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"Vampire Diaries" executive producer Julie Plec was on hand at the 2013 ATX Television Festival to dish about the past few seasons of the hit CW series, and which character deaths hit her the most.

The VP of one of the nation’s largest railroads feels confident the company can weather the downturn in coal transport.

There was a $1.09 trillion fiscal deficit by the end of fiscal year 2012, when $2.44 trillion was raised and $3.5 trillion was spent.

Prince Alwaleed, the ostentatious Saudi billionaire, says Forbes insulted the entire Saudi business community, not just him.

Amid scandals, politicians and activists are calling for Obama's impeachment, echoing similar efforts for almost every president since Nixon.

Reported manipulation of a key foreign exchange benchmark has drawn extra scrutiny from a UK financial regulator.

Fed member Yellen's views on monetary policy resemble those of the U.S. central bank's current chairman, Ben Bernanke.

Falling exports from Southeast Asia, which fared better than the rest of the world in the financial crisis, could spell trouble for the region.

Goldman Sachs announced it has closed its long position on copper prices due to the metal hitting a six-week low.

Harold H. Birch Vocational School in Providence R.I., that caters to developmentally disabled students allegedly forced students to perform manual labor for little to no pay, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act

The potential deal would help Vodafone compete against cable providers that are conversely aiming to increase their cellphone services.

The Fitch credit agency upgraded India’s sovereign debt outlook back to ‘stable’ from ‘negative,’ about a year after its downgrade.

Cosmetics maker Coty opened their first IPO this week, and are expected to receive more than $1 billion in offers.

Analysts are projecting a 0.4 percent growth for total retail sales in May, the highest in last three months.

The European Union has intensified its fight against tax evasion within Europe, and will call for similar measures to be adopted globally.

Carnival PLC, Tesla Motors, BT Group and Rio Tinto prevailed in pre-market trading on Wednesday.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open on Wednesday ahead of the federal budget report for May.

Industrial production in the 17-nation euro zone increased for the third straight month in April, beating expectations.

Historically low water levels are threatening traffic on the massive network of locks and canals vital to the U.S. and Canada.

The recent drastic fall in the Indian rupee was arrested after the country’s central bank and its government stepped in.

MSCI has removed Greece from its index of developed markets after the country's markets shrunk and liquidity dried off.

Indian IT companies hope to pass on some of the benefits from a weak rupee to their clients, but worry immigration reform could hit business.

Kremlin-controlled OAO Gazprom said Greece's natural gas utility known as DEPA had some "serious problems."

The European bottler is looking at a dismal second quarter.

The U.S. saw prices rise by 10.2 percent over the past year, its highest rate of annual growth since 2006.

Knight Frank's Global House Price Index shows 35 of 55 markets tracked increase, but Europe remains weak.

Rupert Murdoch will chair both 21st Century Fox and News Corp. when the media giant splits in two later this month.

Metals, minerals and energy are at the core of the commodity price run-up.

More than three quarters of the 116 S&P 500 company earnings pre-announcements were negative.