Since the financial crisis, borrowers have been eager to get lower interest rates and better access to credit, while lenders have searched for higher returns on their investments. Banks, saddled with regulatory burdens, haven't been able to fully meet these needs. This has left room for the growth of a new market — peer-to-peer lending.
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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at his o...
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The Indiana State Teachers Association said Monday that Executive Director Brenda Pike will end her six-year stint with the organization to take on the same title at the Alabama Education Association. ISTA says the union has seen financial gains and a membership increase to more than 40,000 people under Pike's leadership.
With the commodity outlook far from bullish, LNG players are also feeling the squeeze. CNBC's Matthew Taylor reports live at the LNG 18 Conference in Perth.
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana health officials are urging outdoor enthusiasts to protect themselves from ticks spreading infectious diseases.
HUNTINGTON, Indiana - A Michigan-based auto parts manufacturer has announced plans to invest $33.5 million to expand operations in its northeastern Indiana plant and create up to 80 new jobs by 2020.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas, and is building islands on reefs to bolster its claims.
The Shanghai Index has developed a strong breakout above the resistance level near 3000 with a upside target near 3400
KYOTO - Yukiko Ono of the Party for Japanese Kokoro -- formerly the Party for Future Generations -- seeks vo...
Jamie Dimon did not mention Neel Kashkari, but rebutted the Minneapolis Fed chief’s ideas on breaking the “too big to fail” system.
The Herald and Review (http://bit.ly/1MpUlPr) reports Lincoln College graduate and former trustee Wallace "Pat" Carroll made the donation to renovate University Hall in memory of former school president Jack D. Nutt. Renovations include an elevator to access second floor classrooms, electrical upgrades and stairway repairs.
GAUHATI, India - With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge set to visit the world's largest one-horn rhino park in remote northeastern India, conservationists hope the British royals can help raise global alarms about how black-market demand for rhino horns and other animal parts is fueling illegal poaching and pushing species to the brink.
Lawrence talks to Jordan Weissmann, a senior business and economics correspondent for Slate, about the specifics of Donald Trump's plan to get Mexico to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Customers of Chinese car-hailing service Didi can now order Lyft cars through the Didi app when they are visiting the U.S., marking the first step in a broader coalition between ride-sharing companies to battle Uber.
Falling to 0-6 for the first time in nearly 30 years, the Atlanta Braves lost 6-4 to the Washington Nationals, who used Wilson Ramos' four singles and two RBIs to help cover up a shaky start by Max Scherzer on Monday night. Scherzer (1-0), pitching on a full week's rest, won despite allowing ...
In hiking circles, the Triple Crown is the stuff of campfire legend.
SAPPORO - Voters gather for the start of official campaigning of a candidate for the lower house Hokkaido No. ...
Al-Jazeera America, which couldn't attract an audience to another cable news network in the United States, signs off Tuesday night following a three-hour live farewell designed to highlight its work since a 2013 launch.
SAPPORO - Maki Ikeda, endorsed by the Democratic Party and three other opposition parties, seeks voters' suppo...
MUMBAI: Smuggling of oil on the high seas may be common in Mumbai but it is perhaps for the first time that police have come across a case where a gang rigged a 1.5-inch diameter pipe at the BPCL's supply system at Sewri. The pipe ran for 1.5 km and was used to pilfer base oil--used to manufacture greases, motor oil and metal processing fluids.
The Vermont senator makes the controversial drilling technique central to his message in Upstate New York