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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's top parties will tackle eviction law reform on Monday after a homeowner's suicide provoked public fury and accusations that politicians and banks are complicit in de facto "murder".

Stocks gained modestly on bargain hunting following last week's post election slide. One of those apparent bargains was BB&T (BBT), which was upgraded by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. The analyst said a 15% pullback in ...

Hostess Brands Inc. is permanently closing three bakeries following a nationwide strike by its bakers union. The maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread...

Multinational companies are paying little or no tax on their earnings in Britain, angry lawmakers charged Monday at an unusual hearing involving Starbucks, Google and Amazon.

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's U.S. employees will pay between 8 and 36 percent more in premiums for its medical coverage in 2013, prompting some of the 1.4 million workers at the nation's largest private employer to ...

The venerable beverage company is repositioning its Web site as a consumer magazine called Coca-Cola Journey.

Democrats view tax reform as starting from Clinton-era tax rates in 2013 on the upper-income and lowering tax rates back to Bush-era rates from 2012, in exchange for limiting deductions. In their view, that does not viol...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Monday that its board agreed to pay distributions of $8.5 billion to its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc .

Originating in 16th century England, the "T.I.P." was designed "to insure promptitude" in service. Tipping is now a deeply entrenched custom in America and tipping...

Video-streaming service Roku has rolled out a national ad campaign specifically calling out losing presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The maker of TV set-top boxes spent...

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No matter what your politics, from coast to coast the country is breathing a sigh of relief that the 2012 election season is finally behind us.  Already, quite a bit has been written about what marketers can learn fro...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Eastern Montana residents will weigh in this week on a proposed 83-mile coal railroad with the potential to usher in a...

In 1539, Copernicus overturned more than a thousand years of doctrine that the sun revolves around the earth with his theory that the earth is one of a number of planets revolving around the sun. No amount of tweaking th...

British regulators are looking into allegations that some of the country's biggest utilities have manipulated the U.K. physical natural gas markets.

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By Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer: Though they are one of the most beloved animal species on Earth, pandas aren't safe from the devastating effects...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For former Williams-Sonoma finance chief Sharon McCollam, coming out of retirement to take the same job at struggling retailer Best Buy was not a tough decision.

If implemented on a grade scale, could have a real impact on unemployment and the skills gap in the United States -- technology training and certification prepares students to succeed in today's workforce.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext on Monday suspended trading in over 200 stocks on the New York Stock Exchange due to a technical problem with a server, though the stocks in question were still trading actively on othe...