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The last deep-pit coal mine in the U.K. plans to shut its doors next week, heralding the end of a centuries-old industry that helped fuel the industrial revolution and build the British Empire.

The old model of financing and organizing the Olympic Games is on its last legs in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 edition. Without real reform, the Olympics will die a broken, pathetic, and forgotten death.

The adventures you see in "Star Wars" may happen in a galaxy far, far away, but it turns out that it's not all that difficult to visit the sites where the movies were filmed.  With "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" set to...

When it comes to corporate innovation, history will be kinder if leaders take the time to write it themselves--but before it actually unfolds, not after. "Future histories" provide a new way of thinking about the long-te...

Fosun founder Guo Guangchang turns up at the company's annual meeting following his arrest in mysterious circumstances last week.

Residents in some public-housing units in Worcester, Massachusetts, must now get a job or go back to school. If they don’t, they’ll be evicted.

The number of shoppers on the High Street fell sharply in November as shoppers sought out Black Friday deals online, a survey says.

The new system of personal tax accounts, which will eventually replace the annual tax return, is being launched by HM Revenue & Customs.

Pamela Paquin's source for fashion is either "tres chic" or will make you shriek. …

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Vandals have damaged a building housing Facebook's offices in Hamburg, smashing glass, throwing paint and spraying "Facebook dislike" on a wall...

From wallets to antibacterial fabric, innovators are turning once discarded fish waste into money Since he started working on commercial fishing and crabbing boats as a teenager, Craig Kasberg loved being out at sea. Yet...

Asian markets fell early Monday amid sharpening worries about the stability of the junk-bond market and tumbling oil prices.

Minouche Shafik says she will not vote for a rate rise until she is convinced wage growth is well established Bank of England deputy governor Minouche Shafik has said she will not vote for an interest rate rise until she...

The Nikkei fell 3% at the opening bell in Tokyo while the continued depreciation of the yuan added to fears that the economy is weaker than expected Asian stocks have fallen sharply and the Chinese currency hit fresh fou...

After junk-bond prices posted their largest drop since 2011 on Friday, investors say they are bracing for another difficult week, likely featuring hectic trading and large splits between buy and sell orders.

Health2.0, started in California in 2007, is the global conference introducing the latest technologies and advanced solutions in the medical and health sector. The conference washeld in Japan for the first time over a tw...

Regulators have long worried about the theoretical risk that bond funds holding illiquid assets could be vulnerable to something like a bank run. Suddenly, that doesn't seem just theoretical.

The Force hasn't exactly been with Electronic Arts since its launch of "Star Wars Battlefront." But, like the movie series it is based on, there is more to the story.

Cash flow is the life blood of any small business. We all know it, but we don't all live it.

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