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Dear John: I've had conversations about tipping with so many of my friends. I am a notoriously good tipper, and I try to get my friends to do the same thing. I tell them that many servers have to tip out the bus people o...

The moonscape that's developing north of town is a busy place two years after an Australian corporation bought the historic Haile Gold Mine and began excavating the rocky soil of …

Jumping from employer to employer could hurt your retirement savings in a few different ways.        

Shutterstock / Anton Ivanov With all three major US indexes hovering near record highs, it's been a great time to be a stock trader. Unless you're a short seller. In fact, thosewho bet on share price declines haven't fel...

The billionaire fathers lining up to buy the Miami Marlins baseball team want to nab the team for their children, On the Money reports. After all, the Marlins only lose about $50 million a year and will cost more than $1...

Berlin-based moving startup Move24 has received €13 million (about $14.3 million USD) in Series C financing. Innogy Venture Capital led the round, with participation from previous investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, DN Cap...

At the annual shareholders meeting of his conglomerate, Warren Buffett criticized the health care overhaul as "a huge tax cut for guys like me."

A Mount Vernon native and Cornell College alumnus has given $1 million to the Iowa college for a science facilities expansion. Jerry Ringer, a retired ophthalmologist in Bloomington, Illinois, and …

DoorDash Struggling restaurantchains are turning to a new strategyto try and appeal to customers: delivery. In the era of GrubHub and Seamless, convenience is increasingly important in the restaurant business. Americanso...

Indiana lawmakers are bailing out the state's former governor, Vice President Mike Pence, after the Republican's efforts to pay for now-completed projects celebrating the state's bicentennial foundered. A provision tucke...

Convinced you just spotted a sure-fire way to trade complicated options online? Get ready to lose big cash.        

An auto parts maker in Ohio is being fined nearly $600,000 after a worker lost his right hand and part of his arm in an industrial accident. The U.S. Occupational …

New York union dues are now fully tax deductible under a state budget provision backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo on Friday ceremonially signed a bill in New York City …

It's not bad enough that Comcast and other cable companies are monopolies, jack up their prices without notice, and charge different people differently, and have co-opted the FCC. They also disconnect your service and ch...

Drinkers took to social media to offer sober observations about overly boozy booze        

Genevieve Piturro felt that something was missing in her life. In 1999, the successful marketing executive began volunteering at New York City homeless shelters for families including those escaping domestic abuse. She w...

Bruce Tuchman, who ran global channel operations for both AMC and MGM, is currently out talking to financial investors. Tuchman is the brother of CNN journalist Gary Tuchman and is putting together a group of backers for...

Yet more despair for Hipster Heaven.

The Massachusetts economic development agency has provided nearly $500,000 in grants to 11 community health centers throughout the state. MassDevelopment says the grants will help the health centers complete capital …

Republicans in New York's state Assembly say they are concerned about the state's tax burden. Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb released a statement Friday calling on the lawmakers to …

He believes most investors are better off buying low-cost mutual funds that closely track the holdings and returns of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index.        

Sinclair Broadcast is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Tribune Media for $4 billion.