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Commodities giants Xstrata and Glencore are under pressure to amend their proposed merger, valued at nearly $60 billion, as it is becoming increasingly clear shareholders will block the current deal's terms.
Top European officials released a plan proposing that governments gradually take on responsibility for each others' finances.
Italy's Parliament is due to approve a watershed labor law on Wednesday, but even the new law's architect Labor Minister Elsa Fornero, says its ultimate success will hinge on a cultural change in the country.
News Corp. board is set to decide Wednesday whether to proceed with a split of the media conglomerate into two companies, carving the bigger and more profitable entertainment businesses from the newspapers.
European stocks edged cautiously higher at the open, taking their cue from positive U.S. and Asian sessions, although any gains will likely be capped by caution ahead of the European Union summit.
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The SEC has voted to file a civil lawsuit against star hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone and his firm Harbinger Capital Partners.
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After a planned J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. real-estate fund got the cold shoulder from potential investors, it turned to a friendlier source: the bank itself.
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Swiss drug giant Roche said it will close a research site in New Jersey, resulting in the loss of about 1,000 jobs, in another sign that the industry is cutting investment in labs that haven't produced enough new drugs.
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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warned of the impact on the U.K. from the euro-zone debt crisis and a slowing global economy, as official figures showed the U.K. government's efforts to rein in its budget deficit had been blown off course.
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Some relief may be on the horizon for London's chronic housing shortage in the form of four master-planned developments that are moving slowly forward.
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America will halve its reliance on Middle East oil by the end of this decade and could end it completely by 2035 due to declining demand and growth of new petroleum sources, energy analysts say.
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Turkey threatened military retaliation against Syrian forces near its border, as hostilities rose five days after Syria shot down a Turkish military jet.
A diet based on healthy carbohydrates—rather than a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet—offers the best chance of keeping weight off without bringing unwanted side effects, a new study shows.
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A new free service creates a detailed physical and digital profile of your medical and personal information to be stored online in case of an emergency.
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Best Buy founder Richard Schulze, who resigned from the company's board earlier this month, is working with Wall Street bankers to explore taking the electronics retailer private.
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Few would dispute that southern Louisiana is boudin heaven. Trickier to answer is which of three competing Cajun communities is the sausage's official mecca.
Supporters of the Free Syrian Army have established an outreach office in Washington for a lobbying effort that is likely to feed the Obama administration's discussions on whether to arm the group or more directly intervene in the Syrian conflict.
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Sir Terry Leahy took Tesco from third largest retailer in the U.K. to third largest in the world. Here he shares what he learned on the way.
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Consumer plays and energy shares led a modest rebound from Monday's selloff in U.S. stocks after data showed home prices fell less than expected in April.
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Facebook acknowledged that it could have made a better effort to educate its users about changes to the way email addresses are displayed with profiles.
Vietnam launched a formal protest against China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s move to offer nine blocks in the South China Sea for joint operation with foreign companies.
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Oregon city now picks up garbage once every two weeks, but collects yard waste and kitchen scraps weekly. It's about diverting waste from landfills and creating marketable compost.
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A gondola ride in Venice is a tourist cliché. Learning to row Venetian-style gives you an insider's view of Italy's romantic city.
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Maybe the judges and regulators need a long vacation—unpaid.
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Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Northern Ireland Tuesday and attended an ecumenical service.
In today's photos, Bolivian police protest, tensions run high over Arizona's immigration law, a family plays in the water in Oregon, and more.
This five-bedroom house was completed eight years ago on the site of a former chalk quarry in Dorset, England, in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
This three bedroom apartment in Mayfair is in a newly restored 18th century building that was the home of Sir Robert Walpole, considered to be Britain's first prime minister.
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