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Chinese manufacturers added workers but saw scant growth in orders in April amid delays in supplies resulting from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.
London-based HSBC said Friday […]

Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it has agreed to buy Swiss medical device manufacturer Synthes for $21.3 billion.
J&J, a health care and consumer product […]

Residential real-estate prices dropped in the 12 months to February by the most in more than a year, putting the market on the verge of […]

Everyone knows it: Donald Trump is rich. Really rich.
Forbes magazine has ranked him among its 400 richest Americans nearly every year since it started […]

Vince Thompson doesn’t appear in any accounts of Facebook Inc.’s early years. Few of the more than 2,000 employees at the company even know his […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron insists NATO isn’t creeping toward the deployment of ground forces in Libya.
Italy, France and Britain are sending military experts to […]

President Barack Obama sought to connect with younger voters Wednesday with a town hall meeting at the headquarters of Facebook, the hugely popular social networking […]

Standard & Poor’s put a “negative” outlook on the long-term AAA credit rating of the U.S., citing a “material risk” the nation’s leaders will fail […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the world’s major economies need greater flexibility in exchange rates to avoid economic disruptions.
A few emerging-market nations […]

How can you get satisfaction when trying to return unsatisfactory goods or services?
Keep insisting that you deserve full compensation. Then, contact the media if you […]