American high school students score higher on low-stakes tests and are more willing to answer test questions when they are motivated by cash, according to new economic research. Giving high school-aged students money as a reward for performing well improved scores by roughly 5 percent, according to economists at the …

The Keystone XL pipeline passed a major hurdle on Monday after Nebraska regulators approved the route for the project, which faced opposition from environmentalists and the Obama administration. The approval is also something of a victory for President Donald Trump, who overturned his predecessor’s decision on a pair of controversial …

Source: Amazon Web Services Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services and Infrastructure. Amazon Web Services on Monday introduced cloud service for the CIA and other members of the U.S. intelligence community. The launch of the so-called AWS Secret Region comes six years after AWS introduced GovCloud, its first data …

It’s been hip to be Square this year. Shares of the mobile payment stock have surged 222 percent in 2017, including 13 percent last week alone following the announcement that it would begin testing bitcoin on its app and a big analyst upgrade. Evercore ISI upgraded Square to outperform on …

Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Oakland Raiders looks on during a game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on November 5, 2017 in Miami Gardens, Florida. President Donald Trump says the NFL should suspend Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch. Lynch sat during most of the U.S. anthem …

Eitan Abramovich | AFP | Getty Images Warship captain Gabriel Galeazzi speaks with journalists at Argentina’s Navy base in Mar del Plata, on the Atlantic coast south of Buenos Aires, on November 19, 2017. A storm on Sunday complicated efforts to find an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South …

Scott Mlyn | CNBC A pedestrian passes by a Black Friday discount sign at a Joe Fresh retail store in New York. Do yourself a favor and plan before you hit the stores on Black Friday, or even earlier if you choose to venture out on Thanksgiving. This year, as …

Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Michel Barnier during a news conference after a meeting of EU finance ministers at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The European Union wants to negotiate an ambitious trading partnership with Britain after Brexit, but will only do so once divorce issues …

ChinaFotoPress | Getty Images ‘Pony’ Ma Huateng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tencent Holdings Ltd. Tencent shares hit a record high Monday, bringing its valuation to over $500 billion. The technology firm is the first from China to reach the landmark valuation as it closes in on the likes …

Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Forty-two years after he founded Vanguard and nearly two decades after relinquishing the CEO spot the same year he had a heart transplant, Jack Bogle is still as outspoken as ever. If you are looking for easy answers or reassuring platitudes, do not check in with …