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Stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with each of the major indexes recording their fifth straight session of gains as the Dow Industrials and S&P 500 registered closing record…

Americans filed fewer new claims for jobless benefits last week in a surprise dip, signaling layoffs remain low — but don’t pop the champagne yet. The…

Billionaire software tycoon Robert Brockman cheated the IRS out of billions — and now his heirs are paying the price. The estate of the late Texas…

He’ll be broke for Christmas. The so-called Ornament King — whose European glass-blown decorations once adorned presidential Christmas trees — has been forced to declare bankruptcy…

Barnes & Noble is gearing up to start the new year strong. The company, which, in addition to books, sells music, toys and games, and features cafés…

Billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon has won his long-running defamation lawsuit alleging that former fashion mogul and convicted sex offender Peter Nygard spread lies about him during a public…

Larry Ellison is putting his over $250 billion fortune on the line to bankroll his son’s Hollywood power play. The 81-year-old Oracle founder has agreed to…

Americans are shelling out record car payments — and now some are signing up for loans stretching nearly a decade to get a new set of…

Americans on weight-loss drugs aren’t just trimming their figures — they’re shrinking their grocery bills, too, according to a new study. Households with members who start…

Jeffrey Epstein named Jes Staley and Lawrence Summers as executors of his estate in draft wills, newly released Justice Department records show — a revelation that…