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was just one credit card company raising interest rates and cutting credit limits ahead of new federal regulations limiting its ability to do so. The Recording Industry Association of America regularly alienated its customers by targeting them for prosecution for...

Revenue, though up 69% in the third quarter, failed to meet analyst estimates. The company also remains unprofitable: Melco lost $0.05 per American Depository Share (ADS) in Q3, and that was after positively adjusting for the effects of one-time items....

Brazil — British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest. Sting told a news conference Sunday in Sao Paulo the decision...

That's how much Michael Jackson 's glove -- called the "Holy Grail of Michael Jackson memorabilia" -- sold for at auction in New York last night. It was expected to bring in $50,000. Heck, the commission wound up being more...

The ex-Eastenders actor, 41, made a number of mistakes in his tango with partner Erin Boag and even told the audience it was time to vote him off. 'It's a dance competition, maybe I should go,' said Ricky, who scored...

But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argument? Around midnight: Britain's energy and climate change minister, Ed Milliband, talks to civil servants after a day of intergovernmental preparatory negotiations that...

Those of us with children can certainly relate to the awkward moment when we must sit our children down on the couch and explain to them about our Internet sex tapes.  Do we talk to them in technical terms, explaining...

Having just recently broken ground on a girls’ school in Malawi, Madonna is wasting no time in taking her Raising Malawi organization international. On a recent trip to Brazil, Madonna took time out to tour the Dona Marta shantytown in...

The leaders are set to be joined by French President Nicolas Sarkozy who has hammered out a joint position with Brazil ahead of the December 7-18 Copenhagen summit, the foreign ministry said. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and...