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The Su-35 (NATO designation Flanker E), Russia's latest version of the famous super-maneuverable multirole fighter jet has demonstrated its stunning capabilities during the first day of the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bour...

A woman who runs a daycare out of her Ohio home has been charged with child endangerment for allegedly feeding kids pancakes laced with medicine to make them fall asleep. Tammy Eppley, 37, denies the allegations. She tol...

After more than a year of bad press, Carnival Corp. has created a new position: senior vice president of corporate communications.

After a rough year and an even rougher past few weeks, the people who run Lululemon still think there's something to laugh about. Last week, the company posted a "CEO Wanted" ad seeking someone "passionate about doing ch...

Second home hunters looking for an overseas property near a clean, safe beach are spoilt for choice in Turkey, according to Turkish property specialist Spot Blue. Some 383 beaches have been awarded the coveted Blue Flag ...

-- "Anyone who has not made these clumsy forays into DIY taxidermy has probably never wondered where the dead things come from." -- "If bees go extinct, this is what your supermarket will look like." -- "China is pushing...

A tornado touched down this afternoon at Denver International Airport in Colorado. Here's one incredibly ominous photo from the scene, courtesy of Jen Milazzo: Other photos from the scene look just as terrifying: Photo M...

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Asset allocation is the most important decision in constructing portfolios that meet clients' goals. Two prominent figures in the investment world recently offered sharply different perspectives on the most prudent appro...

Billionaire Carlos Slim, age 73, says workers--those in developed economies, anyway--are at their prime in their 60s and there is no reason for them to retire. "When you have an industrial economy like in the past where ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal bank that backed a huge airplane loan for Air India will have to explain that the loan didn't hurt U.S. airlines.

NEW YORK

The internal feud among North Carolina's insurance carriers over the way the state regulates auto insurance rates continues to bubble up in the halls and back rooms of the state...

Tens of thousands of Jersey Shore homeowners are receiving welcome news that they won't have to raise their homes high into the air to comply with new federal floodplain regulations.

The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that the immigration bill currently being debated in the Senate would reduce the federal budget deficit by $875 billion over the first 20 years it becomes law. The CBO said in...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receive...

Black unemployment is still double the national rate, and research has shown that, even when controlled for factors like education and experience, Black job seekers still face hiring discrimination.

The immigration bill under consideration in the Senate would reduce federal deficits by nearly $200 billion over the next decade, and continue generating savings in the years beyond, even after millions of new citizens b...

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. says its new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015.

Facebook announced today that it has 1 million active advertisers. Earlier, Facebook VP of global marketing solutions Carolyn Everson announced at the Cannes Lions ad festival that Facebook essentially wouldn't exist if ...

Although IBM is being tight lipped about about how many jobs it will slash in a round of layoffs that are reportedly happening now, IBM's worker union says that 2,833 workers have been let go so far in the U.S. and Canad...

The world's largest solar boat, MS T ranor PlanetSolar, arrived in New York on Monday during the early phase of a scientific expedition to study the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, a key regulator of climate. The boat...