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Five years to the day after Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from house arrest, her National League for Democracy party officially clinched victory Friday in historic elections, with a largeand growing majority in parliament shaping up as the strongest challenge to military dominance...

H&M recently announced all of their stores will be closed. Wal-Mart says something to the effect of, “But we’ve opened sales earlier so that people don’t have to shop on Thanksgiving”. (And outdoor retailer REI, which just opened a store in West Des...

Sebastian Vettel was third for Ferrari.

On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that “with regard to activity by the Self-Defense Forces in the South China Sea, I will consider it while focusing on what effect the situation has on Japan’s security”. The U.S.-guided missile destroyer USS...

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Paris attack last week in which at least 130 people were killed and hundreds were injured.

Subsequent statements from Fed members, a strong non-farm payrolls and soft retail sales and inflation have paved the way forward to the first USA benchmark interest rate hike in 10 years. Most economists in a Bloomberg survey, and traders of federal funds futures, expect...

Hours later, but by a smaller margin, Ford workers ratified their new four-year deal, additionally covering about 52,000 employees, the union declared late Friday. But final approval was then held up because 60% of the skilled trades workers, such as electricians and welders,...

The USD reaction was relatively muted with the dollar failing to extend on its recent rally, as the market was likely hoping for a more hawkish surprise.

Arkansas’ unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.1 percent in October, according to labor statistics released Friday.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.6%. The S&P 500 was up 17.46 points, or 0.85 percent, to 2,067.90.

That followed reports earlier this fall that several smaller, nonprofit insurance cooperatives would stop selling coverage on the state-based exchanges, which are a key element in the ACA’s push to expand insurance coverage. “We are pleased that the tools created...

Oil equipment company Baker Hughes (BHI) releases its natural gas rig count every Friday. The most recent time crude prices were much higher than now was in May and June, when US futures averaged $60 a barrel. The bearish trend of natural gas prices and natural gas rigs suggests...

UnitedHealth Group on Thursday said it expects to lose up to $500 million next year from its participation in exchanges providing insurance under the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

Tuesday reported a 22 percent increase in profit on 4 percent growth in revenue for its 2015 fiscal year and announced plans to open more than 70 restaurants next year.

Clinton reiterated her support for a no-fly zone over the northern region of Syria – a step opposed by Obama – saying it would help with conditions inside the country and pressure Assad to reach a political settlement in peace talks being brokered by Secretary of...