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INGRID BOAK POSES IN FRONT OF HER NOW-RENTED HOME IN LEXINGTON For six years, Ingrid Boak, who travels a lot for work as a racehorse trainer, ignored mail from her homeowner association. Boak, of Lexington, Kentucky, says the letters were requests...

The Panama Canal and a Spanish-led building consortium expanding the major world cargo route are haggling over financing to keep work going amid a cost dispute, raising hopes of a deal. Building consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), led...

Federal regulators are probing whether several big banks deliberately mispriced mortgage bonds in the years following the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people close to the inquiry. The new investigation is a potential blow to the banks...

FORD MOTOR CO. CEO ALAN MULALLY Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is closer to naming a new chief executive, according to a source familiar with the board's thinking, but it lost a front-runner candidate on Tuesday when Ford Motor Co's (F.N) chief,...

Apple Inc is seeking the removal of a lawyer appointed by a court to monitor its antitrust compliance following a ruling last year that the company had conspired to fix e-book prices. An attorney for the consumer technology giant on...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 07, 2014, (THEWILL) –  Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person and the President of Dangote Group, one of the continent’s largest conglomerates is estimated to have added a whopping $9.2 billion during 2013 outgone year. He remains...

In the year 2013, Zenith Bank plc was the banking stock with the highest market capitalisation at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Market capitalisation is the product of total number of paid-up shares and current market price. An analysis of...

Asian shares fell to a near four-month low on Tuesday, though the dollar rebounded after overnight weakness on disappointing U.S. services sector data that raised concerns about stuttering growth in the world's largest economy. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares...

ATTORNEY AARON MARCU (R) A former high-ranking UBS banker charged with helping Americans dodge taxes through secret Swiss bank accounts is expected to plead not guilty on Tuesday to tax fraud conspiracy in federal court in Florida. Raoul Weil, a 54-year-old...

A China services index fell to a four-month low in December, highlighting limits on the strength of economic growth after declines in manufacturing gauges. The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index slid to 54.6 in December from 56 in November, the Beijing-based...