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Investors don't usually think about their job when designing a portfolio--but they should.

Anderson Silva has long been considered the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter in the world. But last night his cockiness came back to bite him when Chris Weidman knocked him out at UFC 162. Silva was in the middle of taun...

The U.S. urged the government of Venezuela on July 3 to arrest Edward Snowden if he should go there, according to a diplomatic note prepared by the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and obtained by The Guardian. The release of the...

Patrick McAvoy knew his job had some drawbacks. As a contract employee at the University of Maryland-Baltimore, he lacked benefits and long-term stability, but he stayed on as an events...

Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, was rushed to a Nantucket hospital Sunday afternoon, The Boston Globe reports. A source close to the family told the Globe the 74-year-old Heinz Kerry was st...

The 2013 Airline Quality Ratings rank fourteen national airlines according to their on-time performance, customer complaints, mishandled baggage and denied boardings.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal safety official said Sunday the cockpit voice recorder from Asiana Flight 214 showed the jetliner received a warning that it could stall and tried to increase its speed before it crashed.

In the second quarter, bond mutual funds generally posted losses and money flowed out, amid worries the Fed will soon scale back its campaign to keep interest rates low.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Experienced pilots say the challenges of landing at San Francisco International Airport were further complicated by the shutdown of a ground-based instrument landing system and the movement of runway t...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal appeals court is wading into a high-stakes dispute over the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement of claims arising from...

The crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco Saturday highlights how improvements in aviation safety have made it more likely that passengers will survive a crash. The major improvements made since the 1980s ...

The crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco Saturday highlights how improvements in aviation safety have made it more likely that passengers will survive a crash. The major...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco Saturday highlights how improvements in aviation safety have made it more likely that passengers will survive a crash. The major improvements made...

MUMBAI

Passengers in plane crashes today, such as the one in San Francisco involving Asiana Airlines Flight 214, are more likely to survive than in past disasters.

Wal-Mart's India expansion is stalled and Bharti Enterprises, its local partner in an existing wholesale business, is reconsidering its commitment to their joint venture.

HONG KONG/BEIJING

The walk across the field from the Virginia Monument to the stone wall on Cemetery Ridge with 15,000 others was not at all exhausting. It was kind of exhilarating actually. Besides the crowds of people on Cemetery Ridge,...

Along with the convenience and ease of traveling by luxury train in India, it also affords greater safety--especially for women.

The new Vancouver-based startup, dubbed OneGigabit, is offering fiber Internet at speeds of one gigabit per second, which is 60 times faster than the Canadian average.

Microsoft has pulled the plug on its MSN TV service, the company announced on its website and in an email to subscribers.

A look at some notable Apple hires and what they're doing today.