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Merrill Lynch's Mary Mullin likes high-quality munis for those who have lost a regular paycheck.

The Fed predicted three rate hikes in 2017, up from its previous estimate of two        

America's No. 2 food distributor is seeking out faster-growing restaurants. Shares could rise 14%.

Rick Wilking/Reuters Richard Branson, the Virgin Group Founder and self-described tie-loathing billionaire, still finds time in his busy schedule to read. As part of Facebook's recent #ReadToLead hashtag, Branson offered...

Flickr/Jeremy Keith When it comes to a business setting, you can think of "unproductive" in three different ways. First, an employee can be so outgoing and bubbly in the office that you actually miss the fact that he or ...

Want to eat better? Stock up on healthy food--and these gadgets        

Nicholas Eckhart Retailers are bracing for a fresh wave of store closures at the start of the new year. The industry is heading into 2017 with a glut of store space as shopping continues to shift onlineand foot traffic t...

This year, talk about women in the workplace dominated the conversation.

AP Sears Holding Corp., which owns the Sears and Kmart stores and is run by hedge-fund manager Eddie Lampert, who is also its largest shareholder, pulled off another little trick when it announced today that it had lined...

Merrill Lynch's Ron Epstein sees growth for defense spending. Wary of prospects for commercial jets.

California's minimum wage will rise 50 cents on New Year's Day to $10.50 an hour; Arizona's is spiking 24 percent

Beck Diefenbach/Reuters A new kind of philanthropist is emerging in the 21st century. They show little interest in the old philanthropic model - attending galas and endowing their alma mater. Today, relatively young tech...

Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Workers in 19 states will see their paychecks go up with the turn of the new year, thanks to minimum wage increases that have expanded the conversation on wages hikes to new localities and across p...

While four special retail "holidays," along with all of the other shopping days leading up to Christmas, have come and gone, there's one more "retail holiday" still to come. It's coming up in just a few days - January 5,...

It's not entirely bad news that auto loan delinquencies are expected to increase in year-end 2017, says credit bureau TransUnion. Rather, it means lenders are still willing to lend to borrowers with subprime credit, and ...

If you make too many false steps early in the game, you will make your problems worse.        

President-elect Donald Trump has successfully navigated through the tricky waters of bankruptcy law to maintain his personal wealth.Michael D'Antonio, author of Trump biography,"Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit...

What a year 2016 has been. Regardless of whether this was a growth year or a stagnant year for you, I think it's vital to an entrepreneur's long-term success to spend intentional time reflecting on the past and planning ...

The tea leaves for all of 2017 look good.

The election has sparked a stock rally. But 2017 will feature a struggle for earnings growth between head winds and tail winds. Our bet: 7%.

Despite a slew of Buy ratings, the water company is hemorrhaging cash. Investors could end up all wet

Tastyworks is a new online broker aimed at erasing the halo around passive investing and getting people to engage more with their portfolios.