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State Department will not review Clinton ethics pledge breaches

The U.S. State Department will not review the breaches of the 2008 ethics agreement Hillary Clinton ...

May 08, 2015 08:03 AM EDT

U.K. speed trader arrested over role in 2010 'flash crash'

A high-frequency trader was arrested in the United Kingdom over his alleged role in the May 2010 "fl...

Apr 21, 2015 06:35 PM EDT

In Sudan, an unlikely path to jihad for students

Tasneem Hussein was a soft-spoken university student in Khartoum when the transformation slowly bega...

Mar 28, 2015 06:28 PM EDT

New UK payments watchdog tells banks to make changes this year

Britain's newest and most powerful financial regulator has pledged to introduce "meaningful" change ...

Mar 19, 2015 03:58 AM EDT

UK bankers face 'reversed burden of proof' under new rules

Senior bankers will be presumed guilty until proven innocent under strict new rules proposed by Brit...

Mar 17, 2015 03:36 AM EDT

Egyptian man gets 25 years in U.S. prison in embassy bombing case

An Egyptian man was sentenced in New York on Friday to 25 years in U.S. prison in connection with th...

Feb 07, 2015 07:23 AM EST

Most New Jersey residents think Gov. Christie focused on own ambitions: poll

New Jersey residents are becoming increasingly skeptical of the motives of Governor Chris Christie a...

Feb 05, 2015 07:09 AM EST

Alstom to pay record $772 million to settle bribery charges with U.S.

The French firm Alstom SA (ALSO.PA) has pleaded guilty and will pay $772 million in criminal penalti...

Dec 22, 2014 10:38 PM EST

U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuits

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 that made it all but impossible to sue foreign compan...

Dec 12, 2014 01:40 AM EST

Britain's RBS fined $88 million for 2012 systems crash

Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined 56 million pounds ($88 million) by Britain's financial regulat...

Nov 20, 2014 07:45 AM EST

Nationalists push for Irish unity vote after 'inspiring' Scottish referendum

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said Scotland's "inspiring" referendum on independence would acceler...

Sep 23, 2014 10:07 PM EDT

UK's Cameron shifts tack on constitutional shake-up to mollify Scots

Scotland will get more autonomy with no "ifs or buts", Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on...

Sep 21, 2014 08:16 PM EDT

Britain must honor pledge to grant Scotland powers, Gordon Brown says

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown told British leaders on Saturday that they must honor their promi...

Sep 20, 2014 11:49 AM EDT

Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession

The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist hopes for some in ...

Sep 19, 2014 07:18 PM EDT

Scots spurn independence, vote to stay in the United Kingdom

Scotland has chosen to stay in the United Kingdom, spurning independence in a historic referendum th...

Sep 19, 2014 01:52 AM EDT

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