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When two high school football players were convicted of raping an intoxicated girl in Steubenville, Ohio, — after sending pictures of the act to friends and posting about it on social media — a significant ...

Ping Fu’s career advice to women is much simpler than leaning in or trying to have it all: Just do it. In her new memoir, Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds, Fu pragmatically writes: On the one hand, I care ...

Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, says investors should bet on the 'natural juices' of capitalism to continue to lead the U.S. economy out of recession.

Where you work can be an excellent predictor of your health, happiness and stress levels. A recent Gallup poll demonstrates the extent to which workers...

President, eurozone finance ministers and bailout troika hold emergency meeting as €100 limit imposed on ATM withdrawals Wealthy Russians stand to lose billions of euros in Cypriot banks under draconian terms being...

Museum goers were surprised to see actress Tilda Swinton live at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa).  The "Moonrise Kingdom" actress was on display at the MoMa in New York City Saturday as part of an exhibit. "The Maybe"...

Cyprus's struggle to secure a bailout from the European Union will likely drive trading in the euro this week.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Scraping out a living on $5 a day, taxi driver Sukarjo fears losing what many poor Indonesians see as the main economic help they get from their government: a subsidy that allows for Asia's cheapest f...

Wealthy investors are believed to have put financial advisers under orders to withdraw their funds any way they can Financial advisers to the legions of wealthy foreigners who have stored billions in Cypriot banks are wa...

March 24 (Reuters) - A special committee of Dell Inc's board is evaluating separate takeover proposals from Blackstone Group and billionaire investor Carl Icahn to decide whether either or both are likely to trump an exi...

BANGALORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's IT outsourcers are promoting "mini CEOs" capable of running businesses on their own, while trimming down on the hordes of entry-level computer coders they normally hire as they try to...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's ZTE Corp, which helped bring the telephone to millions of homes during the Deng Xiaoping era, is counting on a new generation of tech-savvy smartphone users to drive at least $7.5 billion of...

Even with the priceless brand-building glow enjoyed by a few celebrity CEOs like Richard Branson and Tony Hsieh isn’t it strange that so few CEOs attempt the same success? Odder still, few companies tap the scalab...

I welcome the initiatives announced in the budget to free up mortgage availability, as, despite the relative success of NewBuy and FirstBuy, a large section of society has effectively been excluded from home ownership fo...

People in Newtown have been receiving automated phone messages from the National Rifle Association asking them to oppose gun control legislation. The news was broken by advocacy group the Newtown Action Alliance  in a...

BRUSSELS, March 24 (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers delayed by two hours a Sunday evening meeting intended to help Cyprus meet a Monday deadline...

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Party negotiating to reopen green energy deal in attempt to introduce carbon reduction targets for energy sector The Liberal Democrat president, Tim Farron, has raised the prospect that his party is privately negotiating...

Will debt-troubled Cyprus get a bailout or not? As the euro-zone country races to meet a crucial deadline, the answer to that key question could set the direction next week for U.S. equities next week as they sit near re...

As India's economy has been faltering, Indonesia has seen growth stabilise at around 6%, so could it join the Brics group of top emerging economies?

Two of the loudest voices in the gun debate say it's up to voters now to make their position known to Congress. Click to Continue »

British defence contractor signs five-year deal with Pentagon to produce explosives, easing fears over weak US demand BAE Systems has been awarded a new contract from the US military worth up to $780m (£512m), in a ra...