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(Reuters) - A 4-year-old Pennsylvania girl surprised a driver and passengers when she boarded a public bus alone in the middle of the night on a quest for a sugary slushy, transportation officials said on Sunday. Surveil...

President Reagan campaigned on the notion that “government is the problem not the solution” and he and the Republican Party have characterized government as the boogie man that is the enemy of business and creator of...

The world economy is gasping for growth. And China is getting ready to deliver it -- with the right institutions and policies, like The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); by financing infrastructure development...

What's willful tax evasion and what's a forgivable mistake can mean big dollars or even your freedom. But how can you tell which is which, and who gets to decide?

The Republicans Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul and the Democrat Hillary Clinton agree that the income gap is a problem but diverge from public opinion on how to solve it.

Who is the most recognisable business person in Britain in Britain after Virgin Atlantic founder Sir Richard Branson?The heads of HSBC, GlaxoSmithkline, AstraZeneca, BP, Royal Dutch Shell or any other of Britain’s bigg...

Listen to reporter Elizabeth Weise describe the final, tumultuous day of the trial.          

They govern more and more of our lives and the information they accumulate is supposed to empower us. But it's the market that is the ultimate beneficiary America's three obsessions - technology, fitness and finance - ha...

We interviewed Robert Kirkman - the creator of "The Walking Dead" - at New York Comic Con 2014. Produced by Matthew Stuart and Alana Kakoyiannis. Special thanks to Kirsten Acuna. Follow BI Video: On Facebook Join the con...

Sometimes players in an industry have to take on the role of evangelists in order to open up crowds of new customers. The suppressor market – an accessory category within the firearms industry – is one space that’s...

Anne Parker's perspective on cancer care - as a family member, patient and advocate - spans over 50 years.

Shifting the responsibility for growing retirement income from employers to individuals has proved problematic for many American workers.          

Londoners and tourists have enjoyed the oriental food and ambience in this city centre enclave since the 1950s. Now the red lanterns may soon vanish for ever Jon Man points at the busy KFC a few doors along from his own ...

Virginnia Schock seemed headed for a health crisis. She was 64 years old, had poorly controlled diabetes, a wound on her foot and a cast on her broken wrist. She didn't drive, so getting to the people who could tend to h...

Two bodies has been recovered from the site of a building explosion and collapse in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood, The New York Post and ABC News report. A massive fire Thursday afternoon brought down three New Y...

Saudi Arabia's navy evacuated dozens of diplomats from Yemen on Saturday and the United Nations pulled out international staff after a third night of Saudi-led air strikes trying to stem advances by Iranian-allied ...

I recently wrote a post laying out how carbon taxes could potentially lead to worse global warming. Like I said in the post, this is just something I think people aren’t worrying enough about rather than a conclusive c...

Today, about 3 million married Americans and as many as half of US college students are in a long-distance relationship -- but don't feel too bad for them. Studies show that couples in long-distance relationships can be ...

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Apple is debuting its first ever AMOLED screen in the forthcoming Apple Watch. But despite this new technology, the company is trying its best not to use the edges of the screen, surrounding apps and pretty much everythi...

This week, Robert Kirkman took to Twitter to officially announce the name of the new Walking Dead spin-off, previously only known as "Colbat" or "The Walking Dead: LA." The show will be called "Fear the Walking Dead," an...

The Brookings Institution recently released a report showing the income gap between the bottom 20% of households and the top 5% in the fifty largest US cities. Inadvertently, Brookings has discovered a startling statisti...