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World's largest fast-food chain launches its own TV channel.

Twitter has always grown up in the shadow of Facebook (FB).

I miss ?white noise? markets of the early-to-late-sixties.  White noise is a random signal in continuous time.  Studies show improvement in cognitive functions and mood levels for students with attention defici...

Analysts had expected the delivery firm to enjoy a sales bonanza as Britons stayed home to watch the games on TVDomino's Pizza has become the latest company to report disappointing sales during the Olympics.Analysts had ...

Frankenstein, unfortunately, is the dominant myth of our era. It follows this pattern: a mad scientist invents a robot, AI, drug, mutant, new dinosaur, financial asset class—mortgage-backed securities!—and ...

Staff dust down everything from tiny figures to huge models at Legoland in Windsor, Berkshire, during the attraction's annual two-day clean-up

Your best customers and biggest fans could be your biggest marketing advantage – if you know how to use them. In the age of social media, your customers and fans can be more valuable than ever, and can provide you...

Dunkin' Donuts says it will start using cage-free eggs in its breakfast sandwiches and eliminate "gestation crates" from its pork supply chain.

A Brazilian judge ordered the arrest of Fabio Jose Silva Coelho of Google after Google failed to remove YouTube videos attacking a mayoral candidate.

Stock market dips, pullbacks, corrections, or whatever term you want to use to describe a market in retreat, can occur at any time.

A former Goldman Sachs programmer who faces new charges of stealing computer code is demanding that the investment bank cover his mounting legal fees.

California legalizes driverless cars. | Meg Whitman bets on old and new businesses to revive Hewlett-Packard. | Centrifuges, blowtorches and liquid nitrogen invade the kitchen.

European parliament committee has voted unanimously to introduce sweeping reforms of securities marketsCurbs on firms that trade shares faster than the blink of an eye moved a step nearer in the EU on Wednesday when a co...

JJB Sports is close to making a deal which could see thousands of staff facing an uncertain future.

This is a pan-southern-European pushback against austerity happening while the package is still being negotiatedIn all the dozens of summits and meetings held over the past couple of years about how to keep the euro show...

Group pledging retaliation for controversial online video claims it has targeted several US banksUS banking company Wells Fargo is believed to have become the latest victim of a cyber-attack launched by a group pledging ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former senior Credit Suisse trader was arrested in London on Wednesday in a fraud case tied to the valuations of subprime mortgage bonds, marking a win for U.S. prosecutors who have been awaiting h...

Humans are not the only creations that age. A handful of both distinguished and lesser-known creations of mid-century modernism turn 50 this year (Virginia's Dulles Airport, Des Moines' American Federal Building, L....

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators are set to suspend indefinitely an antitrust investigation into credit default swaps deals offered by clearing house ICE Clear Europe to nine banks, due to the lack of evidence, a Europ...

BY RON GLUCKMAN

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dean Foods Co confirmed on Wednesday that it is weighing a sale of its Morningstar division in what could lead to a break-up of the largest dairy company in the United States.

Shares of Francesca's Holdings Corporation (FRAN - Snapshot Report) hit a 52-week high of $37.09 on September 4, but shares subsequently cratered more than 20% to $28. A mild bounce has brought them back closer to $30.