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You’ve heard of peak oil theory and have a vague idea of what it is, and you know much of the world economy runs on oil, but how specific is your knowledge?  If you invest in individual oil stocks/trusts...

Where would you go in the event of a catastrophe? For $50,000, one man says he will guarantee your family's security in the event of a nuclear blast, tsunami, earthquake or other disaster. "That whole upper...

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- So Congress enacts financial reforms. Big deal. Wall Street must be drunk on Dom Perignon, celebrating the huge paid-offs from their successful $400 million investment...

Scientists have known for decades that probiotics can boost your health. That is why so many yogurt manufactures are now touting the different bacterial strains in their products right on the packaging....

NEW DELHI (AP) - For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island's gone....

You may have heard about them: Off-the-gridders living in radical opposition to modern amenities by growing their own food and cutting themselves off from the rest of society. Not so. Sure, more people are...