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REUTERS/Chance Chan Wall Street is talking about China as if it has a disease — deflation — and is about to pass it to the rest of the world.  It's an issue that comes up with China from time to time, and it has tw...

Mike Tyson has upgraded to a bigger house in his neighborhood and put his former home near Las Vegas up for sale. …

While plummeting oil prices are cutting into profits, they are not threatening big banks' capital cushions, analysts say, thanks to rigorous regulation.

Part of what is spooking markets is central bankers don't look like they are about to swoop in for the rescue, and it is uncertain whether they could.

Goldman Sachs's fourth-quarter profit was trimmed by 65 percent after last week's $5 billion settlement with state and federal regulators over its mortgage bond sales heading into the recession. …

Getty Oscar-nominated Leonardi DiCaprio is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he received a Crystal Award for "improving the state of the world." And on Tuesday evening, the actor pledged to give $15 million m...

There’s no question that mobile is becoming the dominant channel that even small businesses have to pay attention to if they want to win and keep customers. A 2012 Kissmetrics infographic showed mobile on the rise, wit...

U.S. businesses in China are voicing increased concern about unclear laws, perceived antiforeign sentiment and industrial overcapacity, adding to worries about uncertainty over the slowing Chinese economy.

Low oil prices are accelerating the urge to merge among petroleum producers with the latest speculated deal being a tie-up between two new producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Australian-based Santos and Origin Ener...

"Don't leave home without it" is a slogan that you can actually leave home right now. American Express, which coined the phrase decades ago, is preparing for the inevitable demise of plastic, said chairman and chief exec...

The state of New Mexico is suing Volkswagen over an emissions cheating scandal that involves millions of cars worldwide. …

Viacom doesn't yet have 99 problems, but it's getting close. The embattled media giant that owns MTV, Comedy Central and other popular brands, got hit with a double whammy on Tuesday -- a shareholder lawsuit accusing the...

The Alaska Legislature convened Tuesday for the start of a legislative session expected to focus on addressing the state's multibillion-dollar budget deficit. …

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Riyadh, starting a trip that puts his country at the center of a clash between Saudi Arabia and Iran over crude-oil sales, an issue at the core of the Middle East economy.

After dragging Samsung through courts for years, Apple finally scored a victory. A number of Samsung Galaxy devices are now banned from selling in the U.S., but it's more of a symbolic win for Apple.

U.S. consumer prices fell in December and rose by the smallest amount in seven years in 2015, reflecting the toll of slumping energy costs. …

Falling oil prices pushed the cost of living down in December, with the consumer price index declining for the first time in three months, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The index, which measures a broad array of c...

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Sergio Perez/Reuters Similar to other action taking place in major cities around the world, drivers of London’s iconic black cabs have been protesting against the presence of Uber ever since the ride-hailing company r...

Healthcare in the U.S. is marching toward a value-based system, away from the fee-for-service model. Yet low cost, high quality healthcare is an ambitious goal, especially given the divergent objectives in the medical co...

Goldman Sachs profit slumped for the third straight quarter as a settlement of crisis-era claims ate into earnings in a tumultuous three months.

Mounting debt burdens in developing economies are imperiling prospects for global growth.