Life expectancy is one of the main measures of a population’s overall health. With the exception of the last three years — when the U.S. life expectancy dropped largely because of spikes in...
A lucky few Starbucks Card holders will win a "Starbucks for Life" card, the latest in a line of promotions that the coffee firm has used to draw customers.
Source: ThinkstockThe United States is one of the world’s most prosperous economies, with a gross domestic product that exceeded that of any other country last year. However, a vibrant economy...
The NRA has made an offer it hopes its members, or people who might become members, will find irresistible.
Chipmaker Nvidia beat second-quarter top- and bottom-line estimates soundly. Investors just expect more.
Source: courtesy Chesapeake Energy Corp.Aubrey McClendon, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), is officially the former CEO of the company today. Last Friday the...
Chocolate prices closed just short of $3,200 per metric ton last Friday, after rising to a three-year high of $3,284 on Thursday. Hershey and Mars have raised candy prices due to commodity price...
Source: ThinkstockData from both China and the European Union showed that any post-recession slowdown will not turn into another dip. A few months ago, slowing PMI and EU economic numbers that...
Not many company boards admit when their CEO had a bad year and needs a cut in pay. The Coca-Cola (KO) board decreased chief Mahtar Kent’s total compensation to $18.8 million from $22.4 million in...
From The Information: "Apple Looks to Acquire Struggling Self-Driving Car Startup Drive.ai" ($):
Source: thinkstockMay 16, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday and bounced around the break-even line until about 3 p.m., when the direction turned decidedly positive. The 10-year Treasury yield rose...
It boggles the mind that US consumers could spend more on gas than they do on cars. But, that is precisely what happened two months ago. Gasoline accounted for about 4.4 percent of spending in June,...
Glassdoor has come up with a list of 25 jobs that have a good "work-life balance," as its researchers see it.
Wells Fargo has downgraded its outlook for Kezar Life Sciences to Equal Weight.