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By Nadia Damouni and Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK, June 21

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen declined on Friday to apologize for years of missing employee e-mails, including those of former official Lois Lerner, a central figure in the controversy over the agency's extra scrutiny o...

Google's Nest has reached a deal to buy Dropcam, an internet camera company, for $555 million according to The Wall Street Journal's Scott Thurm:  Google/Nest buying Dropcam for $555 million — Scott Thurm (@ScottThurm...

Behind the image of savagery that the extremists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria present lies a disciplined organization that employs social media and sophisticated financial strategies.

Credit Suisse has hired Paul Somma to head its exchange-traded note business -- a more exotic securities breed that is drawing heightened regulatory scrutiny. Somma joined about two weeks ago...

(Reuters) - Dropcam, the home-monitoring camera startup, will be bought by Google Inc's Nest Labs for about $555 million in cash, a technology news website reported on Friday.

American Apparel has moved to fire CEO Dov Charney over allegations related to the 2011 case of Irene Morales, a former employee who accused him of making her his "sex...

A $24 million 110-foot yacht was destroyed by fire near San Diego on Thursday, and a drone with a video camera captured the devastating scene, NY Daily News reports. The "Polar Bear" caught fire around 9:15 a.m. while i...

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Its Time To Bail On The Stock Market When Two Of Bob Farrell's Investing Rules Meet (Gluskin Sheff...

I know Forbes loves stories about billionaires, so here's one about the most disgusting billionaire in Brazil -- the national stadium in the capital, Brasilia.

"Where can you get 12% yield?" Investors just took on a ton of risk to finance a new Florida passenger railway project being undertaken by Fortress Investment Group, reports Reuters' Natalie Harrison and Shankar Ramakris...

While U.S. companies like Pfizer (PFE), Walgreens (WAG) and Medtronic (MDT) make noise and grab political attention by looking at overseas domiciles to lower tax rates, along comes Tony Magee, brewer of the popular Lagun...

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After an opening match victory against Ghana in the World Cup, the United States has set up for a favorable route out of the “Group of Death.” While the path is there, it's far from clear, as next up are tough matche...

For every size business, there is a thirst and at times a significant or urgent need for a breakthrough. So how do entrepreneurs "will" a breakthrough to happen?

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Thousands of Nigerian fishermen have rejected an offer of $50 million from Royal Dutch Shell for "some of the largest oil spills in history," their British lawyers said Friday after winning a landm...

RealtyTrac released its first-ever report on natural disaster risk as it applies to housing, along with a slick interactive heat map that allows you to see its natural disaster ranking for any county nationwide along wit...

The Argentine president, Cristina Fernández, said on Friday that her government would negotiate with all the country's creditors in a bid to avoid default.

Commodity price trends are a hot topic among some of my clients and audience members. This is the first of three articles about commodity price, covering basic material that someone buying or selling commodities should u...

'Lost' Email Excuses Continue, but No Apology in Sight. Fighting the IRS in Court is Expensive But Sometimes Pays Off.

Guest Post: App marketers could be challenged by Apple's new app stores changes.

Three days after its Indiegogo campaign kicked off, the team has already raised $160,000 -- 60 percent more than its initial goal.