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Before "Captain Phillips" Best Supporting Actor nominee Barkhad Abdi was thumbs-upping his way down the red carpet at Sunday's Academy Awards, the 28-year-old was driving a limo in Minnesota. Everything changed after Abd...

Last night, Leonardo DiCaprio was up for Best Actor at the 86th Academy Awards for his role in "The Wolf of Wall Street." Spoiler: He didn't take home the award. Instead, it went to his "Wolf" co-star Matthew McConaughey...

Most people will forever remember actress Margot Robbie as Jordan Belfort's blonde bombshell second wife in "The Wolf Of Wall Street." But after dying her blonde hair dark brown for an upcoming role in "Z for Zachariah,...

In the latest chapter of the MtGox saga, a London law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles. The bitcoin exchange filed for bankruptcy Friday, stating that more than 850,000 bitcoins, 100,...

In December, I wrote about a dozen exciting business books that debut this year. In the past three months, readers have asked what's coming next. After reading a series of gems, and hearing the buzz about others, here ar...

Mardi Gras 2014 is wrapping up with a bang in New Orleans with today's Fat Tuesday celebrations. The party's been as wild as ever this year, before the self-denial season of Lent begins. Hundreds of thousands of visitors...

£866,000 vehicle helps F1 team's road car business beat its target of breaking even in 2013 The road car business of British Formula One team McLaren made a profit for the first time in 2013, a year earlier than expecte...

Another Bitcoin site disappears. This time Flexcoin — which called itself a Bitcoin bank — has announced that it's going out of business after a huge theft that has wiped it clean. This is the announcement. There's n...

The government is talking about a level playing field while suggesting there are other safeguards to ensure it won't happen Lenore Taylor

Forbes is out with its annual list of the wealthiest people on the planet, and there are some shakeups in the top 20. Microsoft founder Bill Gates reclaimed his spot at the top of the list, adding $9 million to his fortu...

Maury Rosenberg says he lost his business after being forced into involuntary bankruptcy by a unit of U.S. Bancorp. A court later ruled the bankruptcy illegal, but by then the business was gone.     

Bill Gates regains his title as “World’s Richest Person” in the new Forbes’ Billionaire list for 2014. Gates spends so much of his money on charity that for four years, he was not listed as the richest of the ric...

Many months ago, I tweeted about totaling a new Maserati, which is something that actually happened to me. I should have seen it coming; I was so intoxicated when I bought the car (just 5 days previously) that the dealer...

A New York judge said that Amazon rainforest residents cannot try to enforce a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in United States courts, ruling that it was obtained through fraud.     

It doesn't matter how old you are: next time you interview for a job, be prepared to share your SAT scores. In the timeless quest to predict future success in employees, a number of employers are turning to candidates' S...

The battle over Ukraine's future is also economic: on Tuesday, Russia cranked up the pressure by ending discounts on its natural gas supplies, while the U.S. and European Union offered quick-fix aid to the beleaguered go...

Housing and consumer activists warn that Wall Street is about to crash the housing market -- again. The activists said they are particularly concerned about the growing number of companies looking to issue bonds backed b...

A US federal court rejects BP's efforts to halt payments to businesses relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, leaving the firm with potentially billions more in liabilities.

Central bank spends as much as $12 billion of its reserves to prop up rouble as investors reacted to tensions

Building approvals are up for the first time, pointing to a recovery that will offset mining construction downturn

The BSE benchmark rises around 0.2% as risk aversion continues

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