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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...

The letter to Wockhardt suggests ways to get out of the self-created mess

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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Financial author Michael Lewis has a sprawling new piece in Vanity Fair about former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov, who was tried, convicted, and then later acquitted of stealing high-frequency trading propri...

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...

A Nevada brewpub has turned to Facebook to publicly shame a patron who left the restaurant without paying his $100 tab.

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.

There is no shortage of economists who are skeptical of the data coming out of China, especially the data published by the Chinese government. Indeed, China's export numbers often don't tie out with its trading partners ...

Facebook Wednesday rose above its $38 initial public offering price for the first time since its debut trading day, capping a 14-month comeback fueled by innovations in mobile advertising.