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JPMorgan Chase’s $1 billion legal bill from September looks like chump change compared to the $20 billion fine it might have to shell out.

After years in a slump, NYC is seeing a huge increase in home prices fueled by big sales figures in two boroughs.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim withdrew his bid to buy the remaining 70% of the Dutch mobile company, but the story may not be over.

The ship’s operator said the vessel had entered the port of Tuticorin to refuel and to escape the effects of Typhoon Phailin.

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JPMorgan Chase’s decision to sell the lower Manhattan property is emblematic of changing real estate trends.

The two-year-old Tophatter could hit annual sales of $40 million this year, and it has signed up more than 1 million members.

Google Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Capital One Financial Corp. reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday.

Police made the gruesome discovery of a dead baby in a teenage shoplifter's bag at Victoria's Secret in NYC on Thursday.

Seven years after pirate attacks hit the headlines off the coast of Somalia, they're back all over the Indian Ocean.

Speaking at GigaOM Mobilize 2013, AT&T’s head of emerging tech says Tesla will use its network.

As flight JL6 from Tokyo approaches New York, our world news editor is on schedule: around the world in under six days.

The Arab Oil Embargo in 1973 created a crisis that forced millions of Americans into hours-long lines at the tanks. Now the U.S. is the largest oil-producing country in the world.

Wal-Mart Stores has hit some roadblocks along its road to expandion in India, but the superstore got some good news this week.

Forrtune's relatively new annual list profiles 10 women entrepreneurs who've created innovative brands.

Unemployment and a shrinking labor force are among pressing U.S. economic problems that remain to be addressed.

Now that the U.S. debt ceiling crisis has been resolved, investors can resume their "regularly scheduled lives" -- like focusing on earnings.

The weather and the calendar seemed to conspire against the country's car business last month.

Harley-Davidson has issued a voluntary recall for 10 different models over a safety issue with the clutch.

It looks like bond traders at the New York investment bank won't be getting bonuses this year.

Local laws, which require publication of key financial information, were the reason for the relative transparency at Indian companies.

The market's enthusiasm for a short-term solution to the policy crisis seems to be waning quickly.

The new iPhones’ “so-so battery life and smallish screens” are no match for Motorola's Droids and other Android phones, Consumer Reports said.

Retail sales in U.K. rebounded, aided by strong consumer spending, underscoring signs of sustained economic recovery in the country.

The industrial conglomerate’s pace may be slowing, compared to more-specialized competitors.

Irish corporate tax reform may be on the horizon, but it’s a long time coming, and short-term impacts are unclear.

The city-state has some of the strictest regulations to cool down the housing bubble, unlike other governments.

Macy’s Inc. says a SeaWorld float planned for its signature Thanksgiving Day Parade doesn’t amount to an endorsement of the Orlando, Fla., marine-park chain.

A Lao Airlines aircraft crashed into the Mekong River on Wednesday, reportedly killing everyone on board.