On the evening of Dec. 31, as in many years past, millions of people around the world will stop what they're doing to watch a 12-foot, 11,875-pound crystal ball slowly descend a New York City flagpole ...

In an experiment, 118 finance-trained young adults traded stocks and bonds using the Wall Street Journal front page news a day in advance, yet most failed to profit. Poor performance stemmed from ...

For the first time in Times Square 'ball drop' history, more than one ball will drop in NYC in a calendar year, here's why.

An Oklahoma City woman has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for using a crystal ball to beat a man to death in Norman. Court records show that 40-year-old Clara Ann ...

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