A tough growing environment in Africa has led some cocoa farmers to drop their crops -- spurring predictions of a world shortage.
Individual stocks are getting annihilated in computerized-trading errors. A sign of future disasters?
The list of potential buyers keeps growing, according to news reports.
Nearly half of those surveyed are optimistic about the stock market.
The tech-savvy retailer goes back to basics by buying a company specializing in soap and diapers.
New rivals have the coupon website desperate to raise money at a steep valuation.
The company wants its workers to use its own smart phone instead.
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