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Mediocre earnings from Thursday help paint a fuller picture of an unsatisfying recent performance at the world’s largest retailer.

Samsung has started a contest asking for the best ideas and business plans on how to use its flexible display technology.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway unloaded all shares it held of newspaper company Gannett in the second quarter.

What's more, one analyst argued the downward pressure on core inflation (excluding food/energy) is fading.

The number of initial jobless claims fell last week, beating analysts' average estimate, which had forecast a rise in claims.

Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout allegedly tried to conceal massive trading losses by fraudulently overvaluing investments.

India’s PM Manmohan Singh expressed anguish over the accident in his address to the nation on the eve of India’s 67th Independence Day.

The world's biggest retailer, which also cut its full-year guidance, said the U.S. payroll tax increase is cutting into consumer spending.

Chet Kanojia told a crowd of entrepreneurs in New York that he needed fewer than 1 million paid users to generate a profit.

One chart from former U.S. Mint Director Edmund Moy shows a correlation between gold and the debt ceiling since 2008.

The smallest town in the U.S. was sold to a Vietnamese businessman for $900,000.

Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) is expected to report second quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday.

China could set a record for itself if consumers there demand more than 1,000 tonnes of gold this year.

The so-called patent troll has sued dozens of companies since 2008 and sent notice letters to at least 121 others.

Speculation has begun to swirl around whether the Sulzberger family will sell The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT).

A company in Hong Kong offers quick loans with luxury handbags as collateral.

Peña Nieto's proposal for energy-sector reform is falling flat, even with the private investors supposed to benefit from it.

Tom Steyer, former hedge fund head, is not your usual activist fighting against climate change.

Banks in Egypt closed as the military deadline for Morsi to establish a power-sharing deal begins to run out.

As Tesla prepares to plant its brand in China, the years-long battle over its trademark is coming to a head.

China's search engine giant Baidu just wrote a big check to attract mobile users.

Foxconn has been testing the solar panel industry waters for two years, but has revealed little about its solar unit.

Blackberry's search for a rescue may lead right to one of its own shareholders.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong allegedly fired Patch employee Abel Lenz due to his criticism over the company's Patch 2.0 project.

On the morning of August 14, a UPS cargo plane crashed near an airport in Birmingham, Ala.

A Michigan Ponzi scheme operator and his accomplice got 20 years between them after stealing $72 million.

South Korea is getting a reputation as a costly place to make cars.

Meanwhile, the closely followed core rate rose just 0.1 percent in July -- aided by cheaper natural gas.

An official newspaper in China said a new obsession with towering buildings is only for vanity instead of function.