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By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets mostly rose on Monday, driven higher by a flurry of merger and acquisition activity, while a recent tumble in the yen against the dollar halted after Japan‘s economy minister suggested … Continue reading →

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets mostly rose on Monday, driven higher by a flurry of merger and acquisition activity, while a recent tumble in the yen against the dollar halted after Japan’s economy minister suggested … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Small-company stocks were a bright spot in a slow and choppy start to the week for Wall Street. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, climbed above 1,000 points for the first time and ended … Continue reading →

By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended little changed on Monday, with indexes hovering near record levels as concerns about a correction cut earlier gains that had been prompted by news about a flurry of acquisitions. The … Continue reading →

By Iain Rogers MADRID, May 18 (Reuters) – Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho were sifting through the debris of what the Portuguese coach termed a “disastrous” 2012-13 campaign after Friday’s King’s Cup final defeat left the world’s richest club without … Continue reading →

By Iain Rogers MADRID, May 18 (Reuters) – Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho were sifting through the debris of what the Portuguese coach termed a “disastrous” 2012-13 campaign after Friday’s King’s Cup final defeat left the world’s richest club without … Continue reading →

By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO (Reuters) – The Nikkei share average surged to a fresh 5-1/2 year high on Monday, buoyed by further weakness in the yen and optimism over the growth outlook after the Japanese government raised its assessment of … Continue reading →

By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make Japan … Continue reading →

LYON, France (Reuters) – A British father living in France has admitted to killing his two children by slitting their throats, blaming a rocky divorce from his wife, prosecutors said on Sunday. Police arrested the 48-year-old unemployed man on Saturday … Continue reading →

LYON, France (Reuters) – A British father living in France has admitted to killing his two children by slitting their throats, blaming a rocky divorce from his wife, prosecutors said on Sunday. Police arrested the 48-year-old unemployed man on Saturday … Continue reading →