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TAQA to buy 51% stake, with Canadian pension fund purchasing 39% and IDFC Alternatives taking remaining 10%

Newly-privatised postal delivery service Royal Mail begins trading in FTSE 100     

This weekend we wrote a long post about why inflation might come back. But it's kinda long. So if you don't to read it, here's something via UBS (which is predicting above-consensus inflation) that will take you like 2 s...

(Reuters) - Cyprus's efforts to extricate itself from its massive debt could weigh on output for the next decade, the IMF warned on Monday, in a review in which it said the island was well on track in its economic adjust...

Next week I'll post some economic questions for 2014, but first here is a review of my Ten Economic Questions for 2013. After posting the list, I followed up with a discussion of each question. The goal was to provide ...

There will come a day when the Internet tires of the GIF. 2013 was not that day. From Tom Brady getting rejected to Erin Andrews get videobombed to Chris Bosh eating confetti, it was another banner year for the sports GI...

Green Bay Matt Flynn narrowly avoided a brutal hit in the second quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers today. Linebacker Lawrence Timmons launched himself like a missile and Flynn barely gets ducked below the crown of ...

Here is a chance to win a new garnet red Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone from AT&T.

As monumental a year as 2013 was, 2014 promises even more. Here is a run-down of predictions for the evolution of mobile commerce and payments in 2014.

The aerospace and defence group announces it is facing a formal investigation into activities overseas.

China's interbank interest rates surged again on Monday despite hefty cash injections last week by the central bank, suggesting money market stress remains as authorities maintain a prudent stance. The seven-day repurcha...

Here's a nugget from Dan Greenhaus of BTIG (@danBTIG): Needless to say, with earnings season behind us, the first Fed taper decision made and Washington -- budget in hand -- gone for the year, the remaining trading days ...

Leaders of a Central Texas county have blamed hackers on an international calling spree for a phone bill that's at least $27,000 higher than usual.

The Pentagon's top civilian says it's time to tame burgeoning military personnel costs, but he's facing a test of wills with the nation's powerful veterans groups, which want no cut in their benefits.

Citing the need for reliable child care by New York working families, the state Assembly leader and several Democratic lawmakers are advocating more subsidies for care and paid family leave.

Sara Pasquinelli doesn't shop at the grocery store much anymore. The busy mother of two young boys buys nearly all her food from a new online service that delivers to her front door — but it doesn't bring just any food...

With the FTSE 100 near all-time highs and US markets in uncharted territory, now is an excellent time to review investments     

An overwhelming majority of voters are opposed to cutting off extended jobless benefits for the unemployed, a poll revealed on Monday. The left-leaning Public Policy Polling surveyed voters in four key congressional dist...

Spot gold eases 0.1% to $1,201.25 an ounce after its biggest weekly loss in a month

You?ve heard about disruptive new businesses popping up across the country. Well known examples of the sharing economy?Airbnb, Lyft, and TaskRabbit?are taking center stage and challenging business as usual.

This past week, Russian president Vladimir Putin freed several high-profile prisoners: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil magnate who spent 10 years behind bars, and two Pussy Riot girls, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnik...

Silicon Valley is in high demand these days, even in the happiest place on earth.