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Wikimedia Commons A security guard has been arrested for stealing $5 million in diamonds from a New York jeweler after a construction worker accidentally threw the precious stones in the trash, police said. Wilfred Marti...

Everybody loves to hate pharmaceutical mogul Martin Shkreli but he could be a poster child for his entire generation.

Tour operators in Japan and France offer vacations for Teddy, Cupcake and Mr. Peepers, complete with sightseeing, meals, activities and plenty of photo ops.

An agreement has been reached that will allow a German-operated cargo ship leave a Lake Superior port in Minnesota where it was detained for more than a month due to alleged environmental violations, the U.S. Coast Guard...

State Street overbilled certain clients over an 18-year period by roughly $200 million, the asset manager said, funds it intends to reimburse at the completion of its review.

Fans of Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer came to the defense of the beleaguered tech titan on Thursday -- saying much of an outspoken shareholder's criticism was wrong. Mayer's alleged over-the-top spending on a "Gre...

Minecraft is an excellent way to lose dozens of hours engineering virtual buildings and machines, but now an interesting new company has devised a way to bridge those digital creations into our physical world. LittleBits...

The bubble hasn't popped yet.

The price of the average UK home will rise by 50% in the next 10 years, say trade bodies for estate agents and letting agents.

(Reuters) - U.S. burger chain operator Wendy's Co said Chief Financial Officer Todd Penegor would take on the additional role of president, starting the process for him to replace Emil Brolick as chief executive in May.

Green Car Reports Volkswagen now blames a small group of engineers unable to meet stiff U.S. regulations for its diesel-emissions cheating. The company says a small group of engineers were responsible for the "defeat de...

via Valet When a dapper New York advertising exec purchased a small studio in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, he wanted to capture the richness and subtle style of an old noir film. Of course, he didn't have a lot of s...

Federal health officials have cleared a wearable heart-zapping device for children who are at risk of deadly irregular heartbeats. …

A drug company executive connected with a senior at his old high school via Skype for an odd and occasionally bizarre exchange.

A job is a job, right? Those whom we employ should be grateful to have a paycheck. Maybe that’s how it was when we were in the midst of the recession, but life on the outside (and the inside) has changed dramatically. ...

The goal of a publicist is to be an outstanding asset to a client while finding time to nurture the soul that fuels one-of-a-kind ideas essential to success in this mesmeric and scintillating field. That is no easy task....

As a child who was never a good swimmer, I had a deep fear of drowning. Pool parties were all the rage during Houston summers, so I confronted the craze by lingering in the three-foot section, my neck stretched up to avo...

Take advantage of the rout in risky debt, especially deep-discount closed-end funds with huge yields.

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly sales, hurt by a strong dollar and weak demand for its snacks and baking products in the United States, and cut its full-year sales forecast...

These gifts inspired some creative thinking, even if they didn't seem that important at the time.

It certainly can be challenging finding just the right Christmas gift for the millionaire (or billionaire) who has everything. When someone already has his choice of personal jets, mega yachts and mansions, what's left ...

The Bank can already limit lending for residential mortgages but wants to be able to intervene in the growing buy-to-let sector.