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White House walks fine line to find way to retaliate for North Korea’s apparent attack.

Dow jumps 421 points, best day since 2011.

Thai Union Frozen to buy U.S. tuna firm Bumble Bee for $1.5 billion

Tenants in London win battle against American private equity firm Westbrook Partners.

2014 has been a big year for IPOs—and next year may be even bigger.

Microsoft adds AMBER missing children alerts to Bing search queries.

Google rips MPAA for allegedly leveraging local government to revive SOPA.

Bitcoin’s collapse is worse than the ruble’s.

New York City’s best public schools are harder to get into than the Ivy Leagues.

After nine years, Stephen Colbert, who takes over for David Letterman next September, says goodbye to “The Colbert Report.”

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Fulcrum holds C$180 million first close on fund earmarked mainly for Canadian companies.

PetroCap, Highland vehicle closing in on $350 mln target.

Venture fundraising hits post-bubble high.

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