Business and Finance
President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to tell Americans that this week’s positive job and economic growth figures are yet […]
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Shares of private equity firm Blackstone Group rose 7.5 percent on Thursday, which options analysts attributed to expectation of positive earnings when the firm […]
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Sales of existing homes rebounded sharply in September to their highest level in two years, getting a strong boost from first-time homebuyers, according to […]
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Americans think about health care every time they open the plastic container of pills ordered by their doctor.
Annual spending on prescription drugs — more […]
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Stocks seesawed Wednesday, with blue chips weaker and techs a bit higher as a two-day advance petered out amid a mixed dollar, lower oil […]
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What’s harder than running a bank these days?
Try starting one of your own.
Even as enterprising bankers try to benefit from a less competitive industry […]
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If NBC Universal was an independent media group — rather than part of financial-industrial conglomerate General Electric — would "30 Rock" just have won […]
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Hundreds of millions of euros in German state aid planned for carmaker Opel is earmarked for operations in Russia, an Opel trustee with reservations […]
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A Canadian-Russian consortium’s plan to buy automaker Opel from General Motors faced more hurdles as scrutiny of German state aid intensified and labor leaders […]
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It’s an $8 billion proposal by O’Fallon, Mo.-based McEagle Properties to redevelop about 1,500 acres across three neighborhoods in north St. Louis. McEagle says […]
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