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PetSmart announced on Sunday that it would sell itself to an investor group led by the private equity firm BC Partners, in the biggest leveraged buyout of a company this year.

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For the week of December 15, 2014 we take a look at what's happening on Wall Street and beyond. On Wednesday, December 17th the Federal Open Market Committee meets to decide whether to keep its pledge to hold interest ra...

Scientists often test drugs in mice. Now some cancer patients are doing the same -- with the hope of curing their own disease. They are paying a private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so treatments...

The popular torrent site says reports of malware infecting the site are "completely baseless."

This really will be the last busy week of 2014. The following week comes with Christmas, and the week after will be New Years'. Unless something really insane happens in the next few days, then 2014 will probably be reme...

Apollo Global Management LLC may soon change the status of PetSmart Inc. to privately held from publicly traded through a leveraged buyout in the area of $8 billion, according to both Bloomberg News and the New York Post...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Long depicted as the rootin'-tootin' capital of American gun culture, Texas is one of the few states with an outright ban on the open carry of handguns. That could change in 2015, with the Republica...

CITIES across China blink with fairy lights, fancy hotels flaunt trees and tinsel, and glossy magazine covers display festive recipes and table settings. "Joy up!" reads a sign (in English) on three illuminated trees by ...

Amid mounting sexual assault allegations against him, comedian Bill Cosby spoke briefly with a reporter for the New York Post on Friday. According to reporter Stacy Brown, when he reached him at his home in Massachusetts...

A letter sent to news media outlets warned against using the information revealed by hackers who attacked the studio's computer systems.

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories)

The nation's safety regulator is about to get a new chief, barring a last-minute hitch. He's coming after a bumper recall year for the industry.

The Libyan National Oil Company says that the oil ports of As Sidra and Ras Lanuf had stopped operating because of fighting, according to media reports.

An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.Plumes of carbon dioxide in the simulation swirl and shift as winds d...

These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's local court clerk's offices.Under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, a company is protected from claims by creditors while it attempts to reorganize its...

CompaniesDewberry of Fairfax appointed Daniel Feinberg senior systems architect.Hellerman Baretz Communications of the District appointed Kelsey Nason vice president; Molly McLeod and Zinie Sampson account supervisors; a...

Programmatic advertising is the automation of online ad-buying, and it's reshaping the digital media landscape.  A wide majority of publishers and advertisers are already using automated ad-buying and selling tools, inc...

How Gawker Media has been superseded by BuzzFeed and its massive audience.          

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The police and other emergency services are looking at years of austerity. We must slash the number of forces and make a host of other radical changes if public safety is to be maintained

CompaniesDewberryof Fairfax appointed Daniel Feinberg senior systems architect.Hellerman Baretz Communicationsof the District appointed Kelsey Nason vice president; Molly McLeod and Zinie Sampson account supervisors; and...