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Warren Buffett resisted pressure on Monday to identify his successor as chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, saying the person who has been chosen does not even know it himself.

TransCanada Corp said on Monday it aims to build the southern leg of its $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline first, skirting a full-blown federal review and heightening competition to move crude out of the glutted Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub.

Israel’s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit with President Barack Obama in Washington next week to discuss the Iran matter.

WikiLeaks has published over five million emails from a U.S.-based global security analysis and intelligence firm, Stratfor.

Tech nerds and electronic fanatics are gearing up for the release of Apple’s latest revelation: the iPad 3. Rumors have circulated that the tablet is already on its way to the U.S. from China, heightening excitement among potential buyers. But with iPhones, iPods, MacBooks, and iPads, one can be a little confused about choosing the gadget that best suits their needs.

Weapons-grade uranium. There’s an ominous ring to those words.

At least nine people are dead after a car bomb was detonated at a NATO airbase in Jalalabad, according to Afghan police. The Taliban has claimed the suicide attack was revenge for the recent burning of several copies of the Koran by U.S. soldiers, which have incited virulent protests beginning Feb. 22 across Afghanistan.

After months of silence, ExxonMobil executives confirmed the company's exploration deal with the semi-autonomous Kurdish Government in Northern Iraq.

The Russian prime minister's admonition comes despite reassurances from U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, who said any foreign intervention could lead to a civil war in Syria.

Stocks rebounded on Monday from near 1 percent losses after the open to turn flat in late morning trading.

BP, Britain's No. 1 oil company is said to be negotiating a $14 billion settlement for the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months in 2010.

A huge majority of Americans said they supported lower tax rates for the wealthy and corporations in a new poll from The Hill. However, it is unclear if those respondents were aware of the current tax rates for those individuals and entities.

Lowe's Cos , the world's second-largest home improvement chain, reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales as a warm winter prompted many homeowners to take up renovation projects that they normally save for the spring.

Nissan Motor Co. is recalling nearly 80,000 vehicles in the United States to address gasoline leaks, the company said in documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Business conditions in Texas-area manufacturing continued to expand at a solid pace in February, according to a report released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Rumors have been swirling about Macaulay Culkin, who was seen in a photo earlier this month looking more than just skinny or thin, but terrifyingly gaunt.

Elpida Memory filed on Monday for bankruptcy protection, the largest ever by a Japanese manufacturer.

Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) plans to raise $2 billion in debt in a private transaction, the company said on Monday.

Profits at the nation's second-largest home improvement retailer rose more than expected in the just-ended quarter as a warmer-than-usual winter, an incipient recovery in the U.S. housing sector and consumer's willingness to once again charge their purchases to their credit cards combined to help boost sales.

Nearly 10 percent of customers of U.S. banks moved their accounts last year, often after they became frustrated with fees and the quality of service, market research firm J.D. Power and Associates said on Monday.

The little film that could, The Artist, was the toast of Hollywood last night as it took home the biggest prize of them all: the Oscar for Best Picture.