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CycleBar, an indoor cycling company, uses technology and forms of entertainment to enhance the fitness classes it offers to customers.

Evidence continues to mount that the Silicon Valley startup’s breakthrough technology and $9 billion valuation are overhyped.

The recently-enacted 2016 budget act took away some popular Social Security claiming strategies but it gave seniors a reprieve from as much as a 50% increase in their Medicare Part B premiums next year.

No fist fights over the last Christmas beef tenderloin at the grocery store this year: Cattle prices are going lower as frozen inventories hit records.

To be entitled to a retirement benefit, soldiers have to meet the same minimum requirements as civilian workers: They must have earned at least 40 Social Security “credits” and be at least age 62. Spousal and family benefits also apply.

Snapology uses building blocks (like LEGOs) and technology to combine play with education, for kids one to 14 years of age.

In a fender bender? Don't fret, a new technology is revolutionizing how scrap yards, dealerships and auto body repair shops across the country are finding parts quickly and cheaply.  

Faithbox is a company that delivers Christian products through a subscription box service.

Apple Watch is expected to be a hot gift this holiday season, but that doesn’t mean it’s a smart idea – you may end up with buyer’s remorse.  

After more than a month of working with congressional staffers, Social Security has issued guidance on the strategies that married couples can use when filing for retirement benefits. Changes aimed at closing so-called “unintentional Social Security loopholes” were included in the Bipartisan Budget Act passed in early November.

Critics of The Daily Show host miss the big picture on waste in Afghanistan.

FOX Business has obtained a federal audit of Premera Blue Cross’s cybersecurity in which the federal government warned Premera that it was at risk of a cyber attack on April 17, 2014, weeks before the health insurer was hacked. Premera’s cyber attack occurred on May 5, 2014 but was discovered in late January of this year.

Public Citizen sent a letter to the drug promotion overseer at the Food and Drug Administration urging it to pull ads for five Type 2 diabetes drugs because it claims the ads promote benefits that have not been approved by the agency.

Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch brokerage unit is said to have awarded a possible record-breaking hiring bonus to a team of financial advisers that has some industry experts questioning whether the move will end up costing the firm money in the long run, FBN has learned.

Cigarette stocks will face new pressure from the government’s vivid anti-smoking campaign set to debut March 30.

Perhaps the FOMC’s dovish policy decision and subsequent market reaction is symptomatic of yet another half-baked preoccupation bearing glaring comparisons to the many deflationary risks we’ve been force-fed since early fall. 

Despite this morning’s BLS report winding up slightly opposite of the street undertones, it wound up being perceived as sturdy enough to dust off conversations of perhaps a rate hike in June.

Whether manifested through monetary policy or economic growth trajectory, central bank divergence can lead to unexpected and occasionally unwelcome investment outcomes, particularly over short periods.

Make no mistake about it, the risks in Europe are many and, in some cases worse than ever. 

The inequality gap is growing and governments must step up and spend more to help less fortunate.