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Jim McKelvey, who co-founded financial-technology company Square with Jack Dorsey in 2009, talks about why entrepreneurs can thrive during a downturn and about the state of the coronavirus-ravaged economy.

A New Jersey woman holds about $300,000 in loans from her daughters' education. An adviser suggests how she can start to tackle it.

Consumers are willing to spend a lot more for a traditional product than for essentially the same thing in app form. A Stanford professor explains why.

Hero Images/Getty It may seem like every high-powered woman you know is dating someone toxic, but successful women don't actually have lower standards when it comes to relationships. Instead, research shows that their dr...

Russian lawmakers have proposed new laws that seek to ban the use of bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies in the country, local media reported. According to draft bills submitted by a group of deputies to the Russian...

It's time for the VC industry to remember its task is to build the future, not to focus on safe "PE like" investments and top-up rounds.

Morgan Overholt The coronavirus pandemic has given us a lot of downtime. Why not use it to better your business, or maybe launch one? Morgan Overholt is a graphic-design freelancer and owner of Morgan Media LLC. She earn...

At these historically low rates, inflation is eroding the value of our savings added to the fact we are unable to achieve reasonable levels of income.       

The rising number of uninsured Texans is expected to figure prominently in this year's Presidential election where Democrat Joe Biden is pushing to expand coverage and Donald Trump continues to talk about dismantling Oba...

Technical analyst Tom Aspray examines dramatic performance difference between the sectors. Continuing his series on bear markets past and present, this week Tom also examines some parallels between present sector perform...

Not a single valid indicator anywhere says American is close to filing for bankruptcy. American has no imminent large debt payments; nobody, not even competitors, wants it to file, and it would gain nothing if it did fil...

In just two weeks, some of the best-known brands in America declared they were entering Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and closing outlets across the country.

Freelancer earnings in 2019 in the top 30 US cities reached $150 billion, according to a new report from one of their leading platforms, Fiverr.

Ikea is investing €7.3 billion to expand its already-proven, urban Ingka Centres mall concept from 45 to 75 centers by 2025, with plans to introduce its meeting centers in the U.S. soon. Opportunities for a reimagined ...

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

Even as he was subjected to three years of disparaging remarks by and expressions of disappointment from President Donald Trump, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions held out hope of a Trump endorsement of his bid for a...

Here are a pair of stocks that will benefit from market strength.

Employment data confirm that, even in mid-May, after some states had begun to reopen, the overall economy was still deteriorating and had not yet hit bottom.

It might be challenging to find bright spots in financial news these days, but seismic economic shifts always give way to new markets and opportunities.

Hemingway's great contribution to financial economics applies to intellectual bankruptcy as well. The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the EU towards a climax in public policy and continental governance. Taboos are being bro...

The losses in free agency combined with the way the Vikings finished the season against top competition left general manager Rick Spielman on a mission as the 2020 NFL Draft approached. He armed himself with 15 draft pic...

Despite seriously shortcomings that will have to be rectified, the Fed's new Municipal Liquidity Facility, or 'Community QE,' holds great promise for cities and states struck by pandemic. New York now shows a path forwar...