Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, Nigel Wright, resigned today amid an ethics probe of his role in repaying housing expenses claimed by Conservative Senator Mike Duffy.

Manhattan may see deaths from heat rise by as much as 20 percent in the 2020s and 90 percent by the 2080s in a worst-case scenario, a study found.

Enbridge Energy Partners is cleaning up a leak of about 2,500 barrels of crude oil yesterday at its Cushing terminal in Oklahoma.

“Star Trek Into Darkness,” the second film in J.J. Abrams reboot of the venerable film franchise, was the top movie at U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, taking in $70.6 million for Paramount Pictures....

China’s new-home prices rose last month in 68 out of 70 cities tracked by the government, indicating Premier Li Keqiang will need to maintain efforts to cool the property market even as economic growth ...

Changi Airport, Southeast Asia’s largest freight airfield, plans to attract more gold bars, tuna and vaccines to Singapore as it seeks to increase handling of high-value cargo to make up for slowing trade....

Chen Li, the UBS AG strategist who predicted the tumble in China’s smallest shares two years ago, says the companies are poised to retreat again after valuations rose to the biggest premium over larger ...

Metro-North Railroad said it removed most of the damaged cars from a train derailment and collision in Connecticut that sent dozens of rush-hour commuters to the hospital.

Nissan Motor Co. will start selling the first minicar it jointly developed with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Japan next month amid increasing demand from the nation’s consumers for smaller and cheaper vehicles....

Virtus Health Pty is planning an Asia-Pacific and Middle East expansion as well as seeking acquisitions after an initial public offering said to have raised A$338 million ($329 million), Australia’s largest ...

Aldar Properties PJSC and Sorouh Real Estate PJSC, the Abu Dhabi companies set to merge next months, soared the most in almost eight years.

President Barack Obama will not cooperate in a “partisan fishing expedition” over who knew what and when about revelations that groups seeking tax-exempt status were subject to extra Internal Revenue Service ...

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Ltd. plans to sell dollar-denominated subordinated securities and will begin a series of roadshows for institutional investors starting Monday, May 20.

Delek Drilling-LP and Avner Oil Exploration LLP led declines on Israel’s benchmark index on concern uncertainty on government-imposed export quotas would hinder further development of offshore gas fields....

Dubai’s benchmark stock index rose for a ninth day in its longest winning streak in more than two years on investor optimism the emirate is recovering from a property crash and restructuring debt. Abu ...

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, who last week unexpectedly cut the benchmark interest rate to a three-year low, may not be done yet, according to Jonathan Katz, an economist at HSBC Holdings Plc....

Barclays Plc named Haidar Hammoud head of wealth and investment management in Abu Dhabi as Britain’s second-biggest lender seeks to tap high net-worth individuals in the emirate, holder of about 6 percent ...

Japan’s government must demonstrate a commitment to fiscal rehabilitation to boost the credibility of government bonds and prevent a spike in long-term yields as soaring stocks damp the allure of the nation’s ...

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino won control of the 24-member Senate in mid-term elections, giving him a political boost as he starts the process of choosing his successor.

Seattle’s Best Coffee, the chain owned by Starbucks Corp., tomorrow will open 10 new locations mostly in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. parking lots, in what will be the biggest one-day opening event ever for the ...

Home sales probably rose in April to the highest level in more than three years, extending gains in residential real estate that are giving the U.S. expansion a lift, economists said before reports this ...

Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. to step up rescue efforts at the world’s second-largest copper mine, where 23 people are unaccounted for after ...

Virtus Health Pty, which raised A$338 million ($329 million) in Australia’s largest initial public offering this year, is seeking acquisitions as well as an Asia- Pacific and Middle East expansion.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein told a German newspaper the risk of a euro-region breakup or member country bankruptcy is lower than a year ago as the political will ...

An independent Scotland would have a banking system too big to save in the event of a crisis, the U.K. Treasury said in a study into the economic implications of the nation breaking away from the rest ...

Mellanox Technologies Ltd., the Israeli software developer down 52 percent from last year’s peak, is gaining on speculation shareholders will endorse splitting the chairman and chief executive roles to ...

An Aston Martin DB4 set an auction record of $4.85 million for the “James Bond” maker last night as even wrecks found in barns sold for above-estimate prices.

Connecticut and federal authorities told commuters to make alternate plans while asking for patience as investigators pore over the site of a Metro-North rush-hour train derailment that left three people ...

H. Lundbeck A/S, Denmark’s second- largest drugmaker, said its experimental antidepressant Brintellix improved symptoms better in a higher dose in a late- stage U.S. study, as the medicine awaits regulatory ...

Nigeria LNG Ltd. was directed to pay outstanding levies to the country’s maritime regulator after a state arbitration panel ruled the operator of Africa’s biggest liquefied natural gas export terminal ...

The hallucinogen ketamine relieved symptoms of hard-to-treat depression within a day of treatment, in the largest study yet of the popular club drug’s use in psychiatry.

Moscow, Europe’s largest city, is introducing paid parking downtown to combat one of the world’s worst congestion levels.

The U.K. Listing Authority will publish new rules in July for companies seeking a share offering or that already list securities in the country, Financial Services Authority spokesman Chris Hamilton said....

Saudi Arabia’s benchmark stock index gained the most in more than four months, led by real estate developers and petrochemical companies.

Philippine Stock Exchange President Hans Sicat, who has been elected for a third term, said the bourse will focus in the next 12 months on introducing new products to boost trading in one of Asia’s smallest ...

Texas sued BP Plc, Transocean Ltd. and others involved in the 2010 oil spill, calling it the “worst environmental disaster” in U.S. history and becoming the fifth Gulf of Mexico state to file claims.

Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender and the nation’s most valuable bank, closed at a record high yesterday as strength in the economy and housing markets spurred buyers.

Hong Kong lawmakers adjourned a public hearing today attended by Timothy Tong, the former head of the city’s anti-graft body being investigated for corruption, expressing dissatisfaction with his answers ...

House lawmakers say ousted Internal Revenue Service chief Steven Miller failed to fully explain why he didn’t inform them for more than a year that small-government groups seeking tax-exempt status were ...

The owner of the Italian sailing team Luna Rossa said safety needs to be improved at the America’s Cup races following the training death of Olympic yachtsman Andrew Simpson.

The Sacramento Kings were sold to a group led by software billionaire Vivek Ranadive, who will become the first Indian-born owner in National Basketball Association history.

Sheriffs of 54 Colorado counties sued Governor John Hickenlooper, seeking to block state laws that ban ammunition magazines holding more than 15 rounds and require background checks for gun sales and loans....

A federal judge temporarily blocked an Arkansas law limiting a woman’s right to an abortion at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

PokerStars was denied its request to keep alive a $15 million offer to purchase the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Grupo Hevi, the closely held owner of Mexico’s Telecable TV service, has hired Barclays Plc to explore a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.

Yahoo! Inc. is in talks to buy Tumblr Inc., a service that hosts 108 million blogs, a person with knowledge of the matter said, a deal that could help the biggest U.S. Web portal lure users and advertisers....

DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite TV provider, is interested in acquiring at least a stake in online-video site Hulu LLC, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.