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The cost of complying with new securities rules is making it harder for small- and mid-sized U.S. brokerages to stay profitable -- and may force more mergers in the sector.

Huwai just introduced the first Android 3.2 tablet—the 7-inch MediaPad, in Singapore with CommunicAsia being the launchpad for the device.

A husband and wife consulting team accused of helping to siphon more than $460 million as part of the scandal plagued CityTime payroll modernization project may have fled to India, prosecutors said.

Investors are increasingly worried that troubles in the euro zone and China will hurt global economic growth this year, curbing gains in equity and commodity markets, a Barclays Capital survey showed on Monday.

Don't confuse the two pageants!

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is relieved after the US Supreme Court blocked a gigantic class action lawsuit against the retailer from being certified.

A performance artist Maria Yoon, aka Maria the Korean Bride, married 50 times in every State of the U.S. Her momentary husbands included women, indigenous people, Black Angus, and thoroughbred horse.

A performance artist Maria Yoon, aka Maria the Korean Bride, married 50 times in every State of the U.S. Her momentary husbands included women, indigenous people, Black Angus, and thoroughbred horse.

Facebook's U.S. advertising revenue will total roughly $2.2 billion in 2011, displacing Yahoo Inc to collect the biggest slice of online display advertising dollars, according to a new study.

How do you plan on spending the longest day of the year?

One child drowns every five days in a portable pool during warm weather months, according to a new U.S. study.

The federal agency responsible for overseeing the nuclear power industry has continually rewritten rules to allow aging plants to continue running even as they fall into disrepair, an investigation by the Associated Press found.

Hacktivist groups Anonymous and LulzSec are sailing out for a cyber war against any and all government agencies around the globe, without taking a breath from the recent rash of high-profit hacks. Meanwhile, a new blog called LulzSec Exposed claims its knowledge of LulzSec members' identities.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans Saturday, beating out his rivals for the GOP nomination.

Royal Bank of Canada will focus on expanding its U.S. asset management business now that it has sold its money-losing U.S. retail banking operations to PNC Financial Services Group Inc for $3.45 billion in cash and stock.

Miss California emerged victorious in the 2011 Miss USA beauty pagent, edging out 50 other contestants from all around the country.

The beauty pageant, held at the Theater for the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, crowned the 21 year old model the winner.

When Kate (Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge) travels to North American with Price William she will have her trusted hair stylist at her side.

Brazilian planemaker Embraer sees good chances of firm orders from U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines, which will likely make a decision to renew its fleet by October, a top company executive told Reuters on Monday.

A U.S.-flagged boat is planning to break the blockade enforced around Gaza by the Israeli navy.

Google plans to digitize a quarter of a million books from the British Library's collections covering a period from the French Revolution to the end of slavery as part of its ambitious books project.