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Teva Pharmaceutical, Strayer Education and Pegasystems are fast-growing companies with 'buy' ratings from TheStreet.com.

Despite record low rates, certificates of deposit remain a popular option for investors wanting a safe place to store their cash as looming market volatility has people weary of any risk.

THERE is growing support from Welsh executives for the introduction of more road tolls as a way of reducing congestion, according to research published today. The transport survey by the Institute of...

I thought that I would never hear about a URL shortening service calling it quits, but that changes. Nambu Networks has announced that it will put tr.im in the coffin. The blog post states that the service has been shut down due to the reason that Twitter has chosen bit.ly as its default URL shortner. That sounds pretty justified, a bit sad though as tr.im was pretty popular on Twitter. However Nambu states that it could not meet the growing cost of maintaining and running the networks it required for the redirects and URL creation each day (you can guess how much load could this mean). The decision is effective immediately, however all the links that have been shortened so far will continue to function till December 31, 2009. Tags: dead, tr.im, url shortener Related posts Yahoo! Gallery follows Geocities and Yahoo! 360, shutting down on July 14 (0) Yahoo chokes itself once again, shuts down Bix (0) Vidoop breaths its last, employees get computers as memorials (0) Totlol: Th

By Stuart Fagg, ninemsn Money Australian house prices are overvalued by around 20 percent and the size of the average mortgage has reached an all time high, fuelling fears of a property bubble. In its...

Venezuelan Leader says Plan to Boost U.S. Troop Presence in Neighboring Colombia is a Growing 'Threat'

LONDON (Reuters) - House prices are likely to fall just 3 percent more over the rest of 2009 before growing by 2 percent in 2010, the Centre for Economics and Business Research said on Monday.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the U.S. will increase troop levels in Afghan population centers in response to the Taliban's growing momentum. Gen. McChrystal warned U.S. casualties will remain high.

News at a Glance Futures Sag: Traders turn cold after Friday's rally. Rate Talks: Fed to release policy statement Wed. Digital Deal: Publicis to buy Razorfish from MSFT for $530 mln. Results Due: Allied Capital, Dish Network, Dynegy to report. The Lowdown Friday's rally may have fizzled out already. Stock futures were lower Monday as traders grew cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's next decision on interest rates. Shortly before 7 a.m., Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures traded below fair value. The Federal Open Market Committee, the arm of the Fed that rules on monetary policy, is scheduled to meet Tuesday and Wednesday to hand down its statement on the federal funds rate. Most analysts and economists expect the Fed to stand pat this week, but some say the better-than-expected employment data that led to Friday's rally may provide support for an increase soon. Traders will be listening for hints of a rate hike down the road. In company news, Publicis (PUBLF) said Sunday that it

Takeovers among miners have surged recently, as companies close on deals with exploration and development firms that are struggling to survive as independent entities.