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Public spending will be refocused on delivering economic growth as the Government attempts to tackle the deficit, Chancellor George Osborne will say on Tuesday. Hinting at what the public service landscape could look like after autumn's…

General Motors Co has completed the paperwork for an initial public offering, and timing of its filing with the U.S. securities regulators rests with the board of the top U.S. automaker, sources familiar with the process said on Monday.…

Resumption and expansion of deep-water drilling across the Gulf of Mexico will be more costly and time-consuming for oil companies such as BP as a result of changes the Obama administration ordered Monday. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar…

Gabon has signed $4.5 billion worth of deals with companies from India and Singapore in a bid to revamp infrastructure, improve living standards and diversify the economy of a nation with dwindling oil reserves. No details were given on…

Oil prices edged higher toward $76 on Monday, boosted by a weaker dollar, while a fall in Asian stock markets on news of a slowdown in Japan's economic growth restricted gains. The economy of Japan, the world's third-largest oil user,…

Sanctions-hit Iran will within days offer the first tranche of a three billion dollar domestic bond issue to fund the development of its South Pars gasfields, a top official said on Sunday. Ali Vakili, head of Pars Oil and Gas Company, the…

Asian shares fell on Monday after data showed Japan's economic growth stalled in the second quarter, adding to worries that a global recovery is quickly faltering and prompting investors to sell riskier assets. Japan's economy expanded…

Japan's economy grew at a much weaker than expected pace and was overshadowed by China in the second quarter, data showed Monday, amid further signs the global recovery is losing steam. With cooling exports and flat domestic consumption…

There's good news for parents who worry that their teenagers' sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don't…

Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports until the end of the year, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops. Russia is one of the world's biggest producers of wheat, barley and rye, and the ban is likely to see…