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On a patch of barren savannah in eastern Colombia, a settlement called Oasis has sprung to life in five years. Hundreds of oil workers and truck drivers relax on a February evening in some 40 hotels, bars, eateries and brothels ...

A decade ago, Roberto Setubal set out to challenge Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

When Saudi recruiter Tariq Alkahily interviews female job applicants, one of the first questions they usually ask is: Will I be required to mix with men at work?

“We are dead I tell you,” Bruno Iksil, a London-based trader at JPMorgan Chase & Co., messaged an associate on March 23, 2012. “It is hopeless now.”

Choi Hyun Mi gathered with 17 other South Korean citizens on the evening of Feb. 24 as a full moon rose above Seoul. President Park Geun Hye chose the 22-year-old woman along with the others to celebrate the start of her ...

With North Korea escalating its threats to test a ballistic missile, South Korean President Park Geun Hye was conferring with Bill Gates on another pressing matter. Seated across from Microsoft Corp.’s billionaire co- founder ...

Bankers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had a tumultuous 2012. The firm cut 900 jobs, promoted the fewest executives to the exalted post of partner in more than a decade and slashed the portion of revenue set aside for compensation ...

Monica Piaia’s catering company in downtown Cuiaba, the capital of the Brazilian grain-belt state of Mato Grosso, is doing so well that she has tripled her staff and acquired a third building since 2010 to handle a sixfold ...

June 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Markets Magazine editor Ron Henkoff discusses the featured stories in the magazine's July issue. (Source: Bloomberg)

Coffee houses hold a special place in London’s history. During the late 17th century, they were the birthplace of Lloyd’s of London and the London Stock Exchange -- two institutions that helped make the square-mile City of ...

There may be no government action more universally reviled in the U.S. than bank bailouts. Republicans and Democrats, financial industry lobbyists and watchdogs, Wall Street executives and President Barack Obama say taxpayers ...

Nat Rothschild, dressed in a hooded sweater, jeans and hiking boots, perches on a cowhide sofa in his relatively modest chalet-style apartment in the Swiss ski resort of Klosters.

Scientists chasing fusion in California are deploying the world's largest laser and most powerful supercomputer in pursuit of the ultimate source of clean and abundant energy -- before money and patience run out.

Qatar National Bank claims the No. 1 spot as Canadian lenders fall back. Citigroup leads in the U.S.

The tiny Persian Gulf nation controls vast gas and oil deposits that feed billions of dollars annually into the state Treasury. Its petroleum riches make it the wealthiest nation per capita in the world, according to the ...