Small business owners say they're not yet feeling the effects of an improving economy, and most aren't rushing to hire, or seeking funds to invest in their businesses.

Stars ranging from royalty to Playboy playmates have pitched for the weight-loss company over the years. See some of the most memorable Weight Watchers celebrity spokespeople.

When Marcia Connelley and Terri Paradise, friends and colleagues at the Chicago office of payroll services company Paychex, first discussed starting a business together, the idea seemed like just a fantasy.

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High stress and long hours led these entrepreneurs to pack on the weight.

Between ballooning student loans, credit cards and money owed to family members, graduates of the class of 2013 are facing an average $35,200 in debt, a Fidelity survey found.

From a restaurant owner who hid cash receipts in "seasoned octopus" boxes to a self-proclaimed governor of Alabama who buried gold coins in his yard, here are some of the wildest tax fraud investigations the IRS has undertaken in the past year.

In order to get in on hot housing markets, amateur investors are buying up homes and taking risky measures -- like tapping their retirement accounts -- to fund the deals.

Money magazine's Best Deals on Everything: Your guide to the latest bargains in videocams, tablets, flat-screen TVs and more.

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Yahoo is formally buying Tumblr, but it's really buying Tumblr's leader.

Young people have many romantic notions about their first jobs. Perhaps the most poignant misconception is that employers will invest time in developing their skills.

It's time for the Web 1.0 icon to put down its credit card and get back to work.

The most important ingredients of business change are hard to understand, difficult to put into effect, and often underestimated.

Life Flight team members Joshua Sparks and Ed Shoemaker discuss what it's like to provide emergency medicine on a helicopter.

Precious metals have always been a solid investment choice, especially in times of economic uncertainty.

Agnico-Eagle has wrapped up its takeover of mining company Urastar Gold.

On May 18, Zacks Investment Research upgraded ProAssurance Corporation to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

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Investors seem content now to keep bidding up stocks, but Jeff Kleintop of LPL Financial says Wall Street will arrive at a "key decision point" this Wednesday, when Fed chief Ben Bernanke speaks.

Chuck Jaffe: Facebook IPO shows that mutual fund investors shouldn’t focus on big names.

These 5 cutting-edge technology innovations should scare the Google Glass out of you. Unless they don’t.

Conventional wisdom says homeowners should pay off their home loans before retirement. But for some affluent seniors, a mortgage may be a better financial decision.

There are a few things every new college graduate should learn about their finances. Adam Levin of IDentity Theft 911 tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell the time to take stock is right now.

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Investors have been dumping bonds lately, but a little-known technical indicator suggests that may not last for long.

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Investors welcomed a pair of corporate mergers Monday, but stocks were only modestly higher as investors await comments from Federal Reserve officials later in the week.

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JPMorgan's annual meeting in Tampa Tuesday could turn into the Jamie Dimon show, but shareholders want more.

Danone has struck two deals with the China Mengniu Dairy Company in a bid to take advantage of surging demand for internationally-branded milk and yogurt.

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Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney was unexpectedly appointed as the next head of the Bank of England, succeeding Mervyn King

Ottawa announced Monday that Canadians can contribute a total of $5,500 a year to their Tax Free Savings Accounts starting in 2013

The real estate industry has ramped up its attack on rules making it harder to borrow, but its challengers face a big obstacle — mortgage restrictions are working exactly the way the government wants them to

The big picture will come Tuesday, when the OECD provides its latest reading on the global economy — and where Canada stands in the mix

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