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The New York-based bank has been accused of hiring a consulting firm run anonymously by Wen Jiabao’s daughter.

Small businesses have had a tough time recently with many finding it hard to survive. Here are 14 things you need to know about small businesses.

Boycott efforts are underway to stop companies like Wal-Mart, Target and Macy’s from offering Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving.

The taxpayer’s cost of rescuing GM is about to top $10 billion, but GM’s TARP era isn’t over yet.

Industrial analysts were bullish on the Canadian aircraft maker after meeting with company management on Tuesday.

Today's cheap gasoline prices aren't a fluke. The pump price is down for all sorts of reasons, many of which aren't going away anytime soon.

As efforts to harvest shale gas in Lithuania, Poland and the Ukraine falter, Russia remains the region's largest producer.

Will this be the quarter that Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) finally meets or beats expectations?

E-commerce strategists are optimistic about what sales thus far indicate about the imminent holiday sales rush.

The FDA and Hy-Vee issued a recall for two of their products this week for possibly containing undeclared peanuts.

The typhoon that hit the Philippines last week damaged key energy infrastructure and affected fuel supplies.

Because Chevron no longer operates in Ecuador, it's unlikely it will ever pay the fine.

Kuo forecast Apple TV shipments to total 8.2 million units in 2014, while the rumored iTV is not expected anytime soon.

Silver Wheaton CEO Randy Smallwood is confident that silver prices will reach a bottom in the near future.

The Oklahoma retailer opposes Obamacare on religious grounds, but it also pays a higher starting wage for the same reason.

The nation is aspiring to become the "greenest" in Central America.

Near record-highs and technical resistance levels, earnings and developments at the Fed could be reasons for a pause in the rally.

Industrial production in Europe fell on a monthly basis while annual growth rate beat expectations.

The settlement could be the largest liability claim deal made by a company over a medical device.

The far-reaching guidelines suggest a shift in treating heart diseases and offer a new formula to assess risk based on race and gender.

Sales of the Retina iPad mini are predicted to help increase iPad shipments in the fourth quarter despite supply constraint fears.

The Vietnamese government is using the threat of a possible death sentence to reduce the high rate of corruption in the nation.

The coffee chain expressed strong disagreement with the ruling, but it says the company has the resources to make the payment.

By 2017, according to a new report, smartphones will be able to take over a large part of our everyday lives. But, only if we let them.

The Justice Department cleared the American Airlines-US Airways merger for takeoff Tuesday. How will the deal affect you?

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the year's biggest shopping events, offering a wide range of sales and deals, but scammers also know they're great days to rip people off.

Bill Rancic discusses his project with Intuit to give a small business a chance of a lifetime -- a Super Bowl commercial.

Debby Dooley is a Tea Party Patriot and self-described "dangerous right-wing extremist." So why is she working with the Sierra Club?

A round up of 2013 Black Friday ads and flyers from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Kohl's, JCPenney and more.