Reuters

Strong stock prices and cheap money combine to drive buyouts to seven-year high.

A GSK spokesman reportedly confirmed the tape existed but did not comment on how it related to the alleged bribery scandal.

BNP is expected to plead guilty to a criminal charge in Manhattan Federal Court on Monday.

China's banks made $292 billion in aggregate pretax profit last year, or 32 percent of the industry's global earnings, according to The Banker.

Hong Kong's democracy 'referendum' began on June 20.

A Russian recession could result should the West adopt sectoral sanctions over Ukraine, but it would not be “dramatic,” Alexei Ulyukayev says.

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim was detained at Khartoum airport Tuesday, a day after an appeals court overturned a death sentence imposed on her.

Two bombs were detonated at the exchange on Cairo's outskirts Saturday, killing two women.

A U.N. panel has concluded a shipment of weapons seized by Israel came from Iran and represents a violation of the arms embargo on Iran.

U.S. equity-price volatility could rise, thanks to the June jobs report and other market-moving data in a holiday-shortened trading week.

The decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals followed a request by Indiana's attorney general for an emergency order to place the ruling on hold until the Chicago-based appeals court can hear the case.

Officials are trying to handle an influx of new arrivals, many of them unaccompanied minors from Central America, that has crowded facilities in Texas and led to efforts to move some to other states.

The findings emerged after President Barack Obama met with acting Veterans Secretary Sloan Gibson and the White House official assigned to investigate the agency, Rob Nabors.

The OPEC nation has suffered an increasing incidence of power outages in recent years, which critics have attributed to low electricity tariffs and limited state investment following the 2007 nationalization of the power sector

Nigeria is one of the world's highest rates of kidnapping, an enterprise that funnels hundreds of millions of dollars to the sophisticated criminal gangs that carry it out.

China's industrial companies saw their profits grow at the slowest pace this year in May.

Candidate Abdullah Abdullah has accused Karzai, provincial governors and police of complicity in efforts to rig the election.

The drug should add about $200 million to Ranbaxy's sales and $100 million to its profit after tax during the exclusive sale period.

The jobless rate in the world's third-largest economy fell to its lowest since 1997.

Georgia and Moldova signed similar deals, while Russia immediately said "grave consequences" would follow.

Clevend selected Andrew Wiggins of Kansas with No. 1 overall pick.

Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which crashed after taking fire from insurgents who have seized northern cities.

EU leaders would discuss possible sanctions moves on Russia at their summit in Belgium starting Thursday, Kerry added.

Policymakers have become increasingly concerned about the rapid rise in house prices, which are growing at around 10 percent annually.

Al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab said it killed several guards and soldiers in the attack in town of Bulobarde.

Park has suffered a sharp drop in public support since the April 16 ferry tragedy that killed more than 300 people.