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As all successful social entrepreneurs will tell you, balancing commercial and social strategies is essential "If you're not making money, that's a nice hobby you've got there!" Blunt commercial advice from a blunt comme...

BP sells its 50% stake in TNK-BP to Russian state-controlled energy giant Rosneft in return for cash and shares.

Monster Beverage shares lost more than 15% this afternoon, after a news report that five people may have died recently drinking the company's caffeine-laden energy drink.

German industrial group to concentrate renewable energy business on wind and hydroelectric power German industrial group Siemens is pulling out of its loss-making solar power business, in the latest sign of difficulties ...

Ball (BLL) reports its third quarter earnings on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

If you had watched the recent presidential debates or the Republican and Democratic conventions, you might have gotten the impression that the practices of Wall Street that led to the worst financial crisis since the Gre...

Canada blocks a 5.18bn Canadian dollar ($5.2bn; £3.3bn) takeover bid from Malaysia's Petronas, saying it would not benefit the country.

Figuring out the Internet is critical for all media companies, but Disney’s future in particular depends on a winning strategy.

Mars, Hershey, Just Born — and even noncandy brands like Jell-O — are honing their efforts to tie their products to Halloween.

First set of results under new chief executive beat analysts' expectations as Mayer says Yahoo's future is 'incredibly bright' Yahoo beat analysts' expectations on Monday as it posted its first set of results under Maris...

Bain Capital appears to have benefited from a provision in the U.S. tax code that grants companies tax breaks for costs associated with offshoring American...

Treasury mandarin tells MPs emergency measure likely to have helped economy but admits full impact is unknown The Treasury's most senior civil servant has told a committee of MPs that pumping hundreds of billions of poun...

For over forty years Kiton has been a timeless inspiration within the men’s luxury tailored clothing business with its fine tailored suits, shirts and ties.  Now, for the first time in its illustrious history,�...

U.S. appetite for Chinese stocks has grown immensely, but like in any hot market there have been hiccups.

With negative sentiment toward China reaching an extreme in recent months, patient investors have been rewarded with recent news of improving data from the Asian giant.

California family sues beverage maker over death 14-year-old girl who died after drinking two cans in 24 hours in 2011 The US Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it was investigating reports of five deaths t...

Yahoo posts a 2% rise in revenues for its first three months under the leadership of chief executive Marissa Mayer.

SRO legislation on top of the list but little action expected until '13

Family history website has been bought in a private equity-backed deal that will make multimillionaires of two of its bosses The world's biggest family history website has been bought for $1.6bn (£1bn) in a private eq...

When support green job training programs, we're not just investing in America's women. We're investing in their kids, their partners, their parents, and their neighbors. We're building a stronger, more resilient, healthi...

Promising asset classes include fisheries, vineyards and the movie business

Some 250,000 student veterans are being forced to pay $10,000 for tuition each academic year because many colleges are misclassifying the residency status of those veterans — often for the schools’ own fina...