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Fox News (parent company, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA)) confirmed it dropped their long-time motto, “Fair and Honest,” on June 14, according to the New York Times (parent company, New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT)). It is the latest in a series of mainstream media rebranding...

Nowadays, there’s an app for almost everything. Ahead of Election Day Tuesday, Benzinga would like to share a list of six tech tools to check out in order to make a more informed decision. Settle It PolitiFact’s Settle It allows you to fact-check candidates and the media’s...

Famed economist John Maynard Keynes predicted nearly 100 years ago that at some point in the future, the economy would be so productive to the point where people will simply work less hours. Keynes, in an essay titled "Economic Prospects for our Grandchildren," also suggested a...

Saudi Arabia's reliance on the oil industry may come to an end, thanks to a new project dubbed "Vision 2030." Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is being tasked with diversifying the country's economy and ridding its "addiction to oil." As...

The rapid decline of the newspaper business over the past couple of decades was a major hit to the media world, but there are new and powerful forms of media that have gained an immense amount of traction on the digital frontier. Websites like Buzzfeed and Gawker are embracing wit, snark and...

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim made news last month when he suggested implementation of a three-day workweek. Slim reiterated his three-day workweek proposal in Houston Monday saying the downside -– longer work hours and delaying retirement until the age of 70 to 75 -- would be more than...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos announced after the close Monday that he is set to purchase the print newspaper business of the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) for $250 million in cash. The move is just the latest round of sales in the print news industry as sales and profits have...

The fact that Congress failed to act on student loan rates does not mean the world is ending. Nor does it mean you will now go bankrupt or have to sell all your worldly possessions in order to pay back the money you borrowed for college. In fact, if you already have a student loan, your...

Only second to water, tea is quickly becoming one of the world’s most consumed beverages. The research surrounding tea and its health benefits has boosted its popularity, according to The Wasthington Post Tea has been studied for decades to discover its many health benefits, but it’s hard to...

The Cleveland Plain Dealer said Thursday that it plans to trim home delivery to three days a week, starting this summer. As part of the move the paper announced it would cut more than a third of its staff of over 160 people. Unlike other papers in the privately owned Advance Publications group...

As the number of gas/electric hybrid and fully-electric vehicles continues to expand, more and more consumers are taking advantage of the U.S. government's available $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of these new cars. But long term, questions are surrounding the effectiveness of the credit on...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) posted a narrower second quarter loss this year than it did in 2011. Sears has cut expenses and reduced inventories in an attempt to turn the company highly profitable once again. Merchandise inventories fell to $8.7 billion from $9.3 billion in the second quarter....