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The cause of the huge fire is still under investigation.

Obama's executive order will ban discrimination by companies that win federal contracts.

Workers closed train service around Philadelphia, and now unions and transport officials must answer to the president.

IMF also urges infrastructure investments.

President Kirchner said Argentina wouldn't default on its restructured debt.

Supply of Russian gas to Europe will continue through Ukraine as usual unless the latter diverts it during transit.

China posted a $35.9 billion trade surplus in May.

Li makes his first visit to Britain since taking office.

Companies that survived the Great Recession are a lot more cautious in their hiring decisions.

The five-month platinum miners strike may be coming to an end in South Africa, but credit ratings agencies say, "Enough is enough."

The U.S. government seized the bitcoins in October when Silk Road operator Ross William Ulbricht was arrested.

There are a few reasons to question Greenpeace's environmental agenda.

Three top Canadian officials on a recent trip to New York City pressured the Obama administration on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

"DOJ may not have the evidence to try this as a fraud case," U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn said.

Vice President Biden said the U.S. should use this opportunity to transition to energy independence and also renewable energy.

Even as millennials look for a first job, a new report makes it clear that their financial struggles are likely to be lifelong.

“Cantor has been a key connection between big business and House Republicans, while his opponent campaigned against ‘crony capitalism.’”

The governor is set to sign a rollback of Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates ahead of the Saturday deadline.

Brazil gets to the kickoff as possibly the least-prepared nation in World Cup history. And in two years, it will host the Olympics.

Employers are posting “Help Wanted” ads at rates not seen since before the Great Recession, but filling those jobs is another story.

The World Bank reduced its forecast for global economic growth to 2.8 percent this year, down from a January projection of 3.2 percent.

Robert Blackwill, a former U.S. ambassador to India, called the decision to deny Modi a U.S. visa "a serious mistake."

In comparison, unemployment across the euro zone was 11.7 percent in the three months to April, according to Eurostat.

The forecasts assume tensions in Ukraine will persist this year but won't worsen.

America’s older job-seekers combat persistent age discrimination and the stigma of long-term unemployment by pruning their work histories.

Private wealth ballooned globally in 2013, and flowed ever more toward the top, a report finds.

In a recent labor deal, Ford announces its plan to make German car factory more affordable.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that BP must keep making payments for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while it appeals a 2012 settlement.

A Japanese official, in New York to share the new strategic energy plan, did not offer comments on if and when the nation's 48 idled nuclear reactors might come online again.