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Google scans the content of Gmail messages for marketing purposes. It also apparently does some detective work, since it found some child porn in one user's Gmail email, leading to a man's arrest by the Houston Police De...

Small spaces are the next big thing in real estate. Thanks to problems like rising housing costs, overpopulation, and environmental damage, it seems the solution is to think smaller. Much smaller. Here are 20 of the smal...

If you ask Terry Savage, getting a prenuptial agreement isn't simply about planning for the worst-case scenario. "We tend to think of prenups as dividing assets," says Savage, coauthor of "The New Love Deal: Everything Y...

(Reuters) - Argentina's markets watchdog on Monday launched an investigation into what it believes may have been unlawful speculation by holdout creditors whose litigation against the country for repayment of their defau...

Apple successfully finishes its acquisition of Beats Electronics, but not without having to lay off one-fourth of Beats' workforce in the near future.

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Inversions Are All the Rage and Reform is Likely, But Which Reform, and Will it be Retroactive?

WASHINGTON -- Oil companies BP and Cobalt International Energy agreed in December 2011 to provide $350 million to construct a research institute in Angola, as a condition of gaining drilling rights for an offshore block ...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) has appointed Paul Parker, former head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at Barclays PLC (BCS), as co-chairman for its M&A division.

Professional networking service LinkedIn has agreed to pay nearly $6 million in unpaid wages and damages to 359 current and former employees, the Labor Department said on Monday.          

We turned to Yelp to find some of the top movers in the Boston area.

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The bribery episode at Syndicate Bank throws up 'governance' issues at some public sector banks, says Raghuram Rajan

According to an article by Reuters, the board of Deutsche Telekom is willing to look at the Iliad offer for a majority stake in T-Mobile US, but does not yet see a reason to walk away from talks with earlier bidder Sprin...

One analyst says it may be tough for gold to make meaningful direction in the next few sessions without a strong geopolitical or economic cue.

Roc Oil Co. Ltd., an Australian company engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, has accepted the takeover offer made by Hong Kong-based Fosun International Ltd. Fosun offered $376.8 million for the Australian ...

Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap has complicated the U.S. rebound from the Great Recession.

What hurts more than those pangs of regret? It's one of the worst feelings in the world, right? But I've got a surprise for you -- regret can be a good thing. In fact, sometimes you enjoy it. Sound crazy? When researcher...