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The Russian tycoon Alexander Lebedev will pay a token amount for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.

Prosecutors say a man manufactured counterfeit weight-loss drugs, including a fake version of Alli.

BRUSSELS — The European Union and the United States agreed Thursday to expand a three-year old accord that allows airlines to operate more freely across the Atlantic.

Google has stopped censoring results on its Chinese search engine, but many underlying pages are still blocked. Meanwhile, some Chinese say Google risks a government shutdown of its service, which would deprive them of its benefits on all topics.

The four employees of the British-Australian mining giant face five to 15 years in prison in a ruling that is being closely watched by foreign companies in China.

The system is projected to pay out more in benefits this year than it receives in taxes, a tipping point toward insolvency that was not expected before 2016.

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, the world’s biggest lender by market value, reported a surge in fourth-quarter profit.

PetroChina the world’s most valuable oil and gas producer, posted a 12 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit but missed analyst estimates.

Ukraine’s president, Viktor F. Yanukovich, opened talks with Russia to sell control over the operation of natural gas pipelines in Ukraine to a consortium that included the Russian company Gazprom.

If there’s one thing the financial industry dislikes more than a consumer protection agency, it’s the thought that Elizabeth Warren might lead it.

The country’s deputy commerce chief argued that the renminbi was fairly valued and that adjusting the exchange rate would hurt emerging economies.

While an International Monetary Fund bailout would be one possible solution to the Greek debt problem, European pride and politics stand in the way.

The chancellor of the Exchequer promised to halve the deficit in four years but defended the spending that has pushed Britain’s deficit to historic highs.

Line2 takes a big step toward a future when cellphone users won’t need to rely on a cellphone carrier’s service.

Chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive at a European Union summit meeting ready to play an unfamiliar role: the bloc’s naysayer.

Online social networks have become valuable sources of information and camaraderie for people with chronic diseases or disabilities.

Government outlays eat up half the nation’s economic output, but voters are having second thoughts about the Tories’ call to shrink the budget.

Steve Jobs, the secretive head of Apple, has been busy sending replies to e-mail messages from customers.

Coming off a record year for profits, the chief executive of Lloyd's of London said Wednesday that the storied insurance group is participating in a study looking at creating a similar market in New York.

Labor groups have a complicated relationship with Wall Street: they capitalize on populist anger against banks, and yet the unions represent a huge bloc of shareholders.