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TOKYO (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is considering selling its Japanese consumer finance company CFJ KK or cutting the unit's business significantly as part of its plans to shed assets, Japanese daily Nikkei reported on Sunday.

A government-backed mortgage bailout is needed, and it must be done right away. Before shouting about all the reasons why taxpayers shouldn't rescue the profligate who took on more debt than they could handle, think about this: New research estimates 1 in 33...

When it comes to investing, there are times when boring is good, when the idea is to find a safe haven in a fund that does a simple job, easily and without flash - the kind of mutual funds you can hold without fear of what happens the next time you look at...

It's Small business week in San Francisco This is small business Week in San Francisco, and more than a dozen events are scheduled across the city. The kickoff event is Flavors of San Francisco, starting at 6 p.m. Monday. It's a networking and resources fair...

The weight of Gazprom, Russia's corporate leviathan, extends far beyond its fields of natural gas all the way to the Kremlin, now headed by Dmitri A. Medvedev, its chairman.

Utah's lucrative liquor monopoly that brought nearly $90 million to the state treasury last year hasn't trickled down

LOS ANGELES ANGELS_Placed INF Chone Figgins on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Kendry Morales from Salt Lake (PCL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS_Activated OF Travis Buck from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES_Placed RHP Jonathan Albaladejo...

Some people cannot keep up with storage bills any better than their mortgages, and their property is being sold off.

Between laptop-sized computers and hand-held devices, is there room for a third category whose size would fall between the two?

For 15 years through 2005, Bill Miller's investments handily beat stock market averages. But for the last two years, the market has handily pulverized him.