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LOS ANGELES -- Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy brought "The Heat" against Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx at the box office. The Fox action-comedy starring...

Citi recently declared electronic cigarettes to be one of the 10 disruptive technologies that are changing the world. Murray Kessler, CEO of Lorillard Tobacco was on the New York Stock Exchange floor on Friday. CNBC's Ca...

The former star financier could be forced to draft in heavy hitters for an appeal against a fine for market abuse There was a time when Ian Hannam was considered something of a City celebrity as the most sucked up to cor...

Holidaymakers should not be lulled into a false sense of security by new data roaming limits - outside the EU charges are hefty Holidaymakers using their mobile phones in the European Union no longer need to fear sky-hig...

Companies from China to Mexico are buying up a piece of Americana. They're not stopping there. A look at some of the emerging nation firms running some of the biggest brands in business.

Opponents of gay marriage petitioned the Supreme Court on Saturday to immediately reinstate a 5-year-old ban on same-sex matrimony in California, saying a federal appeals court had acted prematurely in removing the prohi...

More records broke Saturday as a heat wave kept its grips on California and the West.

One of the world's most efficient and high-tech steel mills sits in a remote corner of Hertford County on the banks of the Chowan River, surrounded by pine forests, cotton...

The second half of the first day of FitBloggin' included the perfect balance of conference sessions and time outside in Portland. After the cardio dance and Zumba workouts in the morning, a bunch of us headed up to our r...

NEW DELHI -- In India, there's no sex without marriage -- literally, according to a new court ruling. "Any couple who choose to consummate their sexual cravings, then that act becomes a total commitment with adherence to...

ZURICH

Turning 'Mad Men' into Sally Draper's story could see the show through another generation.

The Guardian released another shocking NSA scoop on Saturday, revealing collusion and mass harvesting of personal communications among the United States and at least six European Union countries -- only to delete it from...

The student who hates mornings, who won't sign up for an 8 a.m. class, may well be forging a career path and forecasting long-term job performance.

Stillman & Friedman, a New York firm that has represented some big clients, is combining with Ballard Spahr, an old-line Philadelphia firm.

Swiss investment bank UBS has been appointed by the organisers of the planned New York Grand Prix in a bid to secure $100m (£65.7m) of funding to enable the race to go ahead in 2014. The 3.2-mile track is on public road...

A growing number of American workers are confronting a frustrating predicament on payday: to get their wages, they must first pay a fee....

NAGOYA, Japan

Starting Monday, thousands of small businesses in North Carolina will be required to use an Internet-based system to verify that new hires are eligible to work in the U.S.

(Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County on Sunday filed a negotiated restructuring plan to wind up America's largest municipal bankruptcy and lock in losses of as much as 70 cents on the dollar for JPMorgan Chase and othe...

Everyone knows that sitting at your desk all day is not good for your health. In fact, researchers coined the term "sitting disease" to describe the many ailments that can result from the common workplace custom. So in a...