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Small businesses have had a tough time recently with many finding it hard to survive. Here are 14 things you need to know about small businesses.

Apple's share price is flagging, and Mad Money's Jim Cramer doesn't think a share buyback will necessarily do the trick.

Today's cheap gasoline prices aren't a fluke. The pump price is down for all sorts of reasons, many of which aren't going away anytime soon.

Will this be the quarter that Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) finally meets or beats expectations?

In the U.S. we clamp fraudsters like Bernie Madoff in irons for a long, long time. In Vietnam, they face the possibility of a death sentence.

As the statute of limitations expires for crimes committed during the financial crisis, Judge Rakoff releases a letter condemning the DOJ.

Near record-highs and technical resistance levels, earnings and developments at the Fed could be reasons for a pause in the rally.

The Vietnamese government is using the threat of a possible death sentence to reduce the high rate of corruption in the nation.

A report from the EBRD says that eastern Europe's economy is rebounding but may suffer if Russia continues its downward spiral.

2013 has been a banner year for foreign companies listing on U.S. exchanges.

Ray Dalio, the hedge fund guru who runs Bridgewater Associates, has a pessimistic outlook on Bitcoins, France and the broader economy.

A report by PEW looks at what happened to American cities during and after the great recession.

ITS Financial charged customers thousands of dollars in bogus fees and encouraged franchisees to lie to the IRS.

In the absence of key data releases, investors could focus on earnings statements and comments from various Federal Reserve officials.

Indian investors favored money-market and equity funds while interest in gold ETFs waned, according to a new report.

Democrat Terry McAuliffe will be Virginia’s next governor, and it only took one California billionaire to get him there.

The firm that decides which companies are Shariah-compliant has OK'd Twitter and opened the door for Islamic investment.

After a plethora of online attacks on high profile companies and governments, British banks are taking part in cyber war games for protection.

At least 12 traders from six major banks have been placed on leave after inquiries by various regulators.

Iran's spiritual leader is a billionaire. But what is the ayatollah doing with his money?

President Aquino III has said that the government will use 23 billion pesos ($533 million) to help immediate salvage and rebuilding operations.

The Fed's leadership, quarterly company earnings and economic data should hold investors’ attention.

The collapse of the banking giant has cost French taxpayers more than 14 billion euros over the last 20 years.

Eighteen months after the Facebook IPO calamity, Twitter steps up and shows them how it's done.

After years of sanctions Iran is getting closer to having them lifted, all while trying to trade oil for produce with China.

By and Large, the firm that submitted documents about the barge, says it will be used to promote businesses.

But what will the positive jobs report mean for the Fed's stimulus reduction timetable?

Obama officials said that they will offer an administrative solution to help Americans who have lost or will lose their health insurance as a result of the new law.

Nonfarm payrolls data and the effect of the government shutdown on the unemployment figure should hold investors’ attention.