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In today’s difficult economic circumstances, Russian branches of foreign companies can be successful only if they are able to demonstrate good business performance against a background of high risk. To do this, they need to both attract customers and report full compliance with their parent company’s global KPIs. 

Kansas grandmother Nancy Wirth received a letter in her mailbox from an anonymous neighbor who informed her they were selling their house because she has black children spending days in "their" neighborhood.

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can remain free until at least late October while he appeals his conviction and 12-year prison sentence. The 72-year-old Democrat was convicted last year in a $5 million corruption scandal.

– Four World Bank officials died when the boat they were travelling in capsized – Accident happened in a local river in Ekiti state, Southwest Nigeria – Passengers were said to be surveyors by profession The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that four World Bank officials were reported to have drowned at Egbe Dam in […]

The U.S. attorney's office says 49-year-old Johnny Angel Vallejo, of Wichita, was charged Wednesday with kidnapping a minor and transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sexual activities. If convicted, Vallejo faces up to life in federal prison on the kidnapping charge, and not less than 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the transportation charge.

NEW YORK — U.S. retailers including J.C. Penney and Wal-Mart are scrutinizing whether sheets Welspun India Ltd. had said were high-end Egyptian cotton were actually cheaper knock-offs, questions that have sent the textile company’s shares plunging more than 40 percent. Since Target announced Friday that it was pulling the sheets from its stores and online

Proxima b is an Earth-size planet right in our backyard that could be hospitable to life.

Former Secretary of Commerce under George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton supporter, Carlos Gutierrez, joins NBC’s Andrea Mitchell to talk about Donald Trump’s “flip-flopping” immigration policy and comments on his “controversial decision” to support...

Mylan responded to backlash over the price of its EpiPen by promising to reduce the costs that some patients pay, though stopped short of saying it would cut prices.

AUBURN, Neb. (AP) — The city of Auburn has realized its civic dream of a paved runway at its airport.

(AP) — The city of Auburn has realized its civic dream of a paved runway at its airport. [...] that's been a problem for some airplane owners, because their insurance companies wouldn't allow the planes to use grass fields. The 3,750-foot paved runway is longer than its predecessor and can accommodate larger, twin-engine private planes, airport manager Kendall Neiman said.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico flies to Moscow Thursday (August 25), for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a time of considerable turmoil within the EU, with sanctions and the situation in Turkey top of the agenda.

An ATR 72-202, OY-LHA, sustained minor damage when it rolled over elevated runway edge lights when it attempted to take off while aligned with the runway edge lights along the right-hand side of runway 27L at Karup Airport in Denmark, according to an investigation report by the Danish AIB

Catherine Ramsey's removal after five years on the bench came in a settlement of a state Commission on Judicial Discipline a complaint. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2bQ9NVz ) that Ramsey admitted improperly amending charges in several cases, against wishes of defense and prosecution attorneys.

ST. LOUIS — The nonprofit Catholic organization SSM Health will provide birth control pills at the 26 clinics inside St. Louis-area Walgreens stores that it began operating Thursday, an SSM spokesman said. Four groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, wrote letters to SSM and Walgreens on Aug. 18, asking whether the clinics would

The Democratic nominee opens up a big lead as Trump muddles through controversy.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. retailers including J.C. Penney and Wal-Mart are scrutinizing whether sheets Welspun India Ltd. had said were high-end Egyptian cotton were actually cheaper knock-offs, questions that have sent the textile company's shares plunging more than 40…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. retailers including J.C. Penney and Wal-Mart are scrutinizing whether sheets Welspun India Ltd. had said were high-end Egyptian cotton were actually cheaper knock-offs, questions that have sent the textile company's shares plunging more than 40…

Acteur Stanley Burleson bereikt begin september zijn vijftigste levensjaar. Deze mijlpaal viert hij op 3 oktober met een eenmalige avond waarin hij samen met een groot aantal Nederlandse musicalsterren terugblikt op zijn carrière.

While some may think being the mother of twins and a set of sextuplets may be overwhelming, Kate Gosselin — who became a household name with the 2007 premiere of “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” — welcomes the challenge.

Loyal owners of Volkswagen diesel cars understandably felt betrayed when they learned the German automaker had rigged the testing process to bypass U.S. emissions standards. But many are having a change of heart after learning how much VW will pay them to turn in their cars. San Diego resident Mark Holthoff, a manager for a

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Steven Seagal has had a pretty great life post–action movie career, what with his becoming BFFs with Russian president Vladimir Putin and other things as well, probably.

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But this...this surely blows any of Seagal's recent adventures completly out of the water.

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MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The jet stream's movements are at least 35 percent predictable, driven by factors like sea surface temperatures, solar variability and Arctic sea ice coverage.