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Asian markets are getting clobbered today, and the Japanese markets have officially reached “correction” territory. The contagion spread to US markets after manufacturing numbers missed projections; the numbers didn’t miss …

Let me introduce you to a potential new partner.  How would you like to do business with someone who will steal your intellectual property, undermine you by booting key employees …

The president’s plan for a new type of retirement account called “MyRA” is unlikely to work, even for the low-income Americans it’s intended to aid. While advertised as offering guaranteed …

Marijuana stocks are at an all-time high. The question now is whether the hunger pangs for these stocks will be there after the euphoria passes. Buoyed by the legalization of …

The recent National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) conclave saw a group protesting outside the Anaheim Convention Center.  The subject of the uproar? Someone felt they were ripped off. But this …

Sometimes, the best investments are found beneath your feet. The rug has been considered an item of value since the end of the 13th century, when Marco Polo brought the …

Elliptic Vault calls its service “deep cold storage” for Bitcoins. The company is so confident that their Bitcoin storage facility is tamper-proof, that they tapped Lloyd’s of London to insure …

The year 2014 is shaping up to be a tougher year for small investors, after five years of easy money in equities. Fueled by sky-high corporate profits and low wages, …

Bitcoin took a beating after a decision by Chinese authorities to ban the digital tokens from their financial systems — but prices quickly recovered, and this weekend were back near …

The porn industry is still healthy, with guesstimates ranging into the billions for how much revenue and profits this wide-ranging but financially murky industry generates. But the larger companies in …