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For the third consecutive year, Canada is the No. 1 country to live in for the best quality of life, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2018 Best Countries list. In order to help people understand how nations are perceived on a global scale, over 21,000 respondents were […]

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was released from detention on Saturday, family sources said, more than two months after he was taken into custody in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption. His release came hours after he told Reuters in an interview at Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton hotel that […]

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and released from custody within days, with his vast assets intact. Prince Alwaleed was speaking in an exclusive interview with Reuters at his […]

Wynn Resorts stock plunged more than 10 percent Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported allegations that billionaire CEO Steve Wynn engaged in sexual misconduct over many years. The Journal said dozen current and former employees “told of behavior that cumulatively would amount to a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct.” […]

Japan’s government has expressed reluctance to meet U.S. demands for fewer restrictions on shipments of beef and cars into the Asian nation during preparations for an economic dialogue between the two countries, sources said. Japanese government officials made their position known during meetings with U.S. counterparts in Tokyo on Jan. […]

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stressed diplomacy as the way to deal with the North Korean crisis on Friday during talks with his South Korean counterpart in Hawaii, a day after Seoul’s top diplomat said a military solution would be unacceptable. “Diplomacy should (impose) reason on Kim’s reckless rhetoric and […]

A recent Google Home blunder highlights one of the search giant’s next big challenges with its smart speaker device. Anger broke out on social media Thursday afternoon when people started creating videos that showed that Google’s smart speaker, Home, couldn’t answer the question “Who is Jesus?” but could provide responses […]

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s farewell meeting and a tsunami of earnings reports from tech’s heaviest hitters are some of the big events for markets in the week ahead. The stock market could continue its record-setting run as month end approaches, and the […]

Steve Wynn‘s reputation will likely not recover if sexual harassment allegations check out, said veteran Las Vegas reporter Jon Ralston. “There is no bigger name in the casino business than Steve Wynn,” said Ralston, who has been covering business and politics in Nevada for 30 years and has interviewed Wynn […]

When CNBC’s Jim Cramer wants to remind himself what a fabulous quarter looks like, he goes back to the earnings reports from manufacturing colossus 3M. “Every earnings season, 3M, the old Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, puts on a clinic, showing you exactly how it’s done,” the “Mad Money” host said. […]