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Self-Employed? How to Save Quickly for Retirement When Your Single-Person Business Takes Off

Your business is thriving, and it’s time to set up a retirement plan. Here’s what you need to know.

How to Use Bridge Capital to Accelerate Your Business

What was formerly a last resort is now a means of achieving independence and profitability.

Think Your Business Is Ready to Expand into Amazon EU? Read This First.

Grow your product sales into European markets without risking and losing it all.

The State of the Job Market for Veterans

Americans who served in the military can find tailored jobs programs and many organizations that are eager to help them start a business or find a job.

Attention Managers: This is No. 1 Quality Your Employees Wish You Had

LinkedIn asked professionals what they looked for in a good boss. This quality stood out among the rest.

A Female Founder's Startup Strategies for Fast-Track Success

Asking the right questions and focusing on infrastructure are two keys for building a business that's made to last.

What October's stock moves mean for your investments

With stocks at record highs, some investors are wondering what it would take to derail the decade-long bull market? The answer may lie with consumers.

Billionaire's ugly divorce ignites battle over spectacular art trove

An enormous trove of masterpieces described as “extraordinary” and “internationally renowned" has become the latest chapter in a rancorous unraveling. Among the more than 150 pieces are multiple works by Pablo Picasso, Jeff Koons, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko.

How much Social Security you could get from a $75,000 salary

The first monthly Social Security check was cashed in 1940 for a grand total of about $23. Fast forward to 2019, and the average retired worker gets almost $1,500 a month. How much you receive is based on your income, the year you were born and the age you decide to start taking benefits. So what if you earn a $75,000 salary? Here's how your monthly benefit is calculated, and how much you can expect when you retire.

Your home may not be a mansion, but you might still have to pay a 'mansion tax'

Most real estate deals trigger what is known as a transfer tax. But certain cities and states are levying an additional tax on homes that sell above a certain price known as a 'mansion' tax.

J.C. Penney plots a comeback: Less clutter, more yoga classes

J.C. Penney is testing services ranging from fitness classes to videogame lounges to hair and makeup workshops at a remodeled store, as it seeks a return to financial stability.

Warren earned hundreds of thousands defending companies

Elizabeth Warren had never taken on the federal government before. But in 1995, she found herself up against the Clinton administration, representing the Cleveland-based conglomerate LTV Steel. Even though LTV had sold off its coal mines during the 1980s, a new law required it to contribute to a health fund for retired miners. LTV believed that it should not have to pay. Those claims, the company said, should have been handled as part of its...

Downturns in these 4 counties have foretold past recessions

When Robertson County sneezes, it’s probably a sign that the rest of the United States has a cold. The Tennessee county tends to stumble long before a recession hits the rest of the country. We checked in to see what makes it so apparently clairvoyant.

Amazing motorhomes of the rich and famous

Celebrities drop millions on mega-mansions, but many also spend big on tour buses and trailers. 

Burned in 2008, Americans refuse to tap their home equity

A once-popular loan Americans use to finance home renovations and college tuition is slowly dying, slashing a lucrative source of revenue for the nation’s largest banks.

Kanye West, with debt piling up, thanks God for $68M tax refund

Kanye West has been making headlines lately for his Sunday Service, an invitation-only event that started earlier this year in which the rapper-turned-preacher performs with live musical accompaniment. Apparently, there are big profits in his piety.

Shrinking Japanese town's plan: Give away houses for free

As the country's population ages and birthrate declines, drastic measures are being implemented to address a demographic time bomb that is already going off

Amazon makes grocery delivery free for Prime members

Amazon said Tuesday it will make its grocery delivery service free for Prime members in the United States and integrate all orders for groceries into a single portal.