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Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, kept setting new lows after their May 17 IPO. By Tuesday, they'd shed 32 percent of their value.

Activision and Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella have reached an agreement, according to Game Informer. An attorney told the gaming news publication that a settlement among all parties, which includes Activision, Jason West, Vince Zampella and the Infinity Ward Employee Group, was reached on May 31. No further details have been disclosed.

Antonio Brufau, CEO of Spanish oil company Repsol, renewed his resolve to seek punitive damages from Argentina's government following its seizure of the company's subsidiary YPF -- and his shareholders are with him

The value of the monetary unit of China dropped against the world's reserve currency on Tuesday

The rise of private space companies and foreign space programs, combined with an interest in lunar mining, is likely to bring the issue of extraterrestrial property rights into focus in the next few decades.

Indian activists are encouraging a boycott of the London summer Olympics to draw attention to a 1984 tragedy that killed thousands and injured many more in the town of Bhopal.

Asian shares, the euro and oil prices fell Thursday as surging borrowing costs in Spain heightened fears of euro zone debt contagion.

After having its majority share of Argentine oil company YPF seized by the government, Repsol CEO Antonio Brufau said Tuesday the company was prepared to negotiate with government officials for fair compensation.

Turkey, a growing economic powerhouse, has become an increasingly important Middle East power-broker, with Prime minister Erdogan taking an aggressive presence in world affairs

Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers.

The hard reality is that companies involved in global trade are almost always exposed to exchange rate risk. Using very simple tools, uncertainty can be effectively stripped out of a transaction.

Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a legal fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.

Certain Groupon customers are entitled to part of the $8.5 million in damages that have been awarded as part of a class-action lawsuit against the company. Here's how to find out if you are eligible for a voucher.

The device was detonated in a restaurant in the Qaboun neighborhood, a hot bed of protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Portuguese investment bank Espirito Santo has downgraded Indian bio-technology major Biocon from neutral to sell based on several issues, including accounting practices which the bank says are objectionable.

In the case of a prenuptial agreement, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan would have agreed exactly how to split assets, which obviously includes Facebook stock.

Kim Kardashian will no longer be endorsing Skechers' Shape-ups fitness shoes. A lawsuit against the company has resulted in a $40 million settlement along with the company no longer being able to make health-related claims about their Shape-Ups, Tone-Ups, and the Skechers Resistance Runner athletic shoes.

String Cheese Incident is fed up with the fees Ticketmaster charges when completing transactions, so the jam rock band has decided to be proactive in their battle with the ticket-service provider by purchasing 400 tickets in protest of fees.

The Federal Trade Commission Wednesday announced a $40 million settlement with Skechers over claims made in advertisements for their Shape-up leg toning shoes.

Kurt Mix, the former BP engineer arrested for deleting messages revealing how much oil was really seeping from the stricken Deepwater Horizon well in 2010, said evidence not yet submitted to federal investigators will absolve him of all criminal charges.

Activision has been in some legal mishaps with Infinity Ward as of late due to a breach of contract issue. However, it seems as if Activision is looking to calm disputes with former employees Jason West and Vince Zampella after paying $42 million to the Infinity Ward Employee Group without being told to do so, according to Game Informer.