By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked mortgage lenders to check if customers can pay back the loans, stepping in early to head off possible defaults in a sector the government sees as key to reviving growth. ... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - Hacking that originates inside China is undermining its relationship with the United States and harms Beijing's long-term interests, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, in the latest high-level public expression of concern over a proble... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a tough day at work as a publicist in Minneapolis, Becca Bijoch would often indulge in a little retail therapy. She usually headed out to the stores as she did not care much for online shopping. That changed last year when ... [Full Article]
TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares of Research In Motion Ltd jumped more than 3 percent on Thursday after a report that China's Lenovo Group said a bid for the BlackBerry maker was among the options available to boost its mobile business. The Bloomberg ... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says he's interested in technology that would keep a gun from being fired by anyone other than the person who bought it. He says evidence shows such technology may have curtailed what happened last mont... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England kept its powder dry on Thursday, voting as expected not to buy more government bonds despite the economy teetering on the verge of another contraction. After a two-day meeting, the BoE's nine-member Monetar... [Full Article]
Swiss banking giant UBS AG said Wednesday it has admitted to fraud and agreed to pay some $1.5 billion to U.S., British and Swiss authorities in a probe into the rigging of global benchmark interest rates. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
If you can't stop yourself from buying accessories, clothes, handbags, apartment decor and recipe ingredients after seeing them all in pins, you're not alone. (Source: Mashable)... [Full Article]