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There's still lots of bad news coming out of Europe, but some bright spots are beginning to appear as well. These value-oriented fund managers are starting to become more optimistic.

All of them instill relatively little confidence among investors, to say the least.          

Once fully privatised, why should the Royal Bank of Scotland behave differently than in the past? The truly depressing thing about this week's £2bn RBS shares sell-off is not that it was an underpriced giveaway to the C...

Barron's Income Investing Roundtable sizes up bonds, REITs, MLPs, preferreds, and dividend stocks.

West Coast activist Jeff Ubben is taking aim at credit card kingpin American Express -- the latest in a string of activist plays this week. Ubben’s ValueAct Capital of San...

Real human emotion is the intangible element that sparks our authentic connection to people, content and experiences.

Fundamentally altering the financial services industry and traditional banking methods, financial service technology (FinTech) companies are disrupting several existing sub-sectors of traditional lending markets.

Greece's debt crisis reached new heights last month as the government in Athens and the country's international creditors engaged in contentious negotiations over a third bailout in exchange for new austerity measures. S...

Through one lens, the study of philosophy is the purest intellectual quest there is. Through another, it's a punch line. (Q: How many philosophers does it take to change a light-bulb? A: Three: one to change the lightbu...

In an innovative move said to be worth £20m a year to Sheffield's poorest residents, the local authority is offering an alternative to the likes of Wonga and Provident Financial The city of Sheffield will, on Monday, la...

The holding company sells at a 35% discount to book value, and has been slow to monetize its water assets. Why that could change.

Before Trump entered the presidential race, he and Bill Clinton chatted. That's made some in the GOP suspicious. Also, what the jobs numbers portend.

(Reuters) – Antitrust authorities in Europe failed to find evidence that Apple Inc’s deals with record labels and online music streaming services are blocking rivals’ access to its music streaming platform, Re/code...

US crude oil closed below $44 per barrel for the first time since March 2014 on Friday, as rig count increases and dollar gains strength. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, the US benchmark for oil prices, closed 7...

The developer of computer mice is now attempting to move away from supplying PC makers and into branded peripherals.

There???s a reason why so many people stay happily ensconced in their desk jobs.

Merger and acquisition activity is booming, and some executives may soon find themselves unemployed. Here are ways for high earners to maximize certain work-related benefits and avoid costly errors.

Letting agents and landlords are using Section 21 notices to force private renters into signing new contracts at higher rents Private renters are living in constant fear of being evicted, with some households sent evicti...

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc's board is weighing a shakeup that could involve the exit of former Chief Executive Dick Costolo, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Economists are predicting that the Federal Reserve is all but sure to raise short-term interest rates next month.

A professor at the University of Maryland threw his class a curveball when he allowed them to each choose how many extra credit points they wanted to add to their final paper grade. Join the conversation about this story...

When is a student a student, or not a student, at a school? In Ohio, the answer to that question is very fluid.