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Ericsson plans to lay off an additional 1,500 workers after a dismal fourth quarter, and some of those could come from the Kansas City area.
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China on Friday revised up its 2008 growth rate to 9.6 percent, taking it well above the originally reported 9.0 percent after calculating that […]

A sustained U.S. economic recovery is unlikely until all banks, and not just the big institutions bailed out with government funds, start to recover […]

The Czech central bank should further loosen monetary policy as inflation may be significantly below its target next year, Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer said.
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As Beijing launched a case Monday against new U.S. tariffs on Chinese tires, President Barack Obama defended the duties, saying trading agreements must be […]

A federal judge rejected Bank of America Corp’s $33 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Merrill Lynch & Co bonuses […]

The Obama administration still sees passing financial regulatory reform legislation as a top priority this year, White House adviser Christina Romer said on Friday.
“It […]

Eastman Kodak Co., the photography pioneer whose Kodachrome film inspired Paul Simon’s 1973 hit of the same name, said it will retire the 74-year-old […]

After just a few months of relief at the pump, cheap gasoline is disappearing.
Gas prices have risen 41 days in a row, to […]

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 […]