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Marissa Mayer's first months as chief executive have impressed investors, and the company's stock, recently at a four-year high, rose after hours.

A week from now, the NFL season will be over and these GIFs will be all that sustain us through a long spring and summer. They stretch from Week 1 (when Rob Gronkowski failed miserably at a spike) to Championship Week (w...

A Durham advocacy group has asked attorney general Roy Cooper to investigate whether Duke Energy and the N.C. Utilities Commission engaged in illegal ?backroom deal-making? during talks to settle the...

The Financial Times is out with its latest rankings of the world's business schools, with Harvard taking the top spot from Stanford. As always, these rankings are somewhat idiosyncratic, Bloomberg Businessweek puts Chica...

It costs companies a lot of money to search, hire and train new employees, so you want to make sure you hire the right person the first time. One way to help ensure success when you're scouting for talent is to look for ...

The U.S. military command in Africa (AFRICOM) is planning to establish a drone base in northwest Africa to increase surveillance on radical Islamists in the region, Eric Schmidt of The New York Times reports. The move wo...

In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in August 2011, Claimant Wojnowski, Jr. alleged wrongful termination; fraud in the inducement; and breach of contract in connect...

New federal flood maps approved Thursday that will govern rebuilding in the state following superstorm Sandy leaves many residents with a tough choice: Go higher now or pay more later. The new guidelines will force homeo...

Matt Stone and Trey Parker embrace a crucial lesson for the entertainment industry: if you tell stories that people want to hear, the audience will find you.

Whether you were laid off, fired or decided to leave a position on your own, losing your job is a stressful time and you need to know the next steps to take. Aside from finding a new job, you need to understand unemploym...

With the AIG board mulling whether to join a shareholder lawsuit against the U.S. government, a look back at how we got here.

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In addition to the upcoming sequestration and May's debt limit negotiation, there is another fiscal crisis coming up that -- unlike the sequestration and debt limit -- could actually force a government shut down. By Marc...

Researchers have discovered a new species of feathered but flightless little dinosaur from the Jurassic period. Remains of the tiny beast, dubbed Eosinopteryx brevipenna, found in northeastern China suggest it was slight...

CNBC's "Secret Lives of the Super Rich: Mega-Homes" premieres tonight at 9pm ET. Where the real estate market is headed in 2013, with CNBC's Robert Frank and Dolly Lenz, Douglas Elliman. "I would characterize the market ...

I remember doing informational interviews on the Merrill trading floor back in 1999. Now, that was one great trading floor, have you ever been there? It was like a big bowl in the financial center, with different levels ...

Following an outbreak of porn on Twitter's new video-sharing app, Vine, the company has blocked searches that made it easy for users to find such content. Until now, you could search hashtags like "#porn," "#sex," or "bo...

With about 70,000 fans expected to pack into the Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 3 to watch the San Francisco 49ers battle the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII, we talk to insiders to reveal 10 things that aren's so...

The Federal Reserve said it will release the results of stress tests conducted on the 19 biggest financial institutions on March 7, as part of its effort to ensure large institutions have enough capital to withstand a de...

If you thought you had seen every amazing picture of Steve Jobs, you were wrong. There's one that's been hidden from the world for 23 years, and Cult of Mac's John Brownlee just found it. Brownlee spotted an image of Job...

Yahoo shares are up after the company reported better-than-expected results which one analyst says points to gains from CEO Marissa Mayer's game plan.

Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is currently living on the International Space Station, has been posting like a wild man from the International Space Station, most frequently beautiful pictures of the Earth from s...