Are Gift Cards Right For You This Holiday Season?
Americans are well on their way to purchasing $30 billion worth of gift cards this year. But exactly how will that money be spent?
Thailand Unrest: Protesters Storm Ministry Of Finance
Protesters marched around Bangkok for a second day of demonstrations against a controversial bill.
China Cinda Asset Management: As Largest Hong Kong IPO This Year Looms, Are Company Shares A Safe Opportunity Or A Risky Gamble?
Cinda, a Chinese company that buys up bad debt, was set up in 1999 to take nonperforming loans off Chinese banks' balance sheets.
The Ten Most Expensive Streets In The World: New York, Paris, Moscow, Sardinia, Geneva, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong All Made The List
New York's Fifth Avenue, Hong Kong's Pollock's Path and Singapore's Paterson Hill all made the list.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Says Deal On Debt Ceiling Rise Increase May Not Be Needed Until June
Tax receipts are greater than expected, and with Treasury's ability to use extraordinary measures to avoid a default, D-Day may be delayed.
Tel Aviv Makes Its Mark As An Up-And-Coming Financial Center
Tel Aviv is now ranked higher than traditional financial centers like Munich, Rome, Stockholm, Amsterdam and Milan.
Default Remains A Concern In Venezuela: Study
For every $10 per barrel that oil prices fall, Venezuela loses $10 billion in annual revenue.
China's Fake Banker Gets Real Life Sentence
Lin Chunping was charged with filing millions of yuan worth of fake tax invoices, and now he's going to jail for life.
J.P. Morgan (JPM) Will Likely Write Off Much Of its $13 Billion Settlement With The U.S.
The U.S. tax code prohibits writing off fines designated as a penalty, but fines designated as restitution are fair game for a write-off.
People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan Signals Possible Loosening Of Yuan Trading Range
One economist said that currency reform could widen the yuan's trading band in the near term.
Luxury Air Travel: IATA Survey Shows Growth In Premium Travel Sector Between Latin America and U.S.
Overall, the outlook for air travel continues to improve, amid a flourishing business environment.
US Census Bureau Intentionally Lowered Jobless Rate Just Before 2012 Presidential Election, NY Post Says; But Is The Article Credible?
The New York Post says John Crudele's anonymous source would be open to speaking with the Labor Department or Congress.
Home Price Gains Driven By Investors Hurting First Time Aussie Buyers
Australians looking to buy their first home are being priced out by property investors.
Bitcoin Goes To Washington, Senate To Hold Hearing On Virtual Currencies
Seven experts are slated to testify, including federal law enforcement agents and a lawyer for the Bitcoin Foundation Inc.
Euro Zone, Japan See Slowing Economic Growth While U.S., U.K. Report Gains
The data underlines the global recovery's fragility and the likelihood that central banks will continue economic stimulus.
Too Big To Fail? Moody's (MCO) Downgraded These 4 Banks (JPM) (BK) (GS) (MS) And Said US Unlikely To Bail Them Out In A Crisis
The ratings service says the U.S. government is unlikely to bail out this bank quartet in a crisis.
CIA Collects Trove Of Information On Money Transfers
The data includes personal information like Social Security numbers.
Terms Of Deal For US Postal Service (USPS) To Deliver Amazon (AMZN) Packages Not Revealed By USPS Or Amazon
Amazon and USPS remain mum on how much the giant online retailer is paying the post office to deliver its packages.
University of Sydney Researchers Develop Cow-Herding Robot
They hope the robot can be modified to perform other tasks like checking soil quality and water troughs.
Morgan Stanley (MS) CEO James Gorman Tells CNBC Investors Can Expect A Taper In the Next Few Months
Wall Street's latest parlor game -- guessing when the Fed will start reducing its money printing -- has a new player: Morgan Stanley's CEO.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) FY14 Q3 Earnings Beat Expectations By A Penny A Share, Revenue Falls Short
The company's Sam's Clubs subsidiary helped the retailer post slightly better earnings than expected.
Apple (AAPL) Should Buy Netflix (NFLX) Or Twitter (TWTR): Jim Cramer
Apple's share price is flagging, and Mad Money's Jim Cramer doesn't think a share buyback will necessarily do the trick.
Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), Chevron (CVX) And Exxon Mobil (XOM) Have Had Little Success With Shale Gas In Eastern Europe
As efforts to harvest shale gas in Lithuania, Poland and the Ukraine falter, Russia remains the region's largest producer.
Vietnam May Seek Death Penalty For Pair Of Alleged Financial Fraudsters
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.
Ecuadorian Court Reduces Chevron Corporation's (CVX) Fine For Allegedly Polluting The Amazon Rainforest To $9.5 Billion
Because Chevron no longer operates in Ecuador, it's unlikely it will ever pay the fine.
Russian Lawmaker Wants To Ban U.S. Dollar From Russian Banks
It is unclear whether a bill that would ban dollars in Russia has enough legislative support to become a law.
Wampanoag Tribe Of Aquinnah Says It Has Federal Approval To Build A Casino On Martha's Vineyard; State Of Massachusetts Disagrees
Despite protests from the state, the Wampanoag Tribe is already moving ahead with plans to convert an unfinished community center into a temporary casino.
PepsiCo (PEP) Plans To Invest $5.5 Billion In India By 2020, Expansion in Rural Areas Seen As Key
PepsiCo, which controls about 15 percent of India's cola drink market, aims to expand further into rural India.
Federal Judge Orders Closure Of ITS Financial, LLC, Fourth-Largest Tax Prep Business In U.S.
ITS Financial charged customers thousands of dollars in bogus fees and encouraged franchisees to lie to the IRS.
Global Aviation Holdings, Top Charter Air Service For US Military, Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection For Second Time In Two Years
The big airline aims to continue operating while a Delaware court assesses its request for protection from creditors.