bElan stepped up its bid to keep its independence on Monday by agreeing a $1 billion deal with U.S. company Theravance.

The portrait of Michael Jackson in the last week of his life, painted by people close to him, is a disturbing picture of an emaciated man, unable to sleep or eat, and unlikely to be ready for his comeback concerts just days away.

Groups focused on spending, debt were reviewed.

A vote on whether to split Jamie Dimon’s roles as JPMorgan's CEO and chairman could turn on one lead director.

Virgin CEO Richard Branson made his debut as a female flight attendant this weekend, after he lost a bet.

Opinion: As an effort in "Consensus Building," the Copyright Principles Project is no consensus at all.

They are facing uncertainty because of the Senate immigration bill.

Opinion: Voters deserve to know who is working to help working families, and who is lying about it.

The state gets the OK to split its exchange completely in two and let the feds run half.

Opinion: We need a voice for consumers and real oversight over the industries we depend on.

The legislation would include possible jail time for singling out ideological organizations.

He's making it a defining political fight.

Bad news, both foreign and domestic, keeps piling up on his doorstep.

A slew of Chinese economic data for April released on Monday cast further doubt over the recovery in the world's second largest economy, raising talks of a possible rate cut.

U.S. tax agents have been singling out non-profit groups involved with politics, lobbying or advocacy for extra scrutiny.

There is expectation that Japan will deliver a good report card in its first quarter GDP this week, as "Abenomics" begins to have an impact.

Hong Kong has kept its crown as having the world's highest rent for prime retail properties.

If an article in Monday's Wall Street Journal is anything to go by, the U.S. Fed is getting ready to unwind monetary stimulus.

It's the "buy and hold" investors who have made most of the money on the FTSE 100 rally. Steve Sedgwick, Anchor at CNBC Europe writes.

European Central Bank governing council member Ignazio Visco told CNBC that the central bank is "technically prepared" to introduce negative deposit rates.