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Regardless that the last attempt at secession resulted in a bloody civil war, Iranian born Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist, Shervin Pischevar tells CNBC he is serious about helping California secede, and already has a name for the new sovereign body: New California.

Uber and Lyft are killing taxis. Here's a chart to prove it.

HSBC head of technical analysis Murray Gunn said it's time to sell stocks because it's about to get gnarly in the market.

President Donald Trump? Brett Arends says dont count him out, even after the lewd recording that emerged on Friday.

The Department of Justice has significant concerns about a proposed merger between two major health insurers, Aetna and Humana, according to reports.Humana shares fell 11 percent at news that Justice officials are scheduled to meet Friday with the two com

The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:

The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Friday:

Buffett admits that he didn't see the financial crisis coming until it was too late.

Only one among the 60 economists quizzed by Bloomberg ahead of the Thursday meeting of the European Central Bank got it right. Or almost.

Daniel J. GraeberZUG, Switzerland, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Rig company Transocean said a contract for rig work in the deep waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was cancelled by Norwegian energy company Statoil.

Bharti Airtel today said it has received bilateral financing commitments of up to $2.5 billion from China Development Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, with an average maturity of about nine years.