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An uncanny legal document that accused British bank Standard Chartered of penal law violations raises the question: If the bank were a person, what kind of hard time would it be facing?

A road trip from New York City to Saratoga Springs, New York in the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and 2013 Porsche Boxster S is a reminder that life's about the journey, not the destination.

Asian stock markets advanced for the third straight session on Wednesday as sentiment continued to improve on hopes that the major central banks around the world will soon announce new round of stimulus measures to spur economic growth.

Offshoring of back-office work to India, a trend among banks and accounting firms, came under new scrutiny with allegations that Standard Chartered Plc moved compliance oversight work dealing with Iranian banking transactions to India to avoid U.S. regulators.

A woman whose body was found in a lake with a 6-year-old girl clinging to it was identified Tuesday as Pamela Kaner of Brewster, N.Y., police said.

Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student whom Rush Limbaugh notoriously labeled a "slut," will introduce President Barack Obama at a rally in Denver on Wednesday, offering further proof that the incumbent's campaign will use women's rights as a key issue in the 2012 presidential election.

On Sunday, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) released a media advisory that offers guidelines for journalists reporting on the tragedy that left seven people dead at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis.

Citing reputation and legal risk, several brokers downgrade their recommendations of British bank Standard Chartered Tuesday. But one broker's suggestion stood out from the rest

Pop superstar Lady Gaga has had nude photos surface of her in a pool embracing boyfriend Taylor Kinney. The couple carefully places their bodies to not reveal anything too private, and some sources feel the passion is an attempt to rebrand Gaga.

Judith Crist, one of America's most popular movie critics for decades, died Tuesday at her New York home at age 90.

Among the charges: Pfizer's China subsidiary was accused of offering a program where doctors could claim cell phones and other goodies based on how many prescriptions they doled out of the company's products.

Reporter Chinchilla was inside and was not injured, while his son was hospitalized and remains in stable condition.

A 60 percent surge since June in the U.S. price of corn has reignited the on-again-off-again debate over using corn to produce ethyl alcohol, also known as ethanol, as a motor fuel additive.

New York City's Bloomberg administration and the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission are embarking on a stupid plan to expand the taxi fleet as a way of plugging holes in the 2013 budget.

On Tuesday, fashion writer, muse, style maven, and perpetual wearer of eccentric hats, Anna Piaggi, passed away at her home in Milan. She was 81.

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), the No. 1 e-retailer, said it will start renting textbooks to college students for a semester. At the end of the term, they can ship books back for free.

The S&P 500 rose above 1,400 for the first time since May 3 behind further calls for another central bank stimulus and hopes that the European Central Bank will take action.

The NYPD said in light of the recent mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, it is taking a Twitter user's threat seriously. It plans to subpoena the microblogging site for the identity of the user who threatened to carry out an Aurora-style shooting at a theater in New York City.

Jonathan Roth, the son of a Massapequa, N.Y. man who was reported missing in waters off a Long Island beach and turned up five days later in South Carolina has been arrested.

Prince Harry has had the reputation of being the wilder brother between him and Prince William, and according to a new photo taken at the 2012 London Olympics, the redheaded prince is also the goofier one, too.

Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, an image of Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln has emerged. The film (aptly titled “Lincoln”) is being directed by Steven Spielberg with a script courtesy of Tony Kushner (“Munich,” “Angels In America”). The method actor was last seen in the box-office disaster “Nine,” a musical adaptation of Fellini’s “8 1/2”.