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Bond-rating firms have allowed some large companies to retain their investment-grade status even though they repeatedly missed their debt targets. On Friday, S&P acted, downgrading Newell Brands to junk after it slowed i...

Dear John: My wife and I are second-time Tesla owners. We now own a Model 3, and my wife uses the car exclusively for her work as a notary. About two weeks ago, she was waiting at a light and got rear-ended by another dr...

Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean is sitting in his favorite spot in the house, the left corner of a soft gray sofa, flanked by a bronze Nick Cave sculpture covered in buttons. Behind him is a black-and-white photo triptych con...

Mike Blake/Reuters The 2020 election might seem like a long way off, but Iowans will cast the first votes of the 2020 presidential primaries and caucuses just a little over three months from now. Between February and Jun...

A music festival may last only a few days, but the brand potential of live music events begins long before the first band takes the stage and ends long after the last one has left. On average, Gen Z and millennial live m...

Every second, Americans use 1,500 plastic bottles. And despite the prevalence of recycling, 80% of those bottles end up in a landfill or in the ocean. What's worse: Plastic isn't biodegradable--those bottles will take up...

When one part of the economy stumbles and another does rather well, the perfect policy would be support the laggard while holding back the rest to keep growth balanced. But the Federal Reserve doesn't have that luxury.

The bankruptcy of the nation's largest private coal company dovetails with the birth of the New Energy Economy -- the rise of cleaner energies that are also cost competitive.

By Rania El Gamal, Marwa Rashad, Saeed Azhar and Davide Barbuscia

Amazon had a quiet week this week but that didn't stop them dropping a few bombs.

As the major averages rise to major risky levels it's time to reduce allocations to stocks to the minimum percentages in your investment guidelines.

"Thought leadership" has become a buzzword, but it can do things for your business that other types of marketing can't.

AMD CEO Lisa Su talked with VentureBeat about her company's competitive resurgence and shed light on its product road map.

Many companies haven't made accessibility a priority on their web sites and mobile apps. They consider disabled users an "edge case." But they're wrong.

Tournament organizer High School Esports League (HSEL) has teamed up with the Varsity Esports Foundation (VESF) to provide financial aid for esports.

If you have a local business, it's important to engage in digital marketing to attract more local clients. Many local businesses make the mistake of believing they should only use online advertisements and other forms of...

if we're smarter about what data we collect and how we process and analyze it, we actually don't need anywhere near the amounts of data we think we do.

As the calendar creeps closer to 2020, the Olympics games in Tokyo next summer feel right around the corner.

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

Oculus Link is coming later this month to the Oculus Quest. Here's what to expect as we prepare for the beta test.

Reuters President Donald Trump got loudly booed for the second time this week when he took his seats at a UFC match in New York City on Saturday. Trump also received loud cheers and applause, and his overall reception wa...

Dear John: In a recent column you answered a gentleman concerning US Postal Service and a change of address. On Aug. 8, someone went into the post office and put in a change of address under my name to an address in the ...