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Kuwait’s cabinet may have defused a new row with parliament by bowing to calls to scrap a $17 billion deal with Dow Chemical but […]

As the U.S. stock market heads into the last week of the year, what was inconceivable just 12 months ago is now a stark […]

Export-reliant Asian economies showed more signs of weakness on Friday, with Japan’s industrial output diving at a record pace and South Korea warning it […]

How did he fool all those people?
That question comes up every time a new investment con, especially any Ponzi-style scam, is exposed to […]

Japan approved on Saturday an extra 4.79 trillion yen ($54 billion) budget to confront a financial crisis that has toppled banks, wrecked world growth […]

The sickly U.S. labor market showed little sign of improvement last week and continued weakness in the manufacturing sector held out no hope that […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Richards is no kid, but he loves to ride his bike. At 51, he has become a cycling commuter, […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to drop interest rates close to zero on Tuesday, but anticipated remarks on unconventional methods to dispel a […]

Up to 40,000 jobs, 600 branches and an asset or two could go as Lloyds TSB (LLOY.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) aims to […]

Tribune Co has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling under a heavy debt load, according to a court document filed with the […]