Data is the lifeblood of all online marketing. Few people understand that better than Signpost CEO Stuart Wall, a man once knee-deep in the data-driven world of finance. Wall, who'd spent two years crunching numbers at Bain & Co., ditched his unglamorous gig as an analyst to start his own business. He now sits at the helm of the city's hottest advertising startup, Signpost.
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) announced it will sell all of the assets of Hartford Life Private Placement LLC, a subsidiary that provides insurance to high-net-worth customers, to Philadelphia Financial Group Inc. for $117.5 million.
The company will partner with New York-based ProPublica, the Chicago Reporter, Philadelphia-based WHYY Radio and Los Angeles-based KPCC Radio.
The Dodge Dart, which became successful as a compact car in 1976, will be making a comeback in 2013, according to reports.
Bank of America agreed on Tuesday to pay $315 million to settle claims involving mortgage securities issued by Merrill Lynch.
Toll Brothers Inc., the largest U.S. luxury home builder, reported a net income of $15 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ending Oct. 31, or nine cents per diluted share, down from $50.5 million, or 30 cents per share, in 2010.
BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired a former Goldman Sachs banker to join its ultra high net worth family advisory team in Los Angeles, the firm said on Monday.
U.S. home prices fell 1.3 percent in October compared to the previous month, the third consecutive month of declines, according to CoreLogic.
Thin film solar company Miasole is seeking a partner to help support its growth plan, but plans to remain a standalone company for now, its new chief executive said on Monday.
There is a significant chance that the Federal Reserve will embark on a third round of asset purchases to stimulate the U.S. economy, a major bond fund manager said on Tuesday.
When he retired two years ago, David Moskowitz promised himself he'd donate about 10 percent of his fixed income annually to charity. The 63-year-old from Niles, Illinois, had rarely deviated from his list of causes until two events this year made him reevaluate: the rise of Occupy Wall Street and the foreclosure on a neighbor's home after a layoff.
Microsoft is the latest technology giant to storm cable's barricades.
The value of Canadian building permits unexpectedly soared by 11.9 percent in October from September, as strength in the populous province of Ontario helped end three consecutive monthly falls, Statscan data indicated on Tuesday.
The Bank of Canada kept its overnight interest rate at 1 percent on Tuesday, as expected, and gave no suggestion of an impending rate cut even though its view of the European debt crisis has clearly darkened.
Susan Lyne, chairman of Gilt Groupe, Inc. and former president of ABC Entertainment, talked about learning from failure and adjusting to digital realities during TheWrap's third-annual Power Women breakfast Monday morning at the Hotel Bel-Air.
Charter Communications CEO Michael Lovett said the St. Louis-based cable company may be interested in forging an agreement with Verizon Wireless, according to Bloomberg. No other details were released regarding the plan.
The Citigroup Economic Surprise Index (CESIYUSD), a closely watched index that compares economists' expectations for key indicators and actual results, is at a peak. If trends are to be believed, it's three months from a cyclical nadir -- a point that has signaled a stock market correction in the past.
More than 100,000 .XXX domains will go live at 11 a.m. Tuesday, possibly ushering in a new era for adult content.
Apple's revolutionary television set will reportedly come in three different sizes and feature the company's voice recognition software Siri, as well as a faster processor.
People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that Ford is already in the process of reviewing candidates to take over for Mulally, who is expected to leave the company within two years. Mulally took over for chairman Bill Ford Jr. as CEO five years ago after a long stint at Boeing as an engineer and top executive.
Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) is expected to show significant cash flow improvements over the next few years, according to Barclays Capital Markets.
Take a look at the clip and see what Samsung has in store for future smartphones.
Police haven't been able to establish the whereabouts of a man reportedly out on a revenge mission, but according to them, he could be hiding in the woods in the vicinity of New Hampshire-Maine border after scaling a prison razor wire fence on Thursday.
Petroleum major BP has accused Halliburton Energy Services Inc., the U.S. and Dubai-based oilfield services corporation, of intentionally destroying crucial evidence related to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
A strange and winding day for the shares of major U.S. financial companies ended as oddly as it began, as shares of major U.S. banks seemed to brush off bad news on sovereign debt ratings that rattled the wider market and shares of five of the biggest financial institutions traded on the New York Stock Exchange ended the session on a sell imbalance.
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and board members of Second Mile, Jerry Sandusky's charity, partnered to develop a $125 million housing project, suggesting Paterno had close business ties with the group, reported the Daily.
Sun Life Financial (SLF.TO: Quote) is cutting about 90 positions after weak market conditions sent the insurer to its first quarterly loss in two years.
WestJet Airlines Ltd, Canada's No. 2 airline, said on Monday its flights in November were not as full as a year earlier and warned delayed holiday bookings would hold back a revenue benchmark in the current quarter.
About 42 percent of employers plan to set higher annual performance targets for executives in 2012 compared to this year, according to a survey conducted by Pearl Meyer & Partners of 190 organizations including publicly traded and privately held companies, along with non-profits.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and the government of Rwanda announced a partnership at a Monday press conference in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. Under the agreement, Visa will help the government extend access to financial services to local and international consumers throughout the country.
