Groupon is a spotlight that shines brightly upon well-run businesses, but can expose poorly organized operations. Get your house in order before you run a Groupon and you will reap massive benefits.

LyondellBasell Industries is pushing a 52-week high, and traders are rolling with the name.

J. C. Penney analyst days are always eventful. And Wednesday's analyst day did not disappoint.

J.C. Penney shares have jumped more than 50 percent since bottoming in July, a sign that much of investors’ negative sentiment about the retailer has begun to evaporate, one analyst says.

Your best business plans can go up in smoke if you're not planning now for the 'worst case scenario,' says this blogger.

I like to have a little fun. I’ve created my own stock market trading celebrities. On Wednesday, there's only one trade to make: Lindsay Lohan.

Signs are pointing to a slow rebound in luxury travel, even for businesses. See where hotel properties are expanding.

It may be quiet in stocks and crickets on the deal front this year. But credit markets are roaring as companies vacuum up capital.

The fastest way to build trust is to make promises, then keep them. And the fastest way to destroy trust is to do the opposite.

With the August jump of 7.8 percent from July, Realtors now say they are confident that home sales for all of 2012 will hit their highest level in five years, but they still voice concern over so-called “frictions” in the market.

The Federal Reserve's aggressive easing policies have had plenty of critics, but now there could be a new enemy — Wall Street's high frequency traders.

Does this mean Apple is losing money on the device? Let's look at the numbers

Groupon is taking on established players like American Express, plus successful startups like Square, which Visa backs, along with PayPal and Google, which are also getting into the mobile payments space.

Savient Pharmaceuticals has been taken to the woodshed, but recently it’s turned bullish.

We're not talking about the Persian Gulf. It's the South China Sea where China and Vietnam are on a collision course that could result in higher commodity prices and far worse.

FedEx shares still have room to climb despite the fact that the package-delivery giant slashed its full-year outlook, two analysts said Tuesday.

Retailers continue to look with optimism to the Christmas holiday season ahead, despite warnings in other sectors about a potentially worsening global economy.