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The number of homeless people in Greece has surged by 25 percent since 2009.

A record-high number of graduates, combined with an economy in a slowdown, is bad news for China's Class of 2013.

Nigerian armed forces have launched raids against Boko Haram Islamist militants in the north-east, officials said on Thursday.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open on Friday ahead of the publication of the University of Michigan consumer confidence report.

SINA, ViaSat, Cerus, Oncothyreon, and Ambac Financial prevailed in the Nasdaq post-market trading on Thursday.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is expected to come with a sleeker bezel while retaining the same build as the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3, states a new report.

National Bank of Greece, InvenSense, Accuride, Diana Shipping and Terex prevailed in the NYSE post-market trading on Thursday.

The beleaguered department store reported an EPS loss of $1.31. Analysts has expected the loss to be 89 cents.

Seattle-based fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom said gross profit decline related to cost of expanding its off-price division.

Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire, has been dethroned from his status as the world's richest person by Bill Gates after a recent rally in Microsoft stock.

The factory that collapsed in Cambodia is the latest deadly industrial disaster. Click to see which economies are dependent on apparel exports.

Federal judge rejects Dow's request to overturn a February verdict, tripling the $400 million owed to $1.2 billion.

Citigroup is banning its forex traders from using their Bloomberg terminal chat rooms to talk to each other -- but they can still use it for outside clients.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Greece's top banks' long-term issuer default ratings.

The oil and gas giant says false and excessive claims are putting its finances at risk, possibly inviting a takeover.

The 2013 Subaru Forester tops the crash safety list from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) has joined several other retailers in signing an accord aimed at improving factory safety in Bangladesh.

New York State's Financial Services Department ordered the car-sharing service RelayRides to cease and desist its repeated false advertising and violations of insurance law, which are putting the public at risk.

After exiting the racing circuit in 2008, the Japanese automaker thinks the smaller F1 engine specs are right up its alley.

The lender says the job reductions are part of efforts to restructure its retail division's head office and customer-facing positions remain.

A problem with engines in Boeing’s 777 jumbo jet has caused engines to fail in mid-flight twice this year.

The department store retailer reported lower earnings, but it beat Wall Street estimates as it managed to do more with less.

Years ago, the same thing happened with another Apple manufacturer that began to develop its own products. That company is Samsung.

Venezuelan officials say they will address a toilet paper shortage by importing 50 million rolls to meet demand.

The world's largest retailer made $3.78 billion in profit in its first quarter of 2013. Analysts expected more.

Mining and commodities trading giant Glencore Xstrata appointed former BP chief executive Tony Hayward as interim chairman.

Could the U.S. housing recovery be starting to fade?

Hundreds of residents of Kunming, China, are protesting planned paraxylene production in their backyard.

HSBC will declare 14,000 layoffs through 2016 in an effort to save up to $3 billion.