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For the first time the US health agency will seek to limit the nicotine levels in tobacco products.

Big Bend National Park and its namesake bend are geologic wonders that have kept scientists and tourists fascinated for decades.

Starbucks announced this week that it will push more aggressively into China, but the market there is already highly competitive. How will the U.S. giant compete?

Getty Images / Xurxo Lobato Despite being the third-richest man in the world, Zara's founder, Amancio Ortega, is a man of mystery. Ortega's fortune is worth more than $82 billion, according to Retail Week. That's an incr...

Curbs on nicotine could be disastrous for tobacco stocks such as Altria, and the dip after the news doesn't make the stocks cheap enough to represent a buying opportunity.

Gabelli upgrades shares to Buy after third-quarter results send shares tumbling.

Although the US is still a desirable destination for overseas startups, the blocking of an Obama-era initiative is making some entrepreneurs think twice Andrew Halliday has been planning to move to the US to run his blog...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos became the world's richest man for a brief time this week, surpassing Bill Gates. The tech entrepreneur has changed a lot since he started Amazon in the 90s. Bezos wowed Silicon Valley's Allen & Com...

All the day's economic and financial news, including new growth reports from France and the US French GDP: Up 0.5% as exports surge Fourth quarter of growth in a row Coming up: US growth figures at 1.30pm BST 7.08am BST ...

Third World countries have long been a repository for millions of re-cycled used mobile phones. But what happens there, when they're defunct, is anyone's guess. That's when a young Dutch entrepreneur decided to take a le...

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo and Co said it would reimburse about $80 million to 570,000 customers who may have been charged wrongly due to issues related to auto collateral protection insurance (CPI) policies.

Amazon missed second quarter earnings expectations but that won't stop its founder's continued quest for retail dominance.

The New Jersey company reported lower quarterly profit that included professional fees tied to addressing an informal order from regulators.

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When breaches occur it is the standard practice for the notification to come directly from the company affected. The difference with Discover's service is that, because it's an opt-in program, its users may already be br...

Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters House Speaker Paul Ryan says he's "disappointed and frustrated" by the failure of health care legislation in the Senate. But Ryan says "we should not give up" after promising for years to repea...

Thomson Reuters Viacom is out of the Scripps sweepstakes, leavingDiscovery Communications alone in the bidding. That's a good thing for Viacom, because there are so many other things it could buy with that kind of money ...

Wells Fargo will give refunds to more than 570,000 auto loan customers who were wrongly charged for auto insurance without their knowledge.        

Across the board, most European banks' revenues are falling further behind.

Barbie still isn’t pulling her weight at Mattel. Shares of the toymaking giant dropped nearly 10 percent in early Friday trades after it posted disappointing quarterly sales and profits, partly blaming weak demand for ...

Apps will only become a more flooded market, here's how to stay afloat.

Amazon Amazon is venturing further into the apparel and accessories market with anew private-label collection. "The Fix," which launched Tuesday, is a collection of shoes and handbags that cost between $49 and $139 and a...