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The nuclear budget request comes at a time when the nation is facing tight fiscal controls due to its large budget deficit.

The Canadian Supreme Court on Friday struck down three laws that banned certain aspects of prostitution.

Credit and debit card information stolen during the recent, massive Target hack is now being sold all over the Web.

It’s unclear whether the problem is isolated or systemic.

Third quarter U.S. growth topped 4 percent, government now says.

The EU said Google has not gone far enough with its latest proposal to settle an antitrust case.

A new law would ban the use of e-cigarettes in public and private venues in New York City, where smoking is already prohibited.

A rising stock market, low interest rates and risk-friendly investors have helped propel 222 companies onto major exchanges.

It’s as if the Fed’s tapering announcement never happened. After weeks of jitters, markets have discounted it and are moving on.

Confidence among German consumers is improving, aided by a buoyant economic outlook, while producer prices continued to decline.

Recent rating cuts involving several member countries affected the overall rating of the EU.

Including Yellen's, 10 nominations are awaiting Senate confirmation, and many of these could be pushed to after the holidays.

The telecom giant's decision comes as the debate over data gathering heats up.

The BoJ said that Japan's and the world's economies are recovering moderately, but a lackluster recovery is seen in the latter.

The collapse occurred during "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." Nearly 90 people were injured but no fatalities were reported.

In light of the Fed’s recent decision to scale back on its QE program, what taper clue steered some investors wrong?

Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina were sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.”

Cue the Fail Whale. IBTimes rounds up the most offensive, most invasive, most ill-conceived tweets of the year. It’s racism. It’s misogyny. It’s half-baked marketing ploys. It’s Twitter.

This is just bitcoin's most recent, massive valuation swing - giving weight to currency opponents who constantly cite its volatility.

A 7-year-old girl was allowed to go into surgery with her service dog that monitored her condition while under anesthesia.

Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Google's Dream Team of Page and Brin, and Amazon's Bezos topped this year’s list of highest-earning billionaires.

Boeing and Airbus cleaned up in 2013, signing world-record orders for hundreds of aircraft. Here are the biggest deals in a year filled with superlatives.

An official in China said that the global manufacturing landscape is changing, and not in a good way for the world's second-largest economy.

All of a sudden, there are several positive themes for the U.S. economy heading into the new year.

Although the Fed said it plans to gradually reduce stimulus over the next year, when is it likely to occur? Analysts offered their view.

Darden Restaurants, the parent company of Red Lobster, is looking to offload the struggling seafood chain.

Mark Zuckerberg's voting power in Facebook shares will dip to 56.1 percent after he sells some shares

Info that may have been stolen includes customer names, card numbers, expiration dates and 3-digit security codes on the back of cards.

Following the Fed’s long-awaited decision on its QE program, attention should switch back to economic data.