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Since Greece technically defaulted over two weeks ago, yields on its bonds have risen sharply while insurance for Greek bonds has virtually disappeared, reflecting a lack of bond buyers and reluctance by loss-wary banks to write new protection.

Camille Grammer has quit The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Yahoo Inc. announced Sunday that it has appointed three new independent directors following a failure to arrive at a settlement with Third Point LLC, its largest shareholder that owns about 5.15 percent of shares.

On Friday, Israel allowed nine Egyptian tankers carrying nearly half a million liters of industrial fuel to pass through the Kerem Shalom border crossing and into Gaza, enough to run the plant for about a day.

The shooting and death of Trayvon Martin has not only shaken the moral and constitutional foundations of Florida's self-defense Stand Your Ground law, but it has also affected the entire nation. George Zimmerman, of Caucasian and Hispanic descent, shot and killed the 17-year-old African American on Feb. 26 while he was walking home to his father's house after going to a nearby store to buy candy. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, has not yet been charged in the shooting.

Venice could sink by up to three inches by 2032 at a rate much faster than previously thought, according to a study. It would gradually join the list of several cities that once thrived well before being swallowed up by oceanic waves that are assumed to have resulted from massive earthquakes and tsunamis.

An Oracle Corp. investor sued the company and members of its board of directors on Thursday for allegedly trying to stonewall a whistleblower lawsuit that ultimately resulted in a $200 million settlement.

While this is not the first post-Macondo deep water project -- the British supermajor has been working in Brazil and Angola - it is the first on home territory since the April 2010 disaster.

The city of Milan reached a tentative settlement in a two-year-old fraud case against four major banks that arose from a disastrous derivatives contract sold to the Italian city in 2005, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

Wednesday's statement didn't explicitly demand that President Bashar al-Assad step down, but it warned that his regime should immediately cease troop movements towards, and end the use of heavy weapons in, population centers, and begin pullback of military concentrations.

Ali al-Naimi says current crude prices not justified by global economic conditions

Venezuela's state-run oil company will terminate all ventures with Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), the biggest U.S. oil company, when arbitration proceedings conclude, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said.

A panel of federal appeals judges said Thursday that there's a "strong likelihood" a lower court's rejection of a $285 million civil-fraud settlement between the SEC and Citigroup will be overturned.

Addressing the Knesset in a special session regarding the recent conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militants of Gaza, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu said his country has the right to defend itself against all threats.

U.S. securities regulators brought charges Wednesday against an online trading platform and two private funds that were offering Facebook shares, the first major actions from a yearlong probe into lightly regulated trading in private company shares.

China and Arab countries have agreed to reach a political solution for the ongoing Syrian crisis, Chinese envoy Zhang Ming said Tuesday after talks in Egypt with Arab league officials. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council member nations are boosting the efforts to end the Syrian political unrest.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: Guidewire Software, Harvest Natural Resources, Regions Financial Corp, Cliffs Natural Resources, Guess?, Inc, and Navistar International Corp. The top aftermarket NYSE losers were: Medifast, RPC, Solutia Inc, Noranda Aluminum Holding, CIT Group and MetLife.

Hoping that governmental reform can end a year of violence, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that new, multi-party parliamentary elections will be held on May 7.

Amin cited that the Ugandan Indian community had exploited the local economy and refused to integrate with the African people after a century in the country.

The City of Gulf Shores, Ala., announced it has settled with British oil company BP for future losses incurred by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico.

Jewish settlers signed an agreement with the Israeli government Sunday to leave the biggest unauthorized outpost in the occupied West Bank and move to a nearby site after months of negotiations to avoid their forced removal.