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Activist investors Barington Capital has launched a proxy fight at apparel chain Chico’s.

(ATTN: ADDS FSC Chairman's remarks in paras 7-9) SEOUL, May 24 (Yonhap) -- Financially troubled Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. may face more challenges even after the country's No. 2 shipper successfully completes its drawn-out negotiations with owners o

PLYMOUTH, Minn. (AP) — Some poultry and livestock owners are seeing the benefits of agricultural lighting made by a company located just outside Minneapolis.

Bill Cosby will face trial for charges of sexual assault in a Pennsylvania court, a judge ruled today (May 24), Variety reports. The 78-year-old actor’s accuser Andrea Constand did not testify in court in the preliminary trial, but her police report statement was read in court. The alleged sexual assault occurred in 2004, and he’s [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Monsanto is rejecting Bayer's $62 billion takeover bid, calling it "incomplete and financially inadequate.

Black don’t crack.

The same issues that have plagued department stores this year are similarly weighing on Best Buy's results and growth prospects.

A collection of 1,000 teddy bears is moved to a permanent home at Newby Hall in North Yorkshire.

After four decades, Yale University Monday again saw some of its students commissioned as Navy ensigns and Air Force second lieutenants after participating in the Reserve Officer Training Corps on its campus during their undergraduate years.

German carmaker backs Israeli start-up as it looks to expand business model

North Korea's ambassador to Britain said Tuesday that his country has no interest in presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's offer to open nuclear talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Whether a strict Texas voter ID law should be struck down, upheld, or, perhaps, adjusted is now up to 15 federal appeals court judges.

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Even among world-class MBA programs, MIT Sloan is in an elite class.

As part of a top engineering university, most of the program's 4,000+ annual applicants boast above-average GMAT scores and undergrad GPAs.

So, in an applicant pool where nearly every prospective student is outstanding on paper, what else is MIT Sloan looking for?

There are several things that make the MBA student community at MIT Sloan unique.

An unusually large age range... Читать дальше...

Numerous engineering and physics professors have weighed in with a federal appeals court being asked to review New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension for "Deflategate."

His nightlife is a little crazier than most kindergarten teachers.

NY Fed report finds overdue loans on rise in oil-rich parts of US after drilling activity collapses

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John Kasich is in no rush to get aboard the Trump train.

The Ohio governor told Cleveland.com and The Columbus Dispatch that it's going to be "really hard" for him to back Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.

"Unless I see a fundamental change it's really hard for me to do a merger," Kasich said in his first interview with his home state's media since ending his failed presidential campaign earlier this month. "If the values are not somewhat similar ... Читать дальше...

The Gauteng Education Department has accepted an apology and a promise to never do it again from the school that used a Zapiro cartoon depicting President Jacob Zuma floating on a pool of money with a showerhead‚ in a school project.

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Signs point to the beginning of a rout in emerging markets that could threaten the stability that the global economy has been enjoying since March.

"The pillars that supported the EM rally earlier this year seem to be crumbling, as risk conditions have turned and have started to expose weak fundamentals and structural imbalances in EM once again," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a note released Tuesday titled "The Great Bear Rally Unwind."

Now, remember February?

‘A mobile phone is basically a vending machine for porn’

Los Temerarios, Robi Draco Rosa, Alejandro Jaen, Claudia Brant, Miguel Luna and Cheo Zorrilla are the 2016 Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame...

Mignolet will have a challenge on his hands next season.

ZEIST - Interim-directeur Onno Jacobs van FC Twente houdt voet bij stuk: de club gaat vrijdag 'gewoon' naar de rechter. Ondanks dat de Eredivisie CV (ECV) heeft gevraagd aan de club, of zij de straf die de licentiecommissie heeft opgelegd, wil accepteren.