South Africa is in the midst of a massive waves of strikes by tens of thousands of workers across many industries which threaten to paralyze the national economy.
Institutional investors, turned off by a slow-growth economy that?s led to low-return stocks, piled in to oil, driving up its price, worsening the economic conditions that led them to invest in oil in the first place.
One in five siblings of autistic children are at risk of being autistic themselves
A Florida teenager who died over the weekend from a suspected amoeba infection became an organ donor at age 14, according to her mother.
Warren Buffett, in a New York Times op-ed, suggested that the U.S. government raise taxes on the investor class.
The chief executive of Harmony Gold, Africa's third largest gold producer, said on Monday he remained committed to a 2015 output target of 2 million ounces despite a decline in production over the last financial year.
Stocks were set to open higher on Monday, feeding on acquisition news and brushing off weak manufacturing data after last week's wild swings took the S&P 500 near a one-year low.
More homeowners prefer to pay off their mortgages sooner as interest rates have stayed near rock-bottom and weak labor conditions have caused them to reduce their debt loads, a survey showed on Monday.
Suicide attackers and car bombs hit cities across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in apparently coordinated assaults authorities blamed on al Qaeda affiliates intent on destabilizing the government.
S&P published a report today that shows how its ratings downgrade of America?s debt is affecting bond spreads, issuance volume, and the corporate default rate.
Newly announced GOP presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry, launched a pair of Web videos introducing him as a candidate.
Nearly one in five with an autistic sibling will develop the disorder
With his approval rating at an all time low, U.S. President Barack Obama launched a Midwest bus tour to improve country moral and reconnect with voters.
U.S. officials suspect that Pakistan allowed the Chinese military to see secret new U.S. technology -- the U.S. helicopter that crashed in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden -- despite explicit requests from the CIA not to.
On the heels of the retirement of the space shuttle program, NASA announced it has launched a new department that has targeted asteroids and Mars as the next targets for human space exploration.
The reality TV star is set to marry on Saturday.
Sarah Palin's One Nation bus tour rolled into Ronald Reagan's hometown after a memorable stop at the Iowa State Fair.
Pfizer Inc said on Monday it won a patent infringement case against the U.S. unit of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, preventing Teva from launching a generic version of Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug Viagra until October 2019.
Critics have chided President Barack Obama for his economic reforms, which they view as too big, or too liberal. The reality is however, that if Obama's reforms don't stand, and the economic/social problems are not addressed, an even more-liberal public official will likely emerge to propose and enact bigger changes.
Silver prices and the shares of silver mining companies rose Monday along with the price of gold and the broader U.S. stock market.
About 45,000 Verizon workers, represented by the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have been on strike since last Sunday after talks for a new labor contract failed.
Shortages of steel raised fears that the automobile industry would suffer production cuts and might have to lay off significant numbers of their own workers.
