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Saying their own country stifles new business, French innovators are finding opportunity elsewhere -- especially in London.     

Malaysia Airlines has now confirmed that Flight 370 was carrying lithium-ion batteries in its cargo hold, the Daily Mail reports. This new fact could bolster the theory that the plane was brought down by a fire rather t...

"Divergent" is out in theaters this weekend and the film has a lot weighing on it. It's the next big young adult movie adaptation to hit the big screen with Hollywood hopes of being the next money-making franchise. The ...

At least two people were wounded Saturday after Russian forces used four armoured vehicles to seize one of Crimea's last Ukrainian military outposts, the Washington Post reports. The Post reports that an "ominous mood" w...

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The billion dollar dream is over. A second day of upsets ended any chance of someone having a perfect NCAA tournament bracket in Warren Buffet's $1 billion challenge. It was a favorite that provided the first blemish on ...

Keith Harris will spend his summer in a much different way than other people. He won't be visiting the beach or hanging out at backyard barbecues. He'll be spending much of it alone — and he's grateful for that.

Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen is doubling down on bitcoin in a bet widespread adoption of the currency will fuel the growth of new businesses and technologies.

It seems like everyone wants to be an entrepreneur and get rich these days. As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. In reality, I like most ideas, b...

Morgan Stanley has fired broker Vladimir Eydelman, the 42-year-old New Jersey man arrested Wednesday by FBI agents on securities fraud charges. The investment bank had placed the broker on leave...

Federal authorities are investigating whether the company failed to disclose in its landmark bankruptcy filing the defects that have now led to the recall of 1.6 million cars.     

Skadden Arps, the white-shoe Manhattan law firm that represented Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher's failed hedge fund empire, has agreed to pay $4.25 million in a settlement agreement with some of those...

Chinese electric car maker BYD Co. Ltd. is at risk of losing a $12.1 million contract to make ten electric buses for the city of Long Beach, a deal it had hoped would boost its U.S. operations.

(Reuters) - General Motors Co and its Chief Executive Mary Barra are being sued by an investor for failing to adequately address known defects in its cars that led to the recall of over 3.1 million vehicles, according to...

FIFA President Sepp Blatter refused to comment on allegations linking Qatar's winning 2022 World Cup bid to payments received by voters.

The banks were victorious in the latest round over swipe fees the financial institutions charge retailers.     

The super-low mortgage rates that tens of millions of Americans locked in during the refinancing boom are now discouraging many of these borrowers from buying another home and giving up those loans. The multi-year refina...

Gwyneth Paltrow and her Coldplay rocker husband Chris Martin have just spent $14 million on a seaside escape in Malibu. First reported by The Real Estalker, Paltrow and Martin purchased ‘The Garwood Residence,’ des...

TRIPOLI -- American sailors handed over control of a captured North Korean-flagged oil tanker to Libyan forces while in international waters Saturday. Ayoub Qassem, a spokesman for the Libyan navy, said that the tanker, ...

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Last month, Netflix and Comcast announced that they have come to an arrangement that should ensure quality television and movie streams for Comcast customers for the foreseeable future.  Here are the basics: Netflix w...

"When there is an application from a woman, we look at it very closely. We would like to raise the quota of women within the company."