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China's central bank gives eight private companies, including Tencent and a unit linked to Alibaba, six months to prepare for launching credit-data businesses, reports Caixin Online.

Not long ago, a friend sent me a speech that the great civic leader John Gardner gave to the Stanford Alumni Association 61 years after he graduated from that college. The speech is chock-full of practical wisdom. I espe...

The tech giant also aims to increase the minority population in its workforce by 14%

A month before the start of the financial crisis, the Bank of England was apparently unaware of impending trouble, new documents reveal.

Dougherty & Co analyst Charles Anderson has expressed his views about Ambarella Inc (NASDAQ:AMBA) after the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015. Though the analyst had positive things to say about the s...

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It's time once again to graze into the crystal ball. Across the region, 2014 has been a year of economic anxiety and political fragility. A consumption tax hike that threatens to derail Abenomics, Japan's fading policy d...

WASHINGTON -- After stuffing Wall Street's stockings in December with subsidies for risky trading, the House of Representatives plans to wish big banks a happy New Year on Wednesday by hacking up and delaying the Volcker...

In a collaboration with Mastercard, the LAKS watch owners can make payments from their watch at merchants with contactless sale terminals.

Android is underappreciated as a commercial platform -- as a revenue driver for the e-commerce, advertising, and software industries.  Too many analysts remain attached to an outdated idea of Google's mobile operating...

New York City has temporarily banned some of Uber's bases there, but it shouldn't affect service, says the company. Five of the six bases run by the taxi service were suspended by the city's taxi and limousine tribunal a...

Want to know where your children are at all times?  LG has you covered. Or, more accurately, it has them covered in a "child-friendly wearable" as one person put it at LG's booth.  The "Gizmopal" allows you to track yo...

Alastair is particularly likely to be a journalist. Hannah has a good shot at being a poet. Dalton is more likely than most to sell insurance. Me? Apparently, I would be far from the only Alex or Alexander to become a st...

Approximately 62% of Americans have no emergency savings, according to a new survey.

The popular pledge to get fit in the new year is helping fuel a growing fitness industry - including in Asia.

No change in Japanese fundamentals, says strategist; Nikkei has lost 4.6% since 26 December

Investors withdrew a record $150.3 billion from bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co. last year, lashing back against weak performance at the flagship Pimco Total Return Fund as well as management turmoil.

Uber says it won't affect its operations in NYC

After a highly contentious divorce, the money just isn't enough for oil tycoon Harold Hamm's ex-wife.

Guest:On December 9, Amazon surprised the retail world with "Make an Offer", a new system that allows shoppers to negotiate prices on over 150,000 collectible and antique items. While some news outlets have compared "Mak...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jim Cramer's outlook for the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues. Read Part 1 of his Dow components analysis here. 11. Johnson & Johnson's one of those stocks that has a huge s...

Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital Partners is setting its sights on potential new targets that could give it control of even more of the world's best-known consumer brands, The Wall Street Journal reports.