A bidding war for Alliance Boots PLC appeared to have ended almost as soon as it began after a group comprising its deputy chairman and a private equity firm raised its bid for the pharmacy company for the third time on Tuesday.Alliance Boots said it...

Call it the rule of unintended consequences — drop your guard because one threat goes away and an unexpected menace jumps up and smacks you. And new research shows it even applies to African acacia trees.For thousands of years these thorny shrubs have provided food...

As I and many others are socking away as much money as we can into our 401(k) and/or IRA accounts while some are spending their income as fast as they can and putting away little or nothing for retirement, I have this little nagging worry....

The first loud crackle tastes and feels like popcorn, but by the time the juices spray wildly in your mouth and the filament-like legs slide down your throat, there's no mistaking this toasted ant queen. The people of sun-soaked northern...