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Nevada has vanquished its foes in the hunt for Tesla's multi-billion dollar "Gigafactory" battery plant.    "It's a great day in Nevada, and it's a great day for Nevada," said Governor Brian Sandoval at a press conference to announce the facility.    The deal was announced Thursday after months of

Protesters demonstrate outside a McDonald's in Chicago. Hundreds of workers from McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's and other fast-food chains were expected to walk off their jobs Thursday to push the companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, according to labor organizers. M. Spencer

  In the business of wealth management, where assessing risks and measuring outcome probabilities are so vital for success, even shifting the goalposts a little bit is no trivial endeavour. Let me emphasize from the outset that what I’m about to lay out before you is more a stream of consciousness

The sun rises to the east of the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, July 31, 2013. A majority of Wall Street's top bond firms see the Federal Reserve starting to raise interest rates by the second quarter of next year, showing slightly more aggressive expectations compared with a month

Family Dollar Stores said on Friday that its board of directors could not accept Dollar General’s $9.1 billion offer because of antitrust concerns as the dollar store  war continued. Dollar General had recently increased its bid for Family Dollar, offering $80 a share in cash, up from $78.50 a