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Britain is considering reducing the tax bill for oil explorers in the North Sea including a proposal from the industry to halve rates.

Xiaomi’s rapid rise has led to stratospheric valuations, making it more valuable than established companies.

Regulatory hurdles have kept out a large swathe of the investment community despite a sizzling stock market rally on the mainland.

British companies plan to cautiously relax their grip on pay in 2015.

China's trade minister proposed more use of China's currency in settling trade with Russia in the face of a weaker ruble.

Fox wants its viewers to choose another cable provider besides Dish.

Travel analysts expect gas prices to drop before Christmas and again before New Year's Day.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi blamed falling oil prices on speculators and lack of cooperation from non-OPEC members

New Year’s Day, Lithuania will become the last of the Baltic states to join the euro currency bloc.

Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi says other countries are welcome to cut their oil output, but that his country will not be doing it.

As Ford and GM plants close, workers are unsure about what comes next.

"I can't say it will never happen, but the probability that Pfizer returns is much less," the AstraZeneca CEO tells a Swedish newspaper.

Retail analysts say the last Saturday before Christmas could trump "Black Friday" as the biggest retail-generating day of 2014.

The National Labor Relations Board complaints say the parent company is liable for the actions of its U.S. franchisees.

The South African singer-songwriter is one of several women who have accused Uber drivers of sexual assault in recent weeks.

With the U.S. embargo on Cuban cigars lifted, there could be big disruptions in the marketplace.

"Basically, it's like, 'Mum and Dad will take care of you, I don't have to see whether you do anything naughty,'" the study's author says.

The FBI had said it had enough information to prove that North Korea was involved in the hack but Pyongyang denies it.

Flipkart said it had raised $700 million, as it tries to compete with Amazon, which is rapidly scaling up operations in the country.

India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident.

General Motors has developed contingency plans in case recalls of potentially lethal Takata-made air bag inflators widens.

The Boeing Black encrypts disk data and all communications, BlackBerry says.

Find out whether or not you may have been a victim of the Staples credit card data breach that the company confirmed Friday.

Staples Inc. confirmed Friday that more than 1 million credit cards may have been compromised in a massive data breach.

The Dow and the S&P 500 completed three straight days of gains Friday, as U.S. stocks soared to the largest three-day rally since 2011.

Federal regulators classified the byproduct of coal-burning power plants as solid waste. Green groups call it a weak first step.

An investigation by the nonprofit Texas Appleseed finds payday lenders filing criminal charges against borrowers.

Despite lawmakers’ call for a federal probe, the Chicago mayor gets a new infusion of money from firms making fees off Chicago pensions.

Department of Labor data released Friday paint a rosy picture of state labor markets, but they ignore important considerations.