Eric Linton

J.P. Morgan Chase has reached a $546 million settlement with the trustee liquidating MF Global Holdings.

Germany's finance minister warned Cyprus Tuesday night that its banks may never be able to reopen if it rejects the terms of a bailout.

The Justice Department and SEC are investigating Microsoft on possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

American workers and employers are heading for a retirement crisis, a study being released Tuesday warns.

An exile coalition elected a Syrian-American from Dallas early Tuesday to be the first leader of an interim government.

Asian shares rebounded Tuesday from the previous session, but investors remained wary as Cyprus prepared to vote on an EU bailout.

Five men have confessed to gang-raping a Swiss woman as she camped with her husband in India, police said Sunday.

Libertarian standard-bearer Rand Paul won Saturday’s straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Two Ohio high school football players were convicted Sunday morning of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.

Corruption cost Africa hundreds of billions in the last decade, a study shows, depriving the poorest continent of capital sorely needed for development.

Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) got federal approval Tuesday to start testing a redesigned battery for the 787 Dreamliner, a step toward getting the grounded airplane back up in the skies.

Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co. will take over Twinkies and other Hostess products, bankrupt Hostess Brands announced.

The people of the Falkland Islands have voted overwhelmingly to stay British, it was reported Monday night.

LinkedIn will buy the maker of the newsreader app Pulse, say informed sources.

Venezuelans continued filing by their leader’s coffin Saturday, a day after his funeral.

Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election with just enough votes to avoid a runoff.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, announced Thursday afternoon that he will not seek re-election in 2014.

U.S. officers oversaw Iraqi police units that ran secret detention and torture centers while Gen. David Petraeus was in charge, a report states.

South Korea's military said it was fully prepared to strike back at the North, a day after Pyongyang threatened to scrap the 1953 armistice.

Marriott unveiled its designs for Moxy, a European budget hotel brand it is developing with a subsidiary of Inter IKEA Group, on Tuesday.

The United States and China have a tentative deal on a sanctions resolution to punish North Korea for its third nuclear test, U.N. diplomats say.

President Hugo Chavez's breathing problems have worsened and he is suffering from a new, severe respiratory infection, Venezuela said on Monday.

A bipartisan group of senators is backing a bill to create specific federal prohibitions on gun trafficking and the straw purchasing of firearms.

Opposition fighters said they have taken their first provincial capital, and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father.

A suspected suicide bomber attacked Shi'ite Muslims as they were leaving a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, killing scores of people.

The Swiss have voted to curb the pay of top executives and dramatically shift power away from corporate boards toward shareholders.

Cardinals, fearing Benedict’s resignation has weakened his office, will ask the next pope to pledge to serve until death, European media report.

As the clock ticked toward huge spending cuts, many members of Congress skipped town. But no fear, the real deadline is Friday midnight.

The United States plans to provide medical supplies and food – at least -- to Syrian rebel fighters in a policy shift.