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The next James Bond movie -- "Spectre" -- was announced back in December. The bad news is: the movie won't be out until the fall of 2015.  But the good news is: you can still get some Bond in your life while you wait. W...

Berkeley's tax on sugary drinks goes a little beyond current state schemes taxing such drinks, but will it work?

Want to see just how profoundly the smartphone can change a trip to the bank ATM?

Chinese shares traded mixed in thin holiday trade on manufacturing data that painted an even weaker picture of the world's second largest economy.

The recent Sony attack is considered one of the worst cyberattacks in US corporate history. The hackers stole over 100 terabytes of data, including personal data of thousands of employees and business partners. So it's n...

10 jobs for enterprising personalities, by average salary and required skills

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The one question I hear most often about dividends is when do I have to buy a stock in order to receive the payment? The answer is more complicated than you would think. The company doesn't tell ...

"You can spend time at a beautiful property, and, instead of playing golf, you drive exotic cars. It?s something different.?--Didier Theys

WGN-Ch. 9 early-morning news anchor Lourdes Duarte has sold her three-bedroom, ranch-style house in Des Plaines for $268,500.

Treasury recovered $70.42 billion of money it gave GM, Chrysler, lenders and suppliers.          

Target has stirred outrage with an "Annie"-themed ad campaign featuring a white model in place of the black actress who stars in the latest film version of the rags-to-riches story. An online petition calling for the big...

We now know the excuse Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions used to help win the appeal of his suspension for stepping on the leg of Aaron Rodgers and boy it is a doozy. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, "Ndamukong Suh s...

BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Don't break out the champagne and start singing Auld Lang Syne just yet; the New Year is mere hours away, and now's the time to get positioned for a profitable 2015. How? Simple -- buy the stock...

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) is eyeing Arrowhead Research Corp (NASDAQ:ARWR) for an acquisition, sending a strong signal to the market about the company's resilience to the recent thrashing by buying out a small c...

Prompted by the smart hardware boom, the Internet of things sector is in full bloom in China, with repercussions for smart homes, wearables, connected cities and cars, and beyond.

There's a risk that index-fund shareholders will face steeper losses in the next bear market than if they owned actively managed funds, writes Conrad de Aenlle.

Illinois' richest man has acquired yet another high-priced condo. Billionaire Ken Griffin, the founder and chief executive of Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel who currently is going through a nasty divorce, recently paid...

With the cost of the most expensive colleges today now topping $65,000 per year, parents need to avoid costly mistakes that drain their assets and debunk myths that make the college funding process frustrating, misleadin...

Most cars getting the ax after 2014 won?t be missed, but here are five whose parting is such sweet sorrow.

(Reuters) - Activity in China's factory sector shrank for the first time in seven months in December, a private survey showed on Wednesday, highlighting the urgency behind a series of surprise easing moves by Beijing in ...

With CES starting next week, we check in with Gary Shapiro, the head of the organization putting the show on, to learn about some of the highlights of the massive consumer electronics show. Check it out, in the latest ep...

If you think you've been saving a lot recently on filling up the family jalopy, you haven't seen anything yet.