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British Prime Minister Theresa May almost lost her job over the proposed Brexit deal she struck with the European Union. She held on -- and now can’t be challenged from within her Conservative Party for a year -- but is still in search of a pact that will be approved by the divided British Parliament.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Investors rightfully want more evidence that the management team can get real results from the sensible-sounding plans it’s laid out.

“It’s better when the U.S. is actually providing leadership. And maybe a couple of years from now it will again," the former vice president said.

From the very start of his campaign for the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump has passionately promoted construction of a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico -- and insisted that Mexico would pay for it.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Trump administration can withdraw from the Paris climate agreement next year, but it still takes another year for the process to be complete. Which brings the whole matter to Election Day in 2020.

Officials are retooling “Made in China 2025” to offer foreign companies greater opportunities to participate in a bid to address one of President Trump’s chief complaints about the country's trade practices, according to two individuals briefed on the plans.

The purchases of AOL and Yahoo, at a cost of nearly $9 billion, haven't turned out as planned.

Elliott and Vivendi have turned Telecom Italia into a corporate football. A compromise deal on its network business might just break the impasse.

The two-track approach suggests an emerging good cop, bad cop strategy — with President Trump, who touts a warm personal relationship with the Chinese leader, playing pacifier as his administration ratchets up the stakes.

New research shows the challenges new buyers face in today’s housing market.