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The Nasdaq hit a record intraday high on Thursday amid broad gains in U.S. stocks, a day after the Federal Reserve stood pat on interest rates. While the risks to economic outlook were roughly "balanced", the Fed maintained rates as...

The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but strongly signaled it could still tighten monetary policy by the end of this year as the labor market improved further. Fed Chair Janet Yellen, speaking after the central bank's...

Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) will disclose details this week of a data breach that compromised the data of several hundred million users, technology news site Recode reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the company's plan. Reuters was not able...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian currency on Wednesday depreciated against the three major currencies in all the segments of the Forex market. At the Interbank market, the Naira fell by 0.25 points to exchange at N310.08, from...

The Bank of Japan made an abrupt shift on Wednesday to targeting interest rates on government bonds to achieve its elusive inflation target, after years of massive money printing failed to jolt the economy out of decades-long stagnation. While the...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) - Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, on Sunday urged the leading candidates in the United States presidential election Democratic Party’s Hilary Clinton and Republican Party’s Donald Trump to retain the prevailing US-Africa...

Indonesia plans to pursue Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google for five years of back taxes, and the search giant could face a bill of more than $400 million for 2015 alone if it is found to have avoided tax payments,...

All Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930.KS) chartered vessels that have completed unloading their cargo have been told to cancel their charter agreements and return the ships to the shipowners, a South Korean judge said on Monday. Hanjin, the world's seventh-largest...

Oil prices rose almost 2 percent on Monday, after Venezuela said OPEC and non-OPEC producers were close to reaching an output deal and as clashes in Libya raised concerns that efforts to restart crude exports could be disrupted. Venezuelan President...

Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc said on Monday it will expand its 3D printing services to Asia with a new facility in Singapore run by its partner Fast Radius that will open by the end of 2016. UPS...