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Piling it high, selling it cheap IN GROCERY, at least, globalisation has met its match. Many of the most illustrious names in the business have had to retreat from disastrous forays abroad. Carrefour of France has quit 1...

Intel is lowering its first-quarter revenue forecast, partly because of softer-than-expected demand for business desktop P.C.s.

Jonea Cunico, SSGT (E-5), is an Aircraft Electrical and Environmental Specialist in the Air Force Reserves and mom to a 14-month-old boy named Joshua Jr. When photographer Jade Beall captured gorgeous pictures of Cunico ...

The move by the fund is part of an effort to provide swift assistance as part of a larger four-year bailout.

"IN THE beginning was Apple. All things were made by it; and without it was not anything made that was made." If technophiles were to write their own Testament, these might be the opening lines. Apple's ability to redefi...

South Korea's central bank cuts its key lending rate to a record low of 1.75% - its first cut in five months.

No wonder Hollywood is so taken with China. Its box office soared 34 percent last year, to $4.8 billion, while the US-Canada box fell 5 percent, to $10.4 billion, according...

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court upheld a district judge's decision to drop manslaughter charges against two former BP Plc well site managers over their roles in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil drilling disaster that kill...

But that's only a 2% rise on the previous year

With the closing of Sweet Briar College last week, many people in higher education fear this is a sign of what's to come, with more and more schools potentially shutting their doors for good. However, even if several col...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The grand promises that came with the fast development of shale oil here in the United States just haven't come true and will likely never come true. While we looked upon this new energy source a...

With ECB money-printing and low interest rates, the euro is crashing spectacularly. John Stepek looks at what it means for your investments, and how you can profit. The post The best ways to profit from the euro crash wa...

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Google is shutting down Google Code, an online space for coders to store and share their projects with each other and the larger web, the company announced today. The reason for the shutdown, Google says, is that it was ...

Futurist Faith Popcorn predicts that technology will no longer be a tool for humanity in 2025, but part of us -- not to mention our coworkers. In 10 years, she thinks robots will have replaced one-third of jobs currently...

Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE:TM) has begun recalling RAV 4 Electric Vehicles that it produced alongside Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA). The recall began on March 12, to address alleged flaws in Tesla-made components. Th...

Dollar General unveils its most ambitious expansion plan in years.

Despite receiving a name change, the Miami Open presented by Itaú is still one of the hottest tennis tournaments that springtime has to offer, featuring an All Star-caliber field that could rival that of any other slate...

In yet another blow for the F-35 program, the plane's highly advanced onboard sensors are simply too sensitive, Breaking Defense reports.  The sensors are responsible for tracking and sorting through external threats fa...

The spokesman for a St. Louis police union said Thursday morning on "Fox & Friends" that the overnight shooting of two police officers at a protest in Ferguson, Missouri was exactly what protesters wanted.

A David and Goliath business story: Imagine you lived in a community, owned a retail business, and Wal-Mart announced its intention to build a new store nearby.

Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat delivers on his pledge to pass the Federal Reserve's stress test.