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Why Nigeria's economy is booming despite Boko Haram

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Miles Teller is one of the most in-demand young actors. The 28-year-old starred in 2014's Oscar-nominated "Whiplash" and this year appears in two giant franchise films, "Insurgent" and "Fantastic Four." Additionally, he ...

The conflict in Yemen has led to a rise in the price of oil. Why? How long could it last? Learn more about Yemen and its strategic importance in the transportation of oil in this article.

"You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change"

The opening of a $3.5 billion Bahamas resort was delayed again as a state-owned Chinese construction company and the local developer feuded over who is to blame for mismanaging the project.

An industry with a long history of supporting gay rights is starting to speak out against a new Indiana law that gives legal cover to people who refuse to do business with same-sex couples.

Russia will not negotiate delaying repayment over it's $3 billion (£2 billion) loan to Ukraine that is due in December. Failure to agree on a restructuring of the debt could result in the Ukrainian government being unab...

The Co-operative Bank managed to dramatically reduce its losses in 2014 despite paying out compensation for payment protection insurance mis-selling, investing in its IT infrastructure and repairing the £1.5 billion ($2...

The project to expand the Panama Canal and let larger ships pass through is entering its final year.

Business tycoon-philanthropists Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have some new company: Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook.

It sounds like the set up to a joke but it?s actually a career change success story: Mark Prygocki went from Big Four accountant to President of a medical cosmetics company to franchisee owner of five Fractured Prune Dou...

These companies are putting out business lifehack products, earning entrepreneurs precious time back.

This credit card has a battery, chip and screen to display a dynamic CVV code. The point? Stopping fraudsters.

An AARP group surveyed 2,492 people ages 45 to 70 who had been unemployed and found about half had managed to find work.

It's getting really bleak for energy company debt. Oil and gas names now top Moody's growing list of companies rated B3 negative and lower, according to a research report released Friday. Bond ratings this low are consid...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Quiksilver were falling 14.4% to $1.93 Friday after the apparel company ousted CEO Andy Mooney. The teen apparel company said that Mooney is no longer with the company, and that company ...

Payday lenders complained loudly that tough new federal regulations proposed for their industry would force many operators to shut down and leave cash-strapped consumers with fewer options for getting short-term loans.

Auto racing is becoming the new "it" hobby for the tech world's elite ranks, as a small but growing group of men gather to drive fast and make connections.

Japan's inflation rate, stripping out the effect of volatile items and tax changes, is now back to zero. That's according to figures out overnight. The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.2% in the year to February -- b...

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Britain's financial regulator created a false market in shares of life insurers last year, MPs say in a report.