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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's top parties will tackle eviction law reform on Monday after a homeowner's suicide provoked public fury and accusations that politicians and banks are complicit in de facto "murder".

Cafe chain executive to face questions from MPs, while protesters plan to turn branches into creches and refuges On an average day its outlets are a hive of social activity, hosting everything from business meetings to r...

PR is day in, day out. It has to operate at the media's pace (worldwide, 24/7). A particular position or message has to be tweaked to suit the situation, while remaining in line with the longer term strategy.

Hostess Brands Inc. is permanently closing three bakeries following a nationwide strike by its bakers union. The maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread...

Multinational companies are paying little or no tax on their earnings in Britain, angry lawmakers charged Monday at an unusual hearing involving Starbucks, Google and Amazon.

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's U.S. employees will pay between 8 and 36 percent more in premiums for its medical coverage in 2013, prompting some of the 1.4 million workers at the nation's largest private employer to ...

The venerable beverage company is repositioning its Web site as a consumer magazine called Coca-Cola Journey.

The failure to block the pro-condom ballot, for all their political leverage and wealthy donors, is a knock for Big Porn's exploiters As an anti-porn feminist academic and activist, I am often accused of being in bed wit...

The fiscal cliff is a much more appealing drama, but it would be a mistake to ignore negotiations on money-market funds On Tuesday, 15 financial officials will be among the only people in Washington not engaged in obsess...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Monday that its board agreed to pay distributions of $8.5 billion to its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc .

SAN FRANCISCO -- California's largest greenhouse gas emitters will begin buying permits in a landmark "cap-and-trade" system designed to control emissions of heat-trapping gases and...

Originating in 16th century England, the "T.I.P." was designed "to insure promptitude" in service. Tipping is now a deeply entrenched custom in America and tipping...

The nature, extent, scope and tone of the pitch have numerous permutations and combinations depending on the scenario.

No matter what your politics, from coast to coast the country is breathing a sigh of relief that the 2012 election season is finally behind us.  Already, quite a bit has been written about what marketers can learn fro...

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Google UK's chief executive Matt Brittin has told a Commons Select Committee the company pays "all the tax we're required."

Committee of MPs described a director from Amazon as being 'deliberately evasive' and displaying 'outrageous' ignorance Senior executives from Amazon, Starbucks and Google were accused of diverting hundreds of millions o...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Eastern Montana residents will weigh in this week on a proposed 83-mile coal railroad with the potential to usher in a...

In 1539, Copernicus overturned more than a thousand years of doctrine that the sun revolves around the earth with his theory that the earth is one of a number of planets revolving around the sun. No amount of tweaking th...

British regulators are looking into allegations that some of the country's biggest utilities have manipulated the U.K. physical natural gas markets.

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