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The collapsed LIPA needs a new boss. Are former heads of IBM, Nassau County and the CIA candidates?

Papa John's is being sued for $250 million.

Move over Diet Pepsi and make way for “fat-blocking” Pepsi. The new product, named Pepsi Special, is now available for purchase in Japan, but does it work?

Home Depot reported third-quarter net income Tuesday that beat Wall Street's expectations, sending its stock 3.6 percent higher for the day, up $2.21 to close at $63.37 per shar

A comprised list of the best bargains for Black Friday 2012.

Activision Blizzard’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) finally released “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2," its most important game of the 2012 holiday season, on Tuesday at midnight. But does the game live up to its impossible critical hype and enormous commercial expectations?

South Africa's mining labor problems endure as negotiations drag. One forecast says strikes will contribute greatly to global platinum deficit for 2012.

Weak global economic growth will likely continue to limit oil demand in 2013.

The crisis in the near-bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines compounded Tuesday as the private Indian air carrier failed to pay the pending salaries for the month of May to its over 3,000 employees before Diwali, as promised.

Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, is leaving the company immediately, weeks after the release of Windows 8, which he led, the company said.

The Black Friday 2012 sales list has been published by Best Buy week's before the big sales day.

John McAfee, creator of McAfee anti-virus, is reportedly on the run for the alleged murder of Gregory Faull in Belize.

As Activision Blizzard’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) prepares to launch “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” gamers are expecting to skip school and work to play the game expected to break industry records set by its immediate predecessor "Modern Warfare 3."

The sharp slump in output will bolster calls for an interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of India to perk up the economy.

After a series of missteps and a dismal third quarter, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is struggling to get back to the fundamentals of retail.

A former employee has claimed that Waffle House Chairman Joseph Rogers Jr. threatened to fire her if she did not perform sexual acts and that the sexual harassment lasted about a decade, the Associated Press reported.

Chrysler Group LLC is recalling almost 750,000 of its Jeeps because of faulty airbags. Chrysler issued a recall order for two Jeep product lines. It applies to all Jeep Liberty models produced in 2002 and 2003 and to all Jeep Grand Cherokee models produced from 2002 to 2004.

The Navy and Department of Defense have punished seven members of the Navy SEAL Team 6 for sharing classified information with video game developer Danger Close Games and publisher Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA) for the military shooter “Medal of Honor: Warfighter.”

An 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck north Japan on Friday, but has not resulted in a tsunami warning.

Leonardo DiCpaprio has put his beachside compound on the market for $23 million. He performed extensive renovations on the property after acquiring it for $6 million in 2002.

Meanwhile, the company's CEO is set to lay out his plan to shareholders in New York on Tuesday.

Fresh Express and Wegmans have issued separate recalls for spinach: a recall on Fresh Express bagged Spinach and Wegmans Spinach & Spring Mix.

Nestle USA issued a recall Thursday on some of its Nesquik chocolate powder because of a possible Salmonella risk.

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit north Japan on Friday, but has not resulted in a tsunami warning.

The earnings calendar for the week ahead will be comparatively light, but we will still be hearing from a number of household names.

A recent dip has raised fears about the prospects for Apple's stock, but the redesigned iMac & iTunes platform ahead should dispel doubts.

United Kingdom's Diageo Plc is likely to announce a deal Friday to buy a 51 percent stake in India’s liquor major United Spirits for $1.8 billion.

Kohl's, Macy's, Dillard's, Nordstrom and J.C. Penney, on average, have seen sales rising for the past three Octobers.

Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) is now officially accepting mobile payments through Square following a $25 million investment it made in the startup last August.