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Only a small percentage of shark species are considered dangerous to humans. In fact, more people die from bees, wasps, and snakes each year than sharks, according to the International Shark Attack file. But run-ins betw...

An American tourist was killed outside a Thai karaoke bar after he refused to sing "Hotel California" by The Eagles, USA Today's Michael Winter reported (via WFMU). Bobby Ray Carter Jr., 51, was intoxicated when he asked...

A New York jury finds former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre liable for fraud in a complex mortgage deal that cost investors $1bn.

Ariel Castro stood in court Thursday during his sentencing hearing and insisted that he's not a violent predator and that the sex his three victims were subjected to over the course of their decade-long imprisonment was ...

Workers at a Wisconsin meat processing plant must be paid for time spent putting on and taking off protective clothing, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

Sector's woes likely to persist as a weak rupee makes foreign currency loans and raw material imports expensive

China is slowing significantly as its policymakers try to rebalance the economy as one driven by consumption rather than exports. This is taking a toll on its manufacturing sector. Earlier today, the HSBC PMI survey conf...

Daniel Chong, a 25-year old UC San Diego student, settled his suit against the DEA for $4.1M. He was jailed and left unmonitored in a cell for five days. Chong and eight others were detained April 21, 2012 after DEA agen...

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Deutsche Bank's Joe LaVorgna is the most optimistic toward Friday's jobs report of the 92 economists surveyed by Bloomberg: he predicts 225,000 nonfarm payrolls were created in July, compared with the consensus estimate ...

Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye has agreed to let Urban Outfitters sell t-shirts with its band name. Urban Outfitters' $28 shirt featuring the hardcore punk band had initially caused controversy because people believe ...

Getting your caffeine fix in North Korea can be quite a challenge. A tasteless cup of instant coffee is usually provided with hotel breakfasts, and a cup of instant can be mixed up for a Euro at the various rest stops an...

Amanda Seyfried was joined by her dog, Finn, while appearing on Wednesday's "Late Show" with David Letterman. But Finn is no ordinary canine. You see, this dog can balance a hamburger on his head. Letterman didn't believ...

Mylan Inc.'s second-quarter earnings jumped 28 percent, as a drop in expenses helped the generic drugmaker counter sluggish revenue growth.

First-half profits stand at £529m as shrinking defence budgets and continued challenging conditions US government spending cuts contributed to an 8% decline in first-half profits at BAE Systems but the British defence g...

For a single user to get this package, the price is $20, so giving the app to a whole work group for $10 more is kind of crazy, but good-crazy, like NeNe Leakes or something.

Whether you catch or miss the season opener of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" on Aug. 7 you'll be way behind the real-life story.

The S&P 500 - America's benchmark index - has hit a new record high. But investors shouldn't get complacent. The post The shaky stockmarket summer rally was first published on MoneyWeek.

NRIs not planning to come back anytime soon should treat India as any other market

U.S. crude-oil prices rise, with the commodity coming off its best monthly gain in nearly a year after upbeat economic reports aid the outlook for energy demand.

Faster economic growth in the U.S. and tightening crude supplies helped push up oil prices Thursday.

China's government is promising more market-oriented reforms to make the economy more productive as two new manufacturing surveys suggest a slowdown in growth might be deepening.