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House Republicans are rallying around a new plan on their approach to raising the debt ceiling, according to The Washington Post's Robert Costa — a one-year increase tied to a request on the Affordable Care Act:  Hous...

Prince Hubertus von Holenlohe is a 55-year-old Mexican Olympic skier who became a viral sensation this week because of his incredible life story. He's a German prince, a photographer, and a pop singer who goes by the nam...

Zynga said Thursday it was buying NaturalMotion, the company behind the hit mobile games "CSR Racing" and "Clumsy Ninja," while cutting 15 percent of its workforce in a turnaround effort.     

Chipotle shares are up 13% this morning to $559 after the gourmet burrito emporium reporting strong revenues after the bell yesterday. Q4 receipts came in at $844.1 million versus $826.3 million. Earnings of $2.52 were ...

BEIJING (AP) -- The Jade Rabbit did not go quietly into that long lunar night. Instead, China's troubled robotic moon rover -- given voice by a government news agency -- melodramatically pondered the meaning of its perha...

In his State of the Union address this week, President Obama said that the U.S. is now the world's best investment destination, but according to China's richest man – who acquired a $1 million New York hotel project la...

The tech giant's online ad prices fall 11% in the fourth quarter, the ninth straight quarter of decline.SAN FRANCISCO — As far as Wall Street is concerned, Google Inc. can build all the robots and self-driving cars tha...

In California last year, 39,145 homes were sold for $1 million or more, a six-year high. Celebrities and flippers did their part.Crowned by the sale of a Malibu estate for $74.5 million, the number of houses sold last ye...

A small business that makes toys for girls will have its 30 seconds in the spotlight during the Super Bowl.

Scott Knowlton was watching an Old Spice commercial and saw a female character in the spot scribble her phone number down for a man. The number? 866-617-4247. Knowlton, a movie buff, said since the number didn't have the...

Many of China's big banks are moving to offer the highest possible interest rates for deposits, despite the central bank's advice they not do this, mainly because they're losing customers to online investing services, re...

Japan's core consumer inflation rose at the speediest pace in more than five years in December, while the job market got better. The increased inflation has placed pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to en...

If you cleaned by jumping into European stocks in the latter half of 2013, congratulations. But it will likely be a bit more difficult to rack up gains in 2014, strategists say. Here's why.

The city was preparing to resolve its bankruptcy case by dividing its unsecured creditors and treating them differently, according to people briefed on the proposal.     

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON, Jan 30

The growing popularity of Google Chromebooks doesn't directly translate into more revenue for Google. Google executives reminded Wall Street analysts of that fact on the company's conference call on Thursday. Nikesh Aror...

Japan industrial production climbed 1.1% in December, narrowly missing expectations for 1.3%. It was a jump up from the 0.1% decline experienced in November. The Nikkei fell on the news but remains in positive territory ...

The maker of FarmVille and Mafia Wars simultaneously announced a narrowing in its quarterly loss and a reduction of 15 percent in its work force.     

(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Thursday it has charged a New York private equity manager and his firm with stealing more than $9 million from fund investors.

Workers prepare a fence with Super Bowl ads at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. New Jersey's MetLife Stadium will host the first outdoor, cold-weather Super Bowl on Feb. 2. Reuters

Law enforcement and hazmat officials in New Jersey are investigating three Super Bowl-area hotels after reports of a suspicious white powder found on the premises. Hazardous materials teams and a bomb squad responded Fri...

OAXACA, Mexico -- There's a freshly minted acronym in the global economy, and it places Mexico as one of four nations poised to emerge as a leader. British economist Jim O'Neill, who invented the term BRIC -- for Brazil,...