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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it’s buying Hong Kong’s leading English language newspaper, the South China Morning Post. We believe we can do this because the SCMP, from its base in Hong Kong, is uniquely positioned to report on China with objectivity, depth...

Overall, retail sales edged up 0.1 per cent, having been weighed down by falling automobile sales and cheaper gasoline.

US stocks fell in a choppy session Tuesday as lower oil prices pressured energy stocks for a fifth day and weak Chinese trade data reignited fears of a global slowdown. All three major indexes were moving higher within a tight range a few minutes after the opening bell. S&P...

This Saturday witnesses a clash between Bournemouth and Manchester United – two clubs with massive contrasts in financial strengths in the Premier League.

After crashing The Daily Show Monday to lobby in support of the Zadroga Renewal Act, Jon Stewart interrupted Stephen Colbert’s Late Show monologue Thursday in an effort to pass the bill that would extend the health care benefits of 9/11 first responders.

It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any Iraqi casualties.

Our warm spell continues, with highs in the low to mid 50s (11° Celsius for our Canadian neighbors).

The Cubs and Cards were thought to be the main contenders for Heyward, who starred in St. Louis previous year and is being highly pursued by his incumbent team as well as the Cubs, the darling of this free-agent market, who already stole John Lackey from the Cardinals and jumped...

The Packers got one more shot to win after Detroit defensive end Devin Taylor was called for grabbing Aaron Rodgers’ face mask on a tackle on what would have been the last play of the game.

This comes as no surprise since Saint’s older sister goes by the name, North West. Both offspring of Kim K and Kanye West will have “nmi”, aka “no middle name” in the place of a middle name.

Bilic has decided that it can not be a coincidence and he pointed to the manner of Reid’s injury, saying that the centre-back hurt his hamstring after he slipped at the start of a session.

The bank suggested in its quarterly inflation report last month that a rise may be a year away.

Paris: Terming as “game changer” the national climate action plans of every country, India strongly voiced its concern over exclusion of these plans in the new draft negotiating text unveiled by climate change negotiators and said developed countries did not fulfil...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will start letting shoppers in its stores pay with their smartphone using the company’s mobile app, a move that could challenge other mobile- payment methods such as Apple Pay and the Merchant Customer Exchange.

It is a rewrite of No Child Left Behind, called the “Every Student Succeeds Act”.