Getting kicked down stairs at a small home-improvement company made Kenneth Langone rich and has saved millions of do-it-yourselfers big bucks.In 1978, the legendary investor got into a tiff with the

I don’t know where you’ll be this weekend, but you’ll find me on the soccer field. My oldest has a big tournament. Four games in all, and I can’t wait. Details to follow on Mo

"For starting pitchers we have two Dominicans, one Italian, one Mexican and one Japanese. In the bullpen we have a Venezuelan, a Mexican, a guy from the United States and a guy from St. Loui

The sun never sets on the company that added “Miller time” to its worldwide beer lineup. That’s not deft marketing from Milwaukee, but the inexorable force of globalization. Mi

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The hot ticket in New York on Sunday wasn’t for the game between the Knicks and Nets. Instead, people vied for entry to the highly anticipated foreclosure sale at the Jacob K. Javits Convention

Over the past couple of years, Linens ‘n Things lost countless customers to Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), struggled to adapt to a changing marketplace, and finally went private following a $1.3

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Hurricanes Ike and Gustav blew through a weakening economy, sending new claims for unemployment benefits to a 7-year high.The US Labor Department says new requests for unemployment benefits for the w