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Warren Buffett is a fan of Airbnb. – Still, Airbnb has ponied onward. The company is raising an enormous round of funding that would value it at $20 billion, according…
SHANGHAI — With its growth engine slowing, China said on Saturday that for the second time in three months it was reducing the nation’s benchmark interest rates. In an announcement…
In 2015, there is no shortage of reasons to worry. But here’s what Buffett has to say about it: “Charlie and I have always considered a “bet” on ever-rising U.S….
Related: How good is Warren Buffett? Very But most Buffett fans read the letters for his advice on stocks — even though Buffett has conceded that the portfolios run by…
Related: How good is Warren Buffett? Very But most Buffett fans read the letters for his advice on stocks — even though Buffett has conceded that the portfolios run by…
John Fairchild, the witty and irascible publisher and editor who transformed his family’s fusty trade publication, Women’s Wear Daily, into the lively bible of the fashion industry, died on Friday…
The Nobel medal awarded to the economist Simon Kuznets in 1971 sold Thursday night on the auction block for $390,848. This was the first medal to sell in the field…
On a recent wintry afternoon, Mark T. Bertolini, the 58-year-old chief executive of Aetna, the health insurer, was sitting in his Hartford office wearing a dark suit and a crisp,…
Think you’re saving time and looking pretty smart dashing off endless emails to your boss? Do yourself a big favor, stop typing and talk to her instead. – Taking his…
NEW YORK — Amanda Cohen is attempting a radical experiment for Manhattan restaurants: no tipping. And so far, the chef of revered vegetarian eatery Dirt Candy said, she hasn’t received…
The mother of the bride wore white and gold. Or was it blue and black? From a photograph the bride posted of the dress online, no one could agree. A…
Tess Johnson was pretty upset when she showed up at a Warby Parker in Atlanta last Tuesday to pick up her new glasses frames. Her car had been stolen earlier…
Whole Foods Market is finally coming to terms with its image problem. The notion that its food is too expensive has kept a certain segment of grocery shoppers at bay,…
The Twitter hashtag #TheDress was still the No. 1 trending topic in the United States after midnight. By then, BuzzFeed had registered 16 million views for Holderness’s story, and it…
President Obama and Apple (AAPL, Tech30) CEO Tim Cook both stressed the need for companies and governments to do more to protect businesses and consumers from attacks while also safeguarding…
President Obama and Apple (AAPL, Tech30) CEO Tim Cook both stressed the need for companies and governments to do more to protect businesses and consumers from attacks while also safeguarding…
All eyes will be on the government next week, when it will announce its economic agenda. Historically, China has kept tight control of the yuan. Favorable exchange rates have helped…
BERLIN — German lawmakers voted on Friday overwhelmingly to extend the terms of Greece’s bailout by four more months, despite growing misgivings over Athens’s willingness to make economic overhauls viewed…
As the ruble has collapsedlosing 40% against the dollar in six monthsthe cost of bribing officials has shot up because they mostly insist on being paid in a hard currency,…
However, there is mounting evidence that something’s up. Earlier this month there were reports indicating Apple had hired several hundred employees to work on a project aimed at launching an…
Rents in the city rose by 75% between 2000 and 2012, according to a 2014 report by the New York City Comptroller’s Office. The city’s mayor, Bill DeBlasio, has promised…
“Apple’s products benefit from the technology invented and patented by Ericsson’s engineers,” said Kasim Alfalahi, chief intellectual property officer at Ericsson, in a statement. “Features that consumers now take for…
“We still have plenty in stock,” she said. “Plenty to go around,” noting that the dress is available in other colors as well. It currently sells for £50 ($77). Roman…
Even under its now defunct “graphic nudity” ban, Google said it would have allowed nudity “if the content offers a substantial public benefit, for example in artistic, educational, documentary, or…
The FDA and the College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists acted after a story and an e-book by the Wall Street Journal, which called public attention the risks posed by the…
Giuliana Rancic has since apologized for her comments. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed…
“I’m just preaching the gospel of barbecue,” Cookston says.”I do what I love.” Related: Women build bigger businesses – “It sounds like a lot of sour milk,” Cookston says. “Everything…
It was 8 a.m. in the U.K. when @MurphyOReilly says he started. He didn’t go outside (“fresh air is so overrated!”) and bought American snacks to keep him in the…
2. Keep an eye on U.S. data: At 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Economic Analysis will release its second estimate for U.S. GDP in the fourth quarter of 2014….