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Human Rights Watch accused Mozambique's government and foreign mining companies on Thursday of "serious shortcomings" in resettling communities to make way for coal mines, leaving thousands without proper homes, food or sources of income.

One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth.

The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food chain - possibly at the expense of Mao Zedong's cherished goal of self-sufficiency. A worker displays a handful of rice at a market in Hefei, Anhui province ... (more)

Dish Network Corp is ramping up its Washington-centric campaign to thwart Japanese firm SoftBank Corp's bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, hoping to convince lawmakers and government reviewers that it poses national security risks.

Animal rights activists from Peta protest against the use of fur ahead of Berlin Fashion Week earlier this year In 1994, the world's hottest supermodels couldn't shed their clothes quickly enough to be involved in an anti-fur campaign.

The landmark immigration bill, which offers a path to citizenship for more than 11 million -- including over 260,000 Indians -- undocumented immigrants and increasing H-1B visas on Wednesday passed its first legislative test.

Credit rating firms say they could further downgrade the ratings of highly indebted euro zone countries, putting their bonds at risk of being pitched out of global indexes and reversing a fall in their borrowing costs.

U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes roll on by and wait for the jets to prove themselves before ordering any, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.

A U.S. cellphone company owned by Carlos Slim has asked Californian authorities to investigate the funding behind protests against the Mexican tycoon by lobby group Two Countries, One Voice.

Natural gas futures neared a one-month high, mitigating some of the losses in commodities, after warmer U.S. weather boosted demand for gas-driven air-conditioning. The Thomson Reuters-Jefferies CRB index, a global indicator for commodity prices, fell 0.3 percent, retreating from its one-week high in the previous session.

Judge did not provide timeframe for when ruling will be given but said landmark federal trial is 'timely and pressing matter' Demonstrators hold signs protesting the NYPD's stop-and-frisk tactic outside of Manhattan federal court in New York.

Chevron Corp. is in advanced talks to sell most of its downstream assets in Egypt and Pakistan in a sale that could be valued at around $300 million, the Reuters news agency said Tuesday on its website, citing three unnamed banking sources.

The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 ended at all-time highs, while the dollar rose and gold fell.

Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Services announced today that social media intelligence from Converseon is now available as part of its Expert Intelligence Reports.

William Dudley, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, speaks during the Asia Society and Economic Club of New York luncheon, in New York, September 24, 2012.

Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand.

Source: Reuters By Jason McLure Mon May 20, 2013 3:14pm EDT - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives.

From ketchup to hot drinks, family-run investment firms are shaking up the consumer deals market, squeezing out private equity players and forcing them to change strategy.

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has today launched CheckpointA in New Zealand, a powerful online tax and accounting information service.

Victoria's Secret models pose together in February to unveil a new "Fabulous" collection at a store in New York.