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CNN is so exceptional with its shows and journalists, so there must be some other reason why Fox News is ahead. Thus writes Jon Friedman in his "Media Web" commentary at MarketWatch.com. Friedman rattles off a whole litany of reasons why CNN is exceptional.

Pimco CEO Manny Roman urges diversification from stocks, thanks to a suddenly target-rich fixed-income market. Also on the table: mortgage-backed securities,...

How a Cleveland family office for an industrial fortune found itself in court over a long-term investment made with a former McKinsey partner.

What’s more, we really could have celebrated July 4th three weeks ago, since June 21 was America’s 235th birthday as the oldest surviving constituted democracy in the world.

Otherwise, the chocolate could have run afoul of Swiss law.

REITs have performed remarkably well when rate-hiking cycles have ended. Check out the two REIT picks within the technology sector.

Letters to the editors of Barron’s about REITs, the federal deficit, weight-loss drugs, recession risks, Rockwell Automation, and more.

The only woman’s name that appears on the Declaration of Independence. National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers. Turn your walls or windows into huge, animated Lite-Brites. The Sol Reader is essentially a Kindle embedded in a pair of glasses. Making “smart paper” with liquid metal. A graphene-based wearable and wireless patch that detects signs of liver inflammation. A design firm’s war against…lawns. The new face of terror: a robotic dog with a flamethrower attach...

CharlieMungersaysChinesestockslookcheap,butyoucan'tinvestlikehedoes...

The professional services giant is seeing unexpected softness is some businesses, including comms, media, and technology.