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Two Brown grads have come up with an iced tea-like beverage that is made from guayusa, an Amazonian super-leaf that balances caffeine with antioxidants and has super-hunk Channing Tatum and...

Singapore's journey to the global stage under Lee Kuan Yew's leadership

2014 was not one of the biggest years in touring, but there were still plenty of winners in the live music game. While not many people are selling albums like they used to, tickets are still performing fairly well, as th...

Smart, internet-connected cars are expected to take off in the next 10 years, growing from just 7 million shipments last year to roughly 69 million in 2020. But looking at the global landscape, BI Intelligence believes A...

The AA will raise £200m as part of a £935m balance sheet restructuring to be announced as soon as Wednesday, Sky News learns.

    NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Democratic and Republican lawmakers at a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday were widely divided over whether to ease the regulatory burden on regional banks. However, there appeare...

Though it seems unlikely there's a Swiftie out there who hasn't purchased Taylor Swift's latest album, 1989 (the record has sold well over 4.5 million copies), there's good news for the few hold-outs among us: The pop st...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The financial sector is slightly lower on the year, down 1.2%, but Ryan Kelley, portfolio manager for the Hennessy Large-Cap Financial Fund , says there is value to be found in the sector.  Wells...

NEW YORK ( TheStreet) --  Facebook is already in the business of helping you document memories. Now the social network will take you on a trip back down memory lane, too.  Tuesday, Facebook said it was starting the ...

Finland's classrooms are very different from America's -- far more permissive, with less of an emphasis on academics. There are no standardized tests until high school, and children get 15 minutes of recess in between le...

Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa is close to cementing its $15 billion acquisition of U.K. cellphone operator O2, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Mark Cuban is the billionaire investor best known for his roles as a "Shark" and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Throughout his career, he's made over 120 investments, from large companies like Landmark Theatres to st...

In 2013, among full-time, year-round workers, women were paid 78% as much as men, according to the American Association of University Women.  That's the so-called pay gap between genders, and it hasn't moved much in ...

Eleven blockbuster drugs will debut on the pharmaceutical market this year, and each is expected to pull in at least $1 billion in revenue within five years of launch, according to Thomson Reuters' annual "Drugs to Watch...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Amazon announced several new features Tuesday for its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, most notably allowing users to listen on headphones. In addition to enabling Bluetooth wireless headsets, the upg...

Ruth Porat is leaving Morgan Stanley to return to her Silicon Valley roots as Google's chief financial officer.

Chinese manufacturing data hits 11 month low. PNC Financial economist says China will likely weaken currency to make exports more attractive.

The evidence is clear. Investing in early childhood education and quality childcare has far-reaching and long-lasting positive effects on the growth and development of our children. We know through the most compelling ki...

Oil production in the U.S. has risen an additional 4.5 million barrels a day since 2008, an amount which is more than any other OPEC member produces except Saudi Arabia. But lower global prices, and OPEC policy, is threa...

Higher gas costs raised US consumer prices 0.2 pct. in February, first increase in 4 months

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Joe and Anthony Russo have been signed by Walt Disney and Marvel to direct Avengers: Infinity War I and Avengers: Infinity War II, and thus they are now unofficial guiding lights of the Marvel cinematic universe. The...