As firefighters scrambled to contain the wildfire north of Yosemite National Park, strong winds and the dry terrain threaten to spread the fire to other parts of the forest.

A Bain & Co. study showed Swedish banks outperform peers, but Europe's financial sector poised to catch up.

Exchange law passed last year was done as a step toward increased kwanza trade. According to the Banco de Nacional de Angola, Angola's central bank, the amount of dollars sold at auctions by the central bank has been halved due to a foreign exchange law.

Responding to "Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth's burger claim, White Castle, through its representative, proposed a USD20,000 challenge for charity.

Fresh from her highly-criticised MTV VMA performance on Sunday, a new Miley Cyrus single topped iTunes' most downloaded digital singles.

OSX Brasil names new CEO. As Eike Batista's OSX Brasil SA prepares to deploy an oil platform to back $500 million in bonds, the company has named a new CEO.

NY State Attorney General files lawsuit against Trump investment school for operating without a license.

Amgen acquires Onyx Pharmaceuticals for $10.4 billion. Declining sales of its flagship product pushed Amgen to a $10. 4 billion purchase of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, concluding the two-month-long auction of Onyx.

Lamar Odom's decline in game was attributed to drug use according to TMZ.com. According to show business news website TMZ, Lamar Odom's drop off in performance after being released by the Los Angeles Lakers was not about age.

Top Chinese banks had been expecting to win approval for negotiable certificates of deposit worth CNY10 billion.