A bitter fight between two of the New York area's wealthiest families is playing out in the modest trappings of a county courthouse more used to seeing low-level drug offenders and alimony cheats. On one side is James Cohen, son of the founder of …

Bitcoin billionaires. Napeansea Road-resident Ankesh Kothari has invested in a China-based firm, ASIC Miner, which uses powerful servers to mine Bitcoins through the day. He hopes that in 10 years, one Bitcoin will be worth $10,000 …

The state recently commissioned a $100,000 study highlighting the wide disparity between how services are delivered by county agencies — affluent counties have more money than they need, and poor counties don't have enough to help veterans.

Economists argue that traditional higher education is like other service industries: because the product entails interaction with highly educated labor in small groups, it is difficult to raise productivity. As wages rise in the rest of the economy …

"I think there's a big misconception a lot of people have — that a full scholarship takes care of everything. In reality, it doesn't," said Monmouth junior Julian Hayes, a leading rusher for the Hawks' football team. … In the meantime, it's a …

Bottom line: The Nissan 370Z Touring and its siblings — the base model, the Nismo coupe and the 370Z convertible — are wonderful toys for a limited demographic audience: mostly young, affluent people relatively free of spousal or other familial …

On Sept. 4, Alex Ovechkin tied up some loose ends, said his goodbyes and boarded a flight out of Moscow, headed west. Behind him was a summer spent shooting commercials, nuzzling with his fiancee and serving as the face of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

By Howard Gold. The clock is ticking on the prospects for a government shutdown and, even worse, a technical default on U.S. obligations — and investors seem almost blasé about it. The Standard & Poor's 500 index (SNC:SPX) is down barely 1% since …

After months of regulatory confusion, the gold-loving country is expected to boost imports next month as the government clears stuck shipments, India's Business Standard reports. In attempt to reduce the country's current account deficit, the Reserve …