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The California Public Employees' Retirement System is poised to raise overall health premiums an average of 3 percent in 2014.

Japan's SoftBank Corp cleared a major hurdle in its attempt to buy U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel Corp, as rival bidder Dish Network Corp declined to make a new offer after SoftBank sweetened its own bid last week.

Starbucks wants coffee fans to think of it as a spot to grab lunch or late afternoon bite - not just a place to get a cup of morning joe.

SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Last week I joked that the Final Four was coming to Omaha. On Monday, the Final Four came to Omaha.

Investors accustomed to late market volatility at the end of the quarter should expect an extra jolt on June 28, when billions of dollars in stock trades will be executed in less than two seconds.

Royalty Pharma has let its latest takeover bid for Irish drugmaker Elan lapse as it decided against pressing ahead with a court challenge of a requirement that it withdraw the offer.

On top of a bullish note from Goldman Sachs, the country has been busy receiving the king of social media, Mark Zuckerberg, who has promised to help out with its president's vision for a "creative economy".

They currently have a $135.00 price target on the stock. Jefferies Group's target price suggests a potential upside of 11.37% from the stock's previous close.

Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer for Clearwire Corp, on the eve of a key deadline in a takeover battle that also includes Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. The lawsuit filed on Monday in Delaware Chancery Court accuses Dish of trying to "fool" and "coerce" Clearwire shareholders into ... (more)

Taxpayers may wind up covering for MediaWorks because of an unusual restructuring deal that appears to free the company from a possible $22 million obligation to the Inland Revenue Department.

They currently have a $17.00 price target on the stock. had its outperform rating reaffirmed by analysts at RBC Capital.

To bolster its ability to haul freight, including crude oil, Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway Co.

's stock had its "hold" rating restated by equities researchers at Jefferies Group in a research report issued on Monday, Stock Ratings Network reports.

As a growing number of foreign investment banks lower their outlooks for China's economy and several of its industries, local investors should look carefully at the intentions behind these downgrades before blindly using them to direct their own investment moves.

Curious about George Soros' best quotes? A Hungarian-born American businessman, a successful investor and a philanthropist, George Soros is one of the most well-known economic minds in the world.

Oregon State catcher Jake Rodriguez can't hold on to the baseball as Mississippi State's Hunter Renfroe slides safely into home plate on Wes Rea's two-run double in the top of the eighth inning Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha.

Goldman Sachs plans to announce this week that it will finance an early education program in Utah - and it expects to make money on the venture.

The decade-long conservative campaign for lower taxes and limited government has hit a wall of public outrage over the unfairness of the American tax system.

Even the Wall Street Journal's recent profile of Tracy Britt, Warren Buffett's financial assistant, doesn't answer the question many people would ask if they got the chance: Will she be Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s next CEO? Britt's duties include researching potential acquisitions and serving as nonexecutive chairwoman of four Berkshire subsidiaries: ... (more)