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There's a new horrifying drinking game making global headlines that's already taken the lives of several young adults and the dignity of some who survive. It's called #NekNominate or #NekNominations (hashtag used for soc...

China's demand for gold exceeded 1,000 metric tonnes (1,102 short tons) for the first time in 2013, a 41 percent leap from 2012, the China Gold Association said. The surge in gold consumption, fueled by a 28 percent slid...

Thousands of devout investors who lost savings after a southern Indiana brokerage persuaded them they were helping to build churches may soon get some money back.

Flappy Bird, the latest mobile craze, launched less than one year ago. At its peak, it was generating about $50,000 per day. It was run by one man, Dong Nguyen, an indie game developer in Vietnam. If you've never played,...

Ten years ago, I met a woman working in the kitchens of my son’s school. Prior to having children, she had been a high flying professional. This, she told me, was the only job she could find with the flexibility she ne...

It's no secret that Americans eat a lot of pizza. In fact, around 13 percent of the country is eating a slice or two on any given day, according to a recent report from the USDA: It all adds up to a lot of calories: On a...

Gold mining equities have become attractive to investors once more, after spending years out of fashion as respectable investments, given corporate governance problems and ballooning capital budgets.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire Insurance Department is holding a public hearing to explain the standards it uses to approve provider networks for health insurance plans.     

In one case, Toyota is nearing a deal with the Justice Department to settle a criminal investigation over the way the automaker disclosed complaints stemming from the sudden acceleration of its vehicles, according to two...

Hudson Taylor, the only head of a United States-based gay-rights group to attend the Sochi Olympics during its first weekend, was back home in New York late Sunday night. He told me in an e-mail that he was satisfied so ...

An iPhone 5S with the suddenly rare Flappy Bird game already installed is selling for $99,900 on eBay. You should presume many of those bids are fake. Since indie game developer Dong Nguyen removed Flappy Bird from the A...

The biggest unknown in the world of monetary policy today is the amount of slack in the U.S. labor market. Unemployment has been plummeting over the past few years as workers have exited the labor force, but inflation re...

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U.S. snowboarder Danny Davis unloaded on the organizers of the Sochi Olympics for building a low-quality halfpipe. In an interview with Yahoo's Jeff Passan, Davis called the halfpipe at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park "garb...

The frenzy of currency traders at Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is a demonstration of how the value of Turkey's money is determined largely by events beyond the country's control.     

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as investors looked ahead to Janet Yellen's first comments before Congress as the new Federal Reserve chairwoman.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand has sharply criticized Japan for allowing a whaling ship to enter New Zealand's economic waters.     

The Employment Policies Institute, an economic research center that has warned of increasing the minimum wage, is run by a public relations firm that represents the restaurant industry.     

Despite the majority of stocks being overvalued, you can still find buys. Here are four.

Lear Corporation (LEA) announced that its Board of Directors has increased its quarterly cash dividend on the Company's stock to $0.20 per share from $0.17 per share, an increase of 18%. The dividend is payable on March ...

Bill Keller, the former executive editor of The New York Times, announced that he is leaving the paper to join a nonprofit journalism organization. The Times published a story about the move on Sunday night. Keller will ...