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CLAYTON — The coffee, pastries and fruit were arrayed on a table in a conference room, sweet munchies to follow Furniture Brands International’s annual […]

The U.S. commercial paper market shrank to the lowest level outstanding in eight years, eroded by the global credit crisis and prolonged economic downturn, […]

Some lawmakers are questioning whether the Treasury Department has the power to recycle returned bailout dollars to fund new or expanded rescues for auto […]

Global employers still have trouble finding the right people for open positions, even as candidate resumes pile up amid recession.
A global talent crunch has […]

Bank of Montreal is taking a knife to its labour costs, disclosing plans yesterday it will slash roughly 3 per cent of its workforce after […]

Canadian automakers will lose about $2.1 billion this year and the red ink will continue to flow until at least 2011 as the industry struggles […]

Boeing Co. leaders say that the U.S. military’s airlift needs are growing and that a Pentagon proposal to halt future orders for the C-17 […]

DETROIT — With General Motors’ long-anticipated day of reckoning a little more than a week away, nearly all signs are pointing to the wounded […]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch eliminated 39 jobs today, moving the circulation functions to two other properties owned by Lee Enterprises.
Thirty-six of the jobs […]

Chrysler LLC’s Chapter 11 filing doesn’t appear so far to be affecting May sales, a top executive said Wednesday.
Early sales data show […]