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Cyprus lawmakers on Friday approved the austerity-driven budget for 2012 aimed at slashing a burgeoning deficit.
Lawmakers hope to restore confidence in the small, euro18 billion […]

Stocks and the euro fell Wednesday as worries about Europe hang over financial markets. Energy companies fell hard as the price of crude oil plunged […]

Peru’s president has declared a 60-day state of emergency in a northern region torn by more than a week of protests against a highlands gold […]

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he wants to buy Commercial Metals Co. for about $1.73 billion and says he has no confidence in its board […]

Forecasters say Kenneth continues to weaken and has been downgraded to a tropical depression in the eastern Pacific.
There is no threat to land from what […]

Stocks are plunging at midday after Congress’ latest bid to resolve the federal budget gridlock appeared to fail.
The Dow Jones industrial average is down 327 […]

Companies paid less in October for gas, new cars and other goods, driving down wholesale prices for the first time since June. The report indicates […]

Nordstrom Inc. is reporting a 6.7 percent increase in third-quarter profits as its affluent shoppers continue to splurge despite an uncertain economy. The upscale retailer […]

It’s going to cost a bit more to put a traditional Thanksgiving dinner on the table this year.
The American Farm Bureau Federation reported Thursday that […]

Stock indexes fell Tuesday after a vote in Italy made it unclear whether the country would be able to avoid a debt crisis of its […]