Fast food workers from across the U.S. voted to escalate their efforts for $15-an-hour pay and union membership by using nonviolent civil disobedience, comparing their campaign to the civil rights...

? 331,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the first half of 2014 – a very small proportion of the total number of genuine banknotes in circulation ? 81% of the counterfeits are €20 and €50 banknotes ? Euro banknotes can be easily verified using the “feel, look and tilt” method ? They remain a trusted and safe means of payment ...

The success of any institution depends on the checks and balances in place to ensure that best practice is observed.   Audit is a systematic and documented process which seeks to assess the...

Argentina's negotiations with creditors to resolve a dispute over $1.5 billion in unpaid debts remained deadlocked following talks Friday, setting it on a course for a possible catastrophic...

Actor-director Ron Howard and his wife have sold their home straddling the New York and Connecticut state line for $27.5 million.   The Academy Award-winning director of "A Beautiful...

There is a contemporary saying in the military (attributed to a General  Robert H Barrow) that while “Amateurs  talk about tactics, professionals study logistics.” This sentiment...

Automaker Daimler AG reported a 6 percent increase in second-quarter revenue and confirmed its full-year targets on Wednesday as new models and cost-cutting efforts helped its performance, though net...

The ECB is eventually expected to embark on outright quantitative easing (QE). Hence, HSBC set a number of signposts which could send the ECB down an alternative route....

Japan's inflation rate eased slightly in June as a sales tax high stunted demand, the government reported Friday.   The core consumer price index, which does not include prices for fresh...

The earnings and economic data releases took prominence yesterday and sustained the demand for risky assets even as speculation is increasingly rife that EU will take less symbolic and more...