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Oil prices rise further but analysts expect downward correction

Oil markets opened stronger on Tuesday, continuing a rally that has seen Brent crude futures soar 8 percent since mid-January, yet analysts are increasingly saying that price rises have been overblown and are due a downward correction.

Apple’s Electric Car Dreams May Bring Auto Industry Nightmares

Before Apple Inc. decides to move ahead with its Project Titan project and build an electric car, the company may want to look at the menu...

College 'Road Scholars' Push Back

Colleges have tried to keep a lid on costs by shifting from tenured professors to an army of cheaper adjunct instructors. Now that business model is starting to crack as adjuncts increasingly unionize.

Never Let Your Fears Prevent You From Succeeding

I am talking about a great deal of things right here. You might be tempted to think that money making or planning and business strategies are the main stuff on my mind when I am saying this. But they are actually not, so what is success really?Sadly, far to often in today’s society, success in ones...

Never Let Your Fears Prevent You From Succeeding

I am talking about a great deal of things right here. You might be tempted to think that money making or planning and business strategies are the main stuff on my mind when I am saying this. But they are actually not, so what is success really?Sadly, far to often in today’s society, success in ones...

Hackers' $1 billion bank theft may still impact consumers

This was hardly a bit of Robin Hood banditry that spared innocent account holders. Security experts say consumers still need to keep a close eye on their checking and savings, as epic computer breaches such as this theft — documented in a report issued Monday — are becoming all too common.

China churning out billionaires like it's 1999

China’s world-best stock market rally made January the busiest month for IPOs in a year. It also created a bundle of new billionaires.

Top US labor official arrives as West Coast ports back up

The nation's top labor official is arriving in California in an attempt to resolve a damaging contract dispute between West Coast dockworkers and their employers.U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez is flying Monday to San Francisco, where negotiations between the dockworkers union and a maritime association of companies have come to a halt.So, too, has...

Eurozone issues Greece an ultimatum; Athens hopeful of deal

European creditors issued Greece with an ultimatum Monday, saying the country must accept a key condition in bailout talks or face meeting its debt commitments on its own.Another meeting of the 19 finance ministers of the eurozone over how to make Greece's debts sustainable broke down within three hours, with Europe's creditors giving Greece until Friday to ask for an extension to its bailout program.Investors were growing increasingly concerned that a compromise deal was not in the offing, and the euro fell sharply with news of the collapsed talks.Yet...

From Grand Theft Auto to Wall Street: Trading apps woo gamers

Twenty-something consumers raised on video games such as Grand Theft Auto and Angry Birds are being wooed by financial trading apps, keen to build bridges with a post-crisis generation that is uninterested in financial services or plain mistrustful.

Labor strife at U.S. ports hurting Japan car makers

Stalled labor talks at West Coast ports are causing headaches for some Japanese auto makers.

Japan hobbles out of recession with growth below estimates

Japan’s economy expanded less than economists estimated in the fourth quarter, underlining the difficulty in stoking growth while export gains are undermined by weak investment and consumption at home.

A Fed rate hike is coming-but when?

Economists and traders have very different answers about when the Federal Reserve will finally start normalizing monetary policy.

Could hackers bring on the next financial crisis?

The largest bank heist in history spurs concerns over systemic risk.

Could hackers bring on the next financial crisis?

The largest bank heist in history spurs concerns over systemic risk.

Silicon Valley emerges as transportation hub with Apple car

“Detroit vs. Everybody” is a popular t- shirt in the hometown of General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. these days.