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Stern Advice: Fall means it's time to hit the (tax) books

When everyone else starts loading their backpacks and shopping the back-to-school sales, I know it is time for me to dive back into TurboTax.

Sep 05, 2014 11:12 AM EDT

World

Church rebukes Venezuela Socialists over 'sinful' Chavez prayer

Venezuela's Roman Catholic Church has admonished the ruling Socialist Party for re-writing the Christian "Lord's Prayer" into an ode to its beloved late leader Hugo Chavez.

A hot cup of genome: Scientists percolate coffee's genetic secrets

Coffee beans are seen as they are being packed for export in Medan, Indonesia's North Sumatra province in this April 25, 2013 file photo.

Markets

WHO urges drug companies, regulators to speed Ebola work

The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Thursday for pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies to work together to accelerate development of safe and efficient drugs and vaccines against Ebola.

Exclusive: Volkswagen spied on Lula, other Brazilian workers in 1980s

Volkswagen AG spied on Brazilian union activists in the 1980s and passed sensitive information about wage demands and other private discussions to the country's military dictatorship, according to newly uncovered documents seen by Reuters.

Sep 05, 2014 10:50 AM EDT

No-holds-barred comedian Joan Rivers dies at age 81

Joan Rivers, the pioneering comedian known for her acerbic wit, classic put-downs and for asking "Can we talk?," died on Thursday at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week after her heart stopped during an outpatient medical procedure.

Sep 05, 2014 10:46 AM EDT

Heavyweight coaches ready to lock horns in semis

Michael Chang versus Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic up against Stefan Edberg would have made an intriguing U.S. Open semi-final line-up when they were in their prime.

Sep 05, 2014 10:43 AM EDT

Bitcoin promoter pleads guilty to unlicensed use of currency

A man who helped to promote bitcoin wants to remain in the business despite pleading guilty Thursday to indirectly helping send more than $1 million in the digital currency to users of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road, his lawyer said.

Sep 05, 2014 10:39 AM EDT

Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree ceasefire

Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed a ceasefire on Friday, the first step towards ending a conflict in eastern Ukraine that has caused the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War ended.

Sep 05, 2014 10:35 AM EDT

U.S. job growth brakes to eight-month low, labor force shrinks

U.S. employers hired the fewest number of workers in eight months in August and more Americans gave up the hunt for jobs, providing a cautious Federal Reserve with more reasons to wait longer before raising interest rates.

Sep 05, 2014 10:32 AM EDT

In quest for next windfall, tech funds look to healthcare

Some of the best-known technology investors are looking beyond their tried-and-true Internet plays to bet on healthcare data as the next growth market.

Sep 04, 2014 11:13 AM EDT

Wall St., dollar rise as ECB rate cuts sting euro

Stock markets gained and the euro sank on Thursday after the European Central Bank unexpectedly cut already ultra-low interest rates and detailed plans to start buying loans and bonds next month to prop up the continent's struggling economy.

Sep 04, 2014 11:11 AM EDT

Ancient nightlife: Forebearers of mammals were nocturnal partiers

A nocturnal existence is a way of life for numerous mammals, from bats that swoop through dark skies to skunks that emit their noxious spray under moonlight and majestic lions, tigers and leopards that prowl the night.

Sep 04, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

Big pharmacies knock on door of oil-rich North Dakota

North Dakota's oil boom has fueled a construction bonanza for new supermarkets, restaurants and clothing stores. But try finding a Rite Aid, Walgreens or other national pharmacy chain in the state, the fastest-growing economy in the nation, and you'll be largely out of luck.

Sep 04, 2014 11:01 AM EDT

Microsoft, publishers try to stop 'catastrophic' Google EU deal

Microsoft and publishers across Europe attacked Google's antitrust deal with EU regulators, calling it a "catastrophic" proposal that would serve only to entrench its dominance of the online search market.

Sep 04, 2014 10:57 AM EDT

Classical music meets soccer in 'Last Hammer Blow' at Venice

A French film that improbably links soccer and classical music in a tale of a sports-mad teenage boy living in poverty with his dying mother and who meets his estranged conductor father for the first time charmed the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.

Sep 04, 2014 10:52 AM EDT