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In the legislative scrum of Congress, winning means building a broad coalition. That's why victims of Bernard Madoff and accused Texas Ponzi schemer R. ..

SAN FRANCISCO—In the long-running debate over diets—low-fat or low-carb—Stanford University researchers reported Wednesday that a genetic test can ..

Disney pop siren Miley Cyrus quit Twitter last fall, followed by British singer Lily Allen. Both women said the site was proving a distraction from their ..

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Hershey Co. abandoned a plan to bid for Cadbury Plc after the UK confectioner accepted Kraft Foods Inc.'s 11.9 billion-pound ($19.2 ..

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Hershey Co. abandoned a plan to bid for Cadbury Plc after the UK confectioner accepted Kraft Foods Inc.'s 11.9 billion-pound ..

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Kraft Foods Inc., facing a deadline to make a revised bid for Cadbury Plc tomorrow, would have to use cash, rather than stock, for a ..

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Kraft Foods Inc., facing a deadline to make a revised bid for Cadbury Plc tomorrow, would have to use cash, rather than stock, for a ..

SAN JOSE -- A Stanford University student is at the center of a controversy involving Google and alleged Chinese Hackers. The Mountain View-based internet search ..

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Hershey Co. is stepping up efforts to prepare a bid for Cadbury Plc and plans to make a decision after Kraft Foods Inc.'s final offer ..

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US government took major steps toward curbing tobacco use in 2009 but still needs to do more to fight tobacco-related ..

of AP LOS ANGELES - Allen County and hundreds of other US counties would violate ozone standards for air quality under new rules the Environmental ..

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Hershey Co.'s executives and board members are divided on whether to make a bid for Cadbury Plc and have yet to arrange financing for an ..

Gold futures finished nearly steady, giving up most of their early gains as the dollar turned up. The metal could be range-bound for the next few days ..

Gold futures returned above $1100 an ounce Thursday as the US dollar gave up some of its recent gains. Around 8:50 am EST (1350 GMT), lightly traded but ..

Gold and silver futures closed lower Tuesday, initially falling on book squaring as the market ignored a weaker US dollar, with the metals' losses later ..

By Michael Sallah and Rob Barry MIAMI - Just hours after federal agents charged banker Allen Stanford with fleecing investors of $7 billion, the disgraced ..

MIAMI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - US federal authorities are investigating millions of dollars contributed by fraud suspect Allen Stanford and his staff to US lawmakers ..