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A series of questionable business dealings by Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras, the state-controlled oil company) has been affecting the standing of the president, Dilma Rousseff. Before taking office as president in 2011...

Brandon Wade has built a controversial online dating empire based around the concept that it's perfectly OK for people — men, mostly — to pay women for dates and relationships. Wade even believes in bribing women to ...

The cache of emails between Apple and Google over their allegedly illegal agreement to not compete for each others' employees is producing more gems. This time, Pando has found an email exchange between Google chairman E...

Head down to a county fair in Texas, and you may find helmeted men racing through dirt tracks at bristling speeds on, of all vehicles, lawn mowers. The pastime is a strange motorsport that photographer Jennifer Boomer st...

Demand for gold in China, which broke consumer records in 2013, could reach new heights in 2014, according to some analysts.

Though shy of the 7 million sign-ups the White House had once hoped for, the number marks a significant milestone ahead of the deadline to enroll.WASHINGTON — With the Monday deadline still a few days away, the White H...

The Washington area job market looks the bleakest that it has since the Great Recession, with a Labor Department report released Friday showing the region added a paltry 4,800 jobs in the one-year period ending in Februa...

The Russian economy was barely growing even before it was hit with Western sanctions following its annexation of Crimea. Many economists think further escalation of the crisis in Ukraine would likely push Russia's econom...

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc this week sued Visa Inc for $5 billion, accusing the credit and debit card network of excessively high card swipe fees, several months after the retailer opted out of a class action settle...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new movie out this weekend called "Sabotage" where he leads a DEA task force to take down a drug cartel. According to reviews, the movie isn't sounding like a must-see. The Open Road Films' re...

While many young adults can't find jobs, many employers say they can't find enough qualified applicants for filling skilled jobs.

Develop serious money skills to get you past the financial stumbling blocks along the way.

BMW said Friday it would spend $1 billion to boost production at its South Carolina assembly plant by 50 percent in the next two years, one more sign that the United States has become a competitive site for manufacturing...

If not natural gas, then oil. That seems to be the latest reaction to breaking Russia’s energy grip on Europe.

Investors were cheered by a statement by the Chinese premier that the government would support its economy.     

CoreBrand, a New York based brand strategy firm, has released its latest list of the 100 most powerful brands in the world. As expected, the automotive industry features prominently, but none were able to crack the top 1...

Falling for doom-and-gloom forecasts can do permanent damage to your portfolio, writes Chuck Jaffe.

House prices in England and Wales increased by 0.7% in February compared to the previous month and are up 5.3% year on year, according to the latest Land Registry House Price Index. It means that the average house price ...

BOMBARDOPOLIS, Haiti (AP) -- Jean-Romain Beltinor plunged a hoe into the rocky dirt on his parched hillside to prepare for planting seeds he does not have.     

The fast growth of Russia's venture market has stopped; signs of maturation (or perhaps stagnation) are multiplying among most investment types and market segments.     

The move is all about control for Google -- over the past few years, Samsung has stuffed its Galaxy S smartphones with so many custom features and software that it's hard to tell they're actually running Android.    ...

Bandpage's platform allows bands (or even solo artists) easily create websites that keep their fans informed with things like tour dates, news about the band, and connect with other social services.