.

(Reuters) – United Parcel Service’s launch this week of drone test flights simulating emergency medical-supply deliveries highlights a race for data to prove such deliveries can be performed safely. UPS’s medical e...

From data analysis to innovative wearables, new companies are working on solutions for Americans' sleep problems. From data analysis to innovative wearables, new companies are working on solutions for Americans' sleep pr...

Facebook insists it's no big deal that it inflated numbers on viewership of its video ads -- but some advertisers aren't buying it. Mark Zuckerberg's social-networking giant apologized Friday as it admitted that, for the...

The discounting and 'value adjustments' in the wake of the EU referendum are at last over. But at what cost? The doors are reopening on the £35bn of investors' money locked in commercial property funds, after they were ...