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The self-proclaimed socialist targets corporations as a leading cause of woes in the United States prison system.

U.S. stocks traded lower in afternoon trading Wednesday, paring morning gains during Apple's iPhone 6S launch event.

A new report from Societe Generale predicts a 30 percent chance of China's economy facing a hard landing.

As a part of a bigger push to make major changes at the fast food chain, McDonald's plans to switch to using cage-free eggs in the next ten years.

IBM's SlamTracker provides U.S. Open fans with unprecedented access to big data, but tennis is still figuring out how to catch up to other sports.

"We will try to get to the bottom of it and prosecute the companies or those persons, who are involved," said Nigeria's president.

The central bank could raise the cost of money within days, but people with a credit card balance have several ways to protect themselves.

Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett said he was "disappointed" by the move that ended the company's 17-year support of the contest.

For the first year, U.S. News & World Report surveyed college presidents, provosts and admissions deans to determine which were the "Most Innovative Schools."

Analysts say the plans could help slowing growth recover in the final quarter of 2015.

While Wednesday’s rally was seen as a reversal of Tuesday’s rout, investors continue to look to China for further cues.

The job cuts, across its information systems and government services division, should be completed by mid-November, said the person familiar with the plans.

The U.S. News & World Report list released Wednesday ranked which colleges offer the best deals: a high quality education for low costs.

U.S. News & World Report released its annual college rankings Wednesday, including a look at schools with the highest number of foreign students.

The U.S. News & World Report ranks colleges on 16 different measures of academic quality.

"We will accelerate the implementation and improvement of proactive fiscal policy and related measures, do timely fine tuning, and speed up reform," a ministry statement said.

OPEC is producing close to record volumes to squeeze out competition, especially from U.S. shale producers.

Japan's Nikkei soared 4.7 percent in morning trade, on track for its biggest one-day rise since October 2014.

Passengers were evacuated from the London-bound British Airways jet, and flights to and from Las Vegas were briefly delayed.

Jeff Smisek will get nearly $5 million in severance pay. Two other officials also left the company.

"Donald Trump and I both agree that there ought to be more taxation of the billionaires, the people who are making their money on Wall Street."

Why September typically puts a damper on the stock market as volatility rises into October.

An executive order from President Obama will require federal contractors to provide up to seven days of paid medical leave per year, impacting about 300,000 workers.

Some argue a price hike could inhibit military families based in those areas from leading a healthy lifestyle with good eating habits.

The South African rand strengthened from an all-time low Tuesday, rising 1.3 percent to 13.7885 per dollar as of 4:30 p.m. in Johannesburg.

Leaders have trimmed 17 treatments from a list of medicines eligible for coverage.

As candidates pledge to improve college affordability, some also have developed cozy relationships with controversial for-profit schools.

In one instance, a foreign customer’s $50,000 cash deposit in Caesars’ Hong Kong bank account wasn’t flagged as suspicious, as required by U.S. law.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is calling on China’s government to “change its old ways” and show more trust in foreign businesses.