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Union receives new contract offer in U.S. refinery workers strike

The United Steelworkers union (USW) said a new contract offer was made by lead oil company negotiator Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) on Wednesday night as a strike by U.S. refinery workers ended its fourth day, a union spokeswoman said.

11 business facts about Facebook on its 11th birthday

Mark Zuckerberg’s company turns 11 today, and it’s a bigger part of our lives than ever. We spend our free time scrolling through friends and friends of friends’ photos from years gone by. And we post details about our most important – and not so important – moments. In short, it’s been a love-hate relationship through the years.

How Much Has Where American Shop Changed?

Feb. 4 -- The Robin Report CEO Robin Lewis and Bloomberg’s Julie Hyman discuss the changing retail landscape on “Market Makers.”

What it will take for Twitter's stock to recover

Twitter investors have retreated in the past year, sending the microblogging site's stock down 39 percent, even after a rally to kick off 2015.

Texas man arrested after attempt to pay taxes with dollar bills

27-year old Texan, Timothy Andrew Norris, attempted to pay his $600 property tax with individual dollar bills. It ended with an arrest.

Why Chinese oil firms are bucking the oil slump

Global oil companies are gritting their teeth as crude's slump cuts into their profits, but reports suggest Chinese national oil firms may be immune.

Is a bigger iPad in the works?

The Wall Street Journal Columnist Veronica Dagher, Young America’s Foundation’s Ashley Pratte and FBN’s Neil Cavuto and Tracy Byrnes on reports of a bigger iPad, the future of space tourism.

Buffett's index fund outgains hedge funds in 10-year bet

Warren Buffett's bet that you're better off investing in a simple fund that tracks a stock index than in sophisticated and costly hedge funds appears to be a safe one.Seven years into the 10-year wager, the index fund Buffett picked is trouncing the performance of a collection of hedge funds.The latest...