Business News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after New York City FC was born, Claudio Reyna became the team's first employee.The former U.S. national team captain was hired Wednesday as NYCFC's director of football and tasked with the job of putting together an on-fie ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — Key currency exchange rates Wednesday, compared with late Tuesday in New York:<table> <tr> <td>Dollar vs:</td> <td>Exchange</td> <td>Rate</td> <td>Pvs</td> <td>Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ye ...more

Gold prices are sinking as traders weigh the possibility that the Federal Reserve will start paring back its support for the economy in the coming months.Gold for June delivery fell $10.20 to settle at $1,367.40 an ounce, a drop of 0.7 percent.< ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill &amp; Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.Bartlett has also ...more

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The leader of the center-right Progressive Party was chosen as Iceland's new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the European Union about joining the 27-nation bloc.Sigmundur David Gunnl ...more

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee chairman has withdrawn a subpoena to compel a retired diplomat to answer questions in private about an independent investigation of last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya.Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) says he ac ...more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June — if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at od ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Ha ...more

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu — East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer — cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you shoul ...more