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Australia reports better-than-expected trade and retail sales data for January, sending its dollar to a one-week high.

Girl Scout cookies may be pricier than store-bought baked goods, but they shouldn't be 20 times the cost of what you intend to pay.

AS IT is International Women's Day on March 8th, The Economist has created a "glass-ceiling index", to show where women have the best chances of equal treatment at work. It combines data on higher education, labour-force...

BEIJING (AP) -- China's finance minister said Thursday that creating jobs is the government's priority this year and economic growth below the official target of 7.5 percent might be acceptable.     

Private equity pioneer Jay Jordan is close to closing a new $3.1 billion private equity fund -- but he is not going back to investing in Russia. Jordan Co. expects...

WASHINGTON -- As Russian forces storm through Crimea, Washington lobbying firms representing both the pro-Russian and pro-European factions in Ukraine are watching closely. The political proxy war they've been waging for...

Chinese microblogging service Weibo is poised for an initial public offering in the United States at an $8 billion valuation, according to data compiled by the financial intelligence firm PrivCo.     

Faded prospects in China VODAFONE'S latest figures appear at first glance to vindicate the most powerful management idea of the past two decades: that firms should expand in fast-growing emerging economies. Sales at the ...

Women pay lower stamp duty in some states, get cheaper loans

New, cash-back card charges no annual fee and offers customers attractive perks.

All startups are high risk, in a sense. But some startups fall under the formal definition of “high risk,” where finances are concerned. These are the startups that deal with travel booking, adult encounters, e-cigar...

The U.S. has frozen more than $458 million hidden in bank accounts in the Channel Islands and France by the former military dictator of Nigeria, Gen. Sani Abacha, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. The department ...

Airline will issue expressions of interest in redundancy on Thursday to 4,500 staff, says Australian Services Union

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said Wednesday that he has filed criminal charges against Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Encana Corp., accusing them of colluding to avoid bidding against eac...

Was it the weather, or not? Whether or not this brutal winter has been causing the economy to slow down will become a little clearer Friday. That's when the Labor...

Three former top executives of the giant law firm that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012 are expected to be charged on Thursday with misleading other lawyers and lenders about the financial health of the firm.   ...

Ben Bernanke earned more in 40 minutes on Tuesday than he made all of last year as head of the Federal Reserve. Bernanke was paid at least $250,000 for his...

The SpaceX chief urges U.S. to seek competitive bids for its space program. Los Angeles billionaire Elon Musk, chief executive of Hawthorne rocket maker SpaceX, testified before Congress that the U.S. Air Force and other...

U.S. corporations may fall short in a bid to get the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that led to a flood of class-action cases against companies.WASHINGTON — Halliburton Co. and other U.S. corporations urged the Supr...

(Reuters) - Rebounding auto sales and improving home sales and construction are good evidence that the Federal Reserve's super-easy monetary policy is boosting the U.S. economy, a top Fed official told a group of student...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt's compensation fell 7 percent last year to $19.2 million primarily because of a big drop in his long-term pay.