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Legendary investment bank Lehman Brothers was on fire — and no one was coming to put it out. Bank of America refused to rescue the 158-year-old Wall Street

The iPhone is getting more expensive, and Apple is betting faithful customers will barely blink an eye. Apple has slowly increased the average price of an iPhone since

David Solomon, the part-time DJ and future CEO, needs to change the tune at Goldman Sachs. The legendary investment bank is in a bit of a slump. Not

A Chinese app that does just about everything has found strong demand for its shares, bucking the trend of recent tech IPOs. Meituan Dianping raised $4.2 billion from

London (CNN)Some schoolgirls in the United Kingdom have been pressured by their peers into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), according to FGM survivor and campaigner Leyla Hussein, Britain's

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Sharon Okpoe has lived her entire 17 years in Makoko—known as the world's largest "floating slum"—built on a lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria.Rickety shacks stand on stilts

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After spending a decade training as a Buddhist monk, Andy Puddicombe decided he wanted to share what he'd learned with the world. He has achieved his goal: his

Tesla is losing another top executive. This time, it's the electric car company's vice president of worldwide finance and operation. Justin McAnear said in a statement Wednesday that

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Texas has been flexing its global oil muscles. For the first time, the Lone Star state's biggest port district recently exported more crude oil than it imported, according

Move over Russia and Saudi Arabia. America has reclaimed its throne atop the oil world. For the first time since 1973, the United States is the world's largest

European lawmakers have approved new rules that could force Google and Facebook to stop users uploading copyrighted content and to share revenue with writers and musicians. The vote

London (CNN)Last year was the world's most miserable for more than a decade, according to a survey of people's emotions in more than 145 countries.People experienced sadness, stress,