Prime Minister Tony Abbott has shirt-fronted the Australian public by awarding a Knighthood to a foreigner who already has a lot silverware in the pool room: Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

As the nation choked on its cornflakes, many took to so...

It just got a lot harder to keep up with the Joneses in Manhattan's "Billionaire's Row."

It took about 45 minutes for an online campaign to raise $100,000 this week, the start of an initiative that has grown beyond its original goal of funding a class trip to Harvard.

The first U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange is due to open Monday, backed by several major financial heavyweights.