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West Loop Realty fund's Matt Werner thinks retail REITs are oversold; opportunities in cell towers and offices.

A San Francisco clothing store is drumming up foot traffic with an unusual approach--nine ominous billboards about a lost cobra. "Our beloved Mr. Chips has gone missing," reads the copy, next to a giant black and white p...

Advance Auto Parts cut nearly 500 jobs as it seeks a turnaround predicated on store upgrades after two consecutive years of sales declines.        

The Supreme Court said on Monday it will weigh in on the limits of whistleblower protections that are part of Obama-era Dodd-Frank financial reform law -- potentially weakening protections for people who report wrongdoin...

Activist investor Paul Singer is facing his first major headache since gaining three seats on Arconic's board last month. The aluminum giant said Monday it would stop selling Reynobond PE for high-rise buildings followin...

New Jersey lawmakers have teed up a nearly $35 billion spending plan for a vote Thursday in the Democrat-led Legislature. The Assembly and Senate budget committees approved the spending blueprint …

A substantial boost in the minimum wage in Seattle actually hurt low-wage workers by reducing hours and income, a bombshell study found -- raising concerns about the impact of New York's decision to raise its wage. Like ...

Washington Post Time magazine asked President Donald Trump's businesses to remove several fake Time covershanging in his clubs. The Washington Post's Dave Farenthold, who has covered theof the presidency's effects on Tru...

Intel paid $175 million for Recon Jet, which is inferior to Vuzix smart glasses and is now being discontinued.

Company and government officials reported serious intrusions at the Ukrainian power grid, banks and government offices,        

With U.S. exports of oil and natural gas surging, President Donald Trump says the U.S. is on the brink of becoming a net exporter of oil, gas and other resources. …

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Mexico's consumer agency has announced fines and new rules meant to protect travelers from airlines, especially in the areas of bag fees and delays. The federal consumer prosecutor's office fined …

As companies look for ways to cut costs, Seattle's $15 minimum wage law may be hurting hourly workers instead of helping them, according to a new report.        

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McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts are using low prices to lure in new customers.        

Cash machine makers are working to make them work with, not against, smartphones; prices of digital currencies crashed on Monday, possibly sparked by a hoax that an Ethereum co-founder had died.

Japanese tech giant SoftBank has higher priorities than its 83% stake in struggling U.S. telecom operator Sprint.

Illinois the Epicenter for the Great Depression Soon to Spread Throughout the Union If America recovered some semblance of economic prosperity during the last nine years, someone forgot to tell. The post Illinois Financi...

ISTE 17: Learning Alive Brings The Flashcard To Life Learning Alive brings learning to life right before students’ very eyes. Using Augmented reality, Learning Alive has taken the flash card and turned them into someth...

Small businesses in some Tennessee counties are eligible for federal loans as a result of a drought last fall. The U.S. Small Business Administration said small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, …

Thomson Reuters Not since the end of the Cold War has Russia carried so much weight. Deeply involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, doggedly safeguarding Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime in Syria, and alleged to...