Guinea's government has dispatched security forces to prevent RUSAL from exporting alumina from the port of Conakry, two sources with knowledge of RUSAL's operations said on Wednesday.
Nigeria's state oil company had the poorest transparency record of 44 national and international energy companies evaluated in a report published by international watchdogs this week.
Talibanism is on the rise in Pakistan and the government is helpless about it, Wednesday's ruthless assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the nation's only Christian lawmaker to hold a cabinet rank, has confirmed.
Marcellus Shale gas will bring an estimated $250 billion in payments to Pennsylvania land owners and stronger economic activity, said FBR Capital Markets.
A report from SpendingPulse on national retail and services sales for the month of February has shown that growth continued in most sectors, but slightly less robust than prior months.
Apple could be a victim of its own hype, created by its muted response to media prodding for details about the upcoming iPad 2.
The drivers won't take action towards reducing gas consumption and exiting lease contracts until gas reaches $4 per gallon, according to a report from nation's most popular online car leasing marketplace LeaseTrader.com.
Tata Steel, the world's No. 7 steelmaker, has raised its stake in Riversdale Mining to more than 27 percent, making it harder for miner Rio Tinto to seal its $3.9 billion bid for the Mozambique-focused coal miner.
The trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has sued Tremont Group Holdings for $2.1 billion, saying it missed warning signs the business could be a fraud.
Sands China (1928.HK), the Macau-based casino operator run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, driven by surging demand in the world's largest gaming market.
Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) won the rights to a giant Siberian gas field destined to supply the fast-growing markets of China, a spokesman for the sale organiser said on Tuesday.
A Bay Area hedge fund manager settled civil charges that he secretly diverted more than $12 million in proceeds to other entities he controlled, securities regulators announced.
Financial penalties extracted from large banks over their mortgage servicing practices may be used for loan modifications, a top Obama administration official said on Monday.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc could lose up to $3.4 billion from lawsuits and other disputes over the securities it sold and underwrote, the investment bank said in its annual filing with regulators on Tuesday.
NFL star Tom Brady has finally sold his Time Warner Center condo in New York City this week after two-and-a-half years of being on the market.
Brewer SABMiller is to spend over $100 million to build a new brewery in Africa's second largest beer market Nigeria to take on the country's brewing heavyweights Heineken and Diageo.
An Egyptian judicial panel ruled on Tuesday that a state land sale to Palm Hills Development, Egypt's second biggest listed developer, was illegal and should be scrapped.
Insurers must stop setting prices based on gender, an EU court ruled, in a move that could raise costs for women drivers, cut male pensions and invite more legal challenges to pricing practices.
Congress should pass legislation overhauling the U.S. housing finance system within two years, though it should not act in haste, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said.
Google has assured Gmail account holders who lost their mails that many of these missing emails are stored on offline tapes and efforts are on to restore these to the users' accounts.
Flush from heady sales in the world's largest auto market, foreign car makers now see China as a launch pad for exports, with General Motors (GM.N) (GM) blazing the trail with shipments of its Chevy Sail.
A jailed former Societe Generale trader convicted of theft of speed-trading computer code secrets was sentenced to 36 months in prison on Monday.
Allianz Global Investment (AGI), the funds arm of one of Europe's largest insurers, see growth opportunities in China's burgeoning pensions market, where ageing residents are battling to fund their retirements.
The top attorney for the U.S. securities regulator was advised not to recuse himself from handling Bernard Madoff matters for the agency, even though his family's estate had invested with the swindler.
Rosneft (ROSN.MM) is set to take on Gazprom (GAZP.MM) when Russia puts the Kovykta gas field on the block on Tuesday as the country's top crude producer aims to muscle in on the gas export monopoly's plans to supply China.
Citigroup Inc could write down some $5 billion to $10 billion in expected future tax benefits if the United States decreases corporate tax rates, veteran banking analyst Mike Mayo estimated on Monday.
A former executive at Colonial Bank, which collapsed in part because of its close ties to the now-bankrupt Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp, is expected to plead to criminal charges on Wednesday.
A U.S. regulator charged three former directors of a military contractor with involvement in a massive accounting fraud, after a jury had convicted the company's founder of orchestrating the $190 million scheme.
Rock star and the widow of late Kurt Cobain Courtney Love might be leasing a townhome on 250 West 10th Street, last seen on the market with an asking price of $28,000 per month.
