America's Dirtiest Vehicles

These cars fall behind in fuel efficiency, carbon footprint and air pollution. ...

How Many ETFs Do You Need? Exchange-traded funds, which are fixed baskets of stocks that trade like shares of stock, are an explosively successful product, with assets in the category approaching $1 trillion. A lot of customers are making mistakes,...

Is Ireland Europe’s AIG?

Image by AFP via @daylifeThe $100 billion bailout of Ireland currently being put together in Europe shares some frightening characteristics with the most infamous bailout that took place in the U.S., the taxpayer-funded bailout of American International...

Massive Case May Push The Envelope Of Insider Trading

Image via WikipediaIf the Wall Street Journal’s reports are correct, the feds have raided two hedge funds as part of a massive insider-trading case targeting the ecosystem of traders and the firms that supply them with hot tips on sales trends, the...

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Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man

Carlos Slim Helu takes No. 1 spot on Forbes World's Billionaires list as a record 164 10-figure titans return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery. ...

Guy Kawasaki Inspires WordPress Creator

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One Investor's Global Hunt For Worthy Startups

David McClure's venture capital strategy: place small bets on lots of companies. Just listening to David McClure recap his recent travel schedule is exhausting. From the start of October through mid-November the 44-year-old venture capitalist addressed...

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International Sales Key For Consumer Staples To Keep Pace

The sector has been outperforming, but slow growth at home means even more needs to come from emerging markets. In Pictures: Ten Consumer Staples Stocks Set Up For Success In the hunt for elusive profits in a sector that relies on consumer...

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Emerging Market Bonds Still A Buy

Should you invest in emerging market bonds? Kristin Ceva says emerging...

Why Your State Income Tax Bill Could Change In 2011

Republican gains in states could mean an end to new millionaire taxes and possibly rate cuts. In Pictures: 10 Highest State Income Tax Rates For 2011 Do you know if your state income taxes are going up or down next year? The results of the...

The Best Business Schools

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Merck’s New Drug Could End The Stent Business

Image via WikipediaAHA 2010 Millions of heart patients have gotten cardiac stents placed in their arteries to stave off chest pain from angina and open dangerously-clogged arteries. The multibillion dollar business is dominated by companies...

How Taxpayers Win Even If GM Doesn’t Pay Them Back In Full

GM's Detroit headquartersGeneral Motors prepared to return to the public markets Thursday after pricing its initial public stock offering at $33 a share late Wednesday. The IPO, likely to be the largest-ever, will allow the federal government to...

Behold America’s Most Expensive Home: It’s A Shack.

Small, cute and pricey in Carpinteria, Calif.What’s the most expensive home in the U.S.? Back in May, Forbes reported that it was the Los Angeles home being sold for $150 million by the late television producer Aaron Spelling. Not even close. The Spelling...

Why Is Fox News Suddenly Owning Up to Its Politics?

Image via CrunchBaseSomething awfully interesting is going on at Fox News these days. Ever since Rupert Murdoch founded his cable network, it has driven liberal critics into apoplexy by hanging the slogan “Fair and Balanced” on programming that...

Mark Zuckerberg Grows Up, Draws Praise For Impressive Interview

Image via CrunchBaseHis face was flushed, and he was sweating profusely while trying to answer even the easy questions. It was just earlier this year that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg looked like he was about to have a meltdown on stage...

Hottest Young Royal, Prince William, To Wed

Image via WikipediaBack in July, the UK’s Prince William topped Forbes’ “World’s Hottest Young Royals” list based on furious speculation over whether the world’s most eligible royal would wed longtime love, Kate Middleton. Now it’s official: the...

Twenty-One Cool Products And Services You Can Get For Free

From entertainment and financial advice to health care and technology. In Pictures: 21 Cool Products And Services You Can Get For Free The battered economy has taken the stigma out of bargain-hunting. Some might even say that saving a few bucks...