NEW YORK (AP) - PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties to Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Commodities from gold to oil recouped some of their earlier steep losses but remained volatile after investors dumped risk assets overnight, gripped by worries over slowing growth in China and the United States. Euro... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade gap narrowed unexpectedly in February as crude oil imports fell to their lowest level since March 1996 and overall exports increased slightly, a U.S. Commerce Department report on Friday showed. The deficit narro... [Full Article]
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets and crude oil rose on Tuesday after housing and manufacturing data added to evidence of an improving U.S. economy and helped offset investor concerns about the Cyprus bailout. Wall Street adv... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - The Onion is apologizing for calling the 9-year-old star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" a vulgar and offensive name on Twitter, an attack that led to a firestorm online. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude futures rose more than $1 on Tuesday in choppy trading as supportive retail sales data provided lift to oil and equities on Wall Street. U.S. September crude was up $1.17 at $93.90 a barrel at 9:38 a.m. EDT, having traded f... [Full Article]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin used an obscene Twitter post to attack Madonna on Friday after the pop star called for the release of three women who face prison over an irreverent performance in Moscow's mai... [Full Article]
Turkish officials Saturday blamed sabotage for a fire on a pipeline carrying Iraqi crude to a Mediterranean port from where it is transported to world markets, Anatolia news agency reported. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reachable at 646-508-1728 Global stocks and oil prices surged in a relief rally on Friday after Chinese data eased fears of a potential hard landing for the world's No. 2 economy and a further blow to growth worldwide. U.S. ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil futures fell more than 1 percent on Friday, down for the sixth straight session, as worsening problems in Greece and Spain raised worries of contagion in the euro zone. Oil futures fell on the drumbeat from global stock... [Full Article]