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Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey debuted in theaters December 14th, shattering box-office records with a $37.5 million global take its opening Friday.

Where are the bosses who presided over HSBC's years as banker to drug lords, terrorists and rogue states? Britain's biggest bank was forced to pay $1.9bn (£1.17bn) fine to settle allegations by US regulators that it a...

Today we visited a startup based in New York City called Quirky. It's founded by Ben Kaufman, a young entrepreneur who wants to help everyone with a good idea see their inventions get sold to the masses. The first year, ...

Scott Goodson is the founder of StrawberryFrog. His first book, Uprising (McGraw-Hill 2012) is a best seller. 

Indiana lost their first game of the season, losing to unranked in-state rival Butler in overtime. And the game-winning basket with less than three seconds remaining came from an unlikely player. After having two starter...

As law-enforcement authorities on Saturday continued their investigation of the second-worst mass shooting in U.S. history, residents in Newtown, Conn., grieved.

Although economic growth has been subpar this year, stock returns have been healthy. It’s another sign of how the economy can have nothing to do with market performance.

Dear hotels, drugstores and credit card companies: Fix just a few problems, and you’ll stop making the Haggler’s life so unbearable.

UPDATE: Authorities have released the full list of the 26 victims of Friday's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the AP reports. All six adult victims were women, while 12 of the child victims were girls and 8 were...

When it comes to negotiating for better pay, women often hesitate, studies show. But new programs around the United States are aiming to eliminate those fears.

It’s time to erase the notion that the tax break for charitable giving benefits the rich at society’s expense.

Taxpayers get sanctioned for agruing frivolous positions in Tax Court.  Apparently there are no penalties for Senators proposing frivolous amendment to the Internal Revenue Code.  If there were I'm think that Senat...

The first details of the child victims of America's worst mass school shooting are beginning to emerge. Ana Marquez-Greene, the daughter of the jazz musician Jimmy Greene; Grace McDonnell; and Jesse Lewis were all six-ye...

With a little organization and some careful time management, working from home can be as productive as working at the office.

As a reminder that the stock market is largely driven by fundamentals (rather than headlines of Fed action) we like to look at the S&P 500 vs. weekly initial jobless claims, which is one of the best real-time measures of...

Letter to Labour MP increases pressure for inquiry into how picketing was handled during the 1980s dispute A senior police officer has broken ranks to describe how he and others were "appalled" at the behaviour of collea...

Karl Heiselman, the head of Wolff Olins, a brand consulting firm, says job candidates’ sincerity about their goals can be more important than whether they are an exact fit for the position.

Anti-slavery charity lobbies high street stores over links with clothing suppliers who buy from Uzbekistan One of Britain's most popular fashion chains is under pressure to sever its links with clothing suppliers that bu...

The New York Giants have announced that they will honor the students and teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary School as well as the community of Newtown, Connecticut with a decal on the back of their helmets during tomorrow...

United Airlines pilots have agreed to a new joint union contract, bringing the airline closer to finalizing its merger with Continental.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece could generate budget revenues amounting to 5 percent of national output annually if it reforms tax collection and clamps down on tax cheats, the European Union's tax chief told a Greek newspape...

The C.E.O. of a security services company says membership in the Boy Scouts taught him much about reaching progressively higher levels of achievement.