Business News

A lot of decisions will affect the future value of your portfolio - which investments you buy, how much you concentrate your portfolio into those investments, and when you decide to sell them. But it all starts with one ...

Reddit user sassanix was casually browsing eBay recently when he came across a very peculiar Samsung Galaxy S III. eBay seller, perfectlymadebirds is currently accepting offers for a professionally microwaved S III. It'l...

For all its focus on finding new revenue streams, Facebook is concentrating on mobile and ensuring that it's still relevant when its users migrate there for good. After testing out sponsored stories, app downloads, offer...

If you only listened to the noise in Washington, you'd think it really difficult to raise the country's debt ceiling. Truth is, it's not really...

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process is dead if Binyamin Netanyahu wins next week's Israeli election, leading academics have warned - even if he forms a government with centrists rather than the ultra-nationalist party ...

Since 1987, when members from the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) launched their vision for an auto show that was truly international in scope, the...

During the regular season, the Houston Texans had the best road record in the NFL (6-2). And yet, when they went on the road to play New England in the divisional round of the playoffs, they chose to wear white jerseys w...

For all the pomp and pageantry of Monday's presidential inauguration, all President Obama really needs to make his second term official is the small ceremony set for Sunday in a White House parlor. Obama, the seventh pre...

The Washington Post's Tim Craig reports that beginning this weekend, the White House will place "Taxation Without Representation" license plates on President Barack Obama's limousine. The White House's announcement comes...

Mike Antonucci went through the National Education Association's financial disclosure report so you don't have to. The NEA is the nation's largest teachers union. He...

Company's decision not to honour gift vouchers prompts claims of mis-selling Millions of pounds of HMV gift cards and vouchers - many received as Christmas presents only weeks ago - have been declared worthless by the co...

The share of millionaires planning to investing in stocks this year rose to 55 percent, up 10 percent from last year, according to a survey of 1,450 millionaires by SpectremGroup. That's a nice increase, but it doesn't m...

A handful of better than expected economic reports kept the Dow and S&P in positive territory while the Nasdaq was impacted by Apple's (AAPL) decline.

Mark Zuckerberg says search feature which will eventually index all information on site is 'just some really neat stuff' Facebook has unveiled a new tool that allows users to sift through pictures, posts and messages. Th...

Last week, we learned that legendary investment manager and Oaktree Capital chairman Howard Marks had sold his 9.5-acre estate in Malibu for $75 million, a record price for the beachfront city. At the time, it was report...

McNabb tells oversight committee additional money market reform is purview of SEC; 'appropriate agency'

NEW YORK

On Tuesday morning in California, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced "Graph Search," the company's newest product that will be making its way to...

Four major supermarket chains operating in Britain are withdrawing a number of beef products after horse DNA was found in frozen burgers sold in the UK and Ireland by Aldi, Iceland, Lidl and Tesco. The Food Safety Author...

At this point, the only thing that can trump the absurdity of Donald Trump is Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Trump took to Twitter to continue...

The fleeting status updates you post on Facebook might leave a more lasting impression than you think. New research shows that people are much more likely to remember the text from Facebook posts than human faces and tex...

Consumers may get a small shock when they get their first paycheck on the 15th this year. Why? The social security tax increase was not...