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Money has many uses, of course, and its share of abuses. It’s up to us to know the difference. ...

Investors Thursday focused on a heavy dose of mixed economic data. With the long Memorial Day Holiday ahead, bulls were working on a "stick save" for the week, writes Dave Fry. ...

The middle class may have more difficulty buying homes this year. ...

Fido can now stay in a McMansion or a penthouse loft — for less than you’d normally pay to board him. Here are four alternatives to a traditional kennel. ...

Small businesses and entrepreneurs are outmatched by larger rivals, writes Rex Nutting. ...

Stock futures weren’t busting out on the upside after strong gains from Wall Street, but some inspiration was seen from upbeat Chinese data. Readings on home sales and jobless claims loom. ...

Once jobs come back, Americans will start buying homes again, writes Tim Mullaney. ...

Money can be made from videos that go viral or from 15 minutes of Internet fame. But not everyone can have a moment like the family who owns Tara the Hero Cat, the cat that saved a four-year-old boy from a more serious dog mauling. ...

European stock markets struggle for direction on Thursday after preliminary euro-zone PMI confirm business activity in the region continued to grow in May, while tensions heighten in Ukraine ...

Arends: The money-manager herd started the year bullish on Japan, bearish on bonds. Guess what happened next? ...

They may have been getting degrees from an elite private college, but that didn’t seem to help NYU graduates identify their commencement speaker: Janet Yellen. ...

Retailer to close about 80 stores this year and is still mulling sale of auto center business. ...

Going by the consumer confidence figures, and GDP per capita, Australia’s economy is not holding up well at all. Who job is it to ring the bell on a recession ?...

The difference between a functioning economy and one that has been tricked up by central banks is that in a normal economy , businesses borrow money when they need it....

New rules would oblige carriers and travel agents to disclose optional fees. ...

Chinese online retailer JD.com’s initial public offering priced above expectations Wednesday, even as investors continue to nurse their wounds from a selloff in high-octane technology stocks. ...

Hewlett-Packard reports results on Thursday, with analysts anticipating some signs of a turnaround. ...

In a December letter to the SEC, which was disclosed Tuesday, Google says it can imagine serving ads and other content on “refrigerators, car dashboards, thermostats, glasses, and watches, to name just a few possibilities.” ...

Shares of Salesforce and eBay slip, but tech stocks are mostly higher with gains from Google, Netflix and Cisco. ...

U.S. stocks rebounds on Wednesday from the previous day’s losses and ended the session with solid gains, led by advances in consumer discretionary and energy sector stocks. ...