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Abhishek Deshpande, oil and gas analyst at Natixis, says the geopolitical risks threatening oil supply have been removed from the market.

The fines that the five banks have coughed up, will now go straight into UK finance minister George Osborne's pre-election coffers.

Snapchat will now allow users to send their friends something far more useful and usually less ephemeral - cash, the FT reports.

Australia's economy faces myriad headwinds that could take borrowing rates further south from current historic lows.

Hong Kong on Tuesday started to clear part of a protest camp that has been occupied by pro-democracy demonstrators for nearly two months.

Indonesia may put the kibosh on its "fragile five" membership after bold action to eliminate most of its expensive fuel subsidy.

A day after news broke that a 500,000-square-foot, upscale outlet shopping center would be built on the site of Candlestick Park, Bayview residents gathered at a press conference called by the developer to hear about important things, like the jobs and economic benefits the project would create. But first, let’s address the question everyone really wants to know the answer to: is Candlestick Park going to be blown up or knocked down? “Right now we are working on an environmental study that looks... Читать дальше...

China's home prices posted a second consecutive annual drop in October, although monthly figures showed an improving sequential trend.

As you'd probably guess, being an EMT means you tend to keep a good amount of first aid gear on you at all times. Everyday Carry reader Tony shares his bag that's packed with enough gear to patch up just about anyone until help arrives.

Lab tests have suggested that a papyrus scrap mentioning Jesus’s wife is authentic. Why do most scholars believe it’s fake?

What a growing body of research reveals about the biology of human happiness—and how to navigate the (temporary) slump in middle age

That might be changing. The British government and a few others including Canada, Costa Rica, Colombia and Paraguay are working towards opening up the information about public procurement through an ‘open contracting data standard’.

Duncan Smith launches awareness campaign

MPs urge Revenue to ‘do more, faster’ to boost collection

Old Man Winter is forcing Winona river barge traffic to wrap up at least a week early, a sudden cap to a season where shippers negotiated wild weather, a temporary river closure, and other challenges.

With U.S. stocks nearly 2 percent overvalued, investors are worried that markets will see another correction, says Hugh Jackson, Chairman of Hugh Johnson Advisors.

China's big internet-TV companies are spending millions of dollars on foreign TV shows and films in a battle to attract users and advertisers.

Indian retailers are struggling to keep up online as e-commerce garner large investments.

China's dream to revive a 2,000-year old trade route is emblematic of the country's two-speed reform process, according to Barclays.

Massachusetts' insurance exchange in two days has signed up more than 10% of the number of people it signed up for plans last season.

Slugger Giancarlo Stanton just agreed to the most lucrative athlete deal in history with the Miami Marlins.

Icahn isn't forecasting a dramatic stock market drop yet, but he's still bracing for an equity sell-off soon.

The wealthy have their own wealth gap, as gains concentrate at the top, Robert Frank writes for The New York Times.

It seems that 2014 is still very much on track to be the warmest year on record. On Friday, NASA released data showing that this past October tied with 2005 as the warmest in a record stretching back to 1880. This follows record breaking warmth in September and August. Even so, Earth's average temperature isn't rising as fast as it once did, prompting scientists to search for explanations of this so-called global warming hiatus. (Click the thumbnail at right and look at the circled

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. The global supply glut concerns continue, as WTI and Brent were both down on the day. Nat gas popped 7 percent as cold weather hit the midwest.