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John Thornton, the former Goldman Sachs president who specializes in Chinese affairs, is stepping down from the board of HSBC to spend more time on his other business interests, Europe's biggest bank said ...

The precious metal is now down the last eight straight days, its longest losing streak in four years. Where does it go from here?

Investors should fear the eventual tapering off of Fed’s $85 billion worth of monthly debt monetization, says Michael Pento is the President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association named former Republican Senator Judd Gregg as its chief executive officer, the lobbying group said Monday. The appointment of the veteran politician, ...

Jamie Dimon, CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase, will find himself in the hot seat this week when the company’s shareholders are expected to vote on whether or not he should keep both of his roles at the bank.

While the Federal Reserve's accommodative policies have boosted stocks and helped the rich, it is unclear whether they are doing enough for the broader U.S. economy, a top central bank official said on ...

When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, starts rolling out in October, it will overhaul how Americans get healthcare coverage.

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It will take years for the current monetary policy environment to deteriorate from near perfect conditions today to a point where it could threaten the bull market, says Don Hays, the founder of Hays Advisory Group.

Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" ...

U.S. stock futures were little moved early Monday as investors took a breather and some analysts wonder how long the bull-market run can last.

A European Union law up for a vote on Monday will only fully shield taxpayers from bailing out troubled banks if there is a global framework as well, a top UK regulator said on Monday. Bank of England ...

“Protecting the brand is probably a little bit less significant than continuing to promulgate it,” says chef, entrepreneur and restaurateur Mario Batali.

With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and ...

Britain's Vodafone has withdrawn from the running to provide a mobile service to fixed-line operator BT , two industry sources told Reuters, bringing to an end a nine-year partnership. Vodafone had been ...

Goldman Sachs launched on Monday the sale of about $1.1 billion worth of Hong Kong-traded shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , offering to sell its entire remaining stake in the world's ...

Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday.

In order to get in on hot housing markets, amateur investors are buying up homes and taking risky measures -- like tapping their retirement accounts -- to fund the deals.