Kathleen Caulderwood

Despite the difficulties of the government shutdown, small business credit quality is healthy and rising.

Pimco's Total Return Fund lost billions this year thanks to the Federal Reserve's decision to taper bond buying.

European Union, IMF and ECB officials are assessing Greece's budget, which Athens says has a smaller deficit than the Troika expects.

Economist David Levy warned in a recent newsletter that China, Japan and Europe pose a potential risk to a slowly recovering US economy.

The U.S. military is asking academics, engineers and other companies to give the idea their best shot.

U.S. retailers will lose out on about $1 billion in holiday spending, as shoppers plan to spend less on candy.

The cafe giant will likely have strong earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter thanks to worldwide growth and strategic channel moves.

The New York Yankees, now valued at $3.3 billion dollars, are among one of ten major league teams worth more than $1 billion.

With the 2014 premier sports event happening just across the river from Wall Street, almost half of the 29 host sponsors are big banks and financial firms.

Housing is on the rise in Detroit's suburbs, thanks to cheap prices and home buyers looking to invest.

A positive budget report shows more government cuts and tax increases, which means they're on a bumpy but straight path to exiting bail-out.

Amazon warehouse employees across the country are suing for the unpaid hours they spend getting checked for contraband every shift.

Credit Suisse says that while wealth is growing, and mostly in the U.S., many countries have big problems with sharing the wealth.

Apple will launch its iPhone 5s and 5c in dozens of countries by November, due to slowing Chinese demand.

A report shows the predominance of mobile over broadband Internet connection worldwide, and the importance of young, tech-savvy consumers.

America's $100 bill is the world's most widely counterfeited paper money. But that may be about to change.

Delta Air Lines shares have more than doubled this year, and some analysts see more upside potential.

A new report that ranks countries on how good life is for the elderly population shows Honduras and Paraguay among the lowest in the western hemisphere.

Memo to Athens: Focus on strengthening your economy before you focus on paying selling state-owned assets to pay off creditors.

The report indicated a double-digit year-over-year rise in housing prices through August, and September should be even better.

An Alberta college is teaching students how to make, market and sell their own beer -- and yes, they get to drink in class.

Participants at this year's Clinton Global Initiative responded positively to Bono's dig at Big Oil.

A new report from the IMF outlines the untapped potential of a worldwide female labor force that still isn't going to work.

It will apparently take more than one terror attack to scare away foreign equity investors.

Though Starbucks recently discouraged firearms in its locations, other major corporations such as Costco, CVS, Peet's Coffee and Tea, and Wild Wings have had anti-gun policies for a while.

Wharton is now offering free online versions of it's core MBA classes, but the experience isn't quite the same.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has filed a record number of lawsuits this year, thanks to high levels of seizures in 2009 and 2010.

China is encouraging short-selling to help boost the markets, but it is doing so cautiously.

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