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U.S. Steel says its fourth-quarter loss narrowed, as strong demand for its pipes from the oil industry boosted its sales.
The Pittsburgh-based steel company also says […]

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Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester will not be accepting a 1 million pound ($1.5 million) bonus that drew criticism from British public […]

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Solutia Inc.
Headquarters • Town and Country
CEO • Jeffry Quinn
Products • Laminated architectural and automotive glass; performance films for cars and buildings; chemicals for rubber and […]

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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said it would be

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ConocoPhillips said Wednesday that it and China National Offshore Oil Corp. reached a $160 million agreement to settle compensation claims from oil spills off northeastern […]

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Home sales ended a difficult year on a high note, resulting in a gain in full-year sales volume.
The National Association of Realtors reported that […]

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Egypt’s election commission and political groups say final results from the country’s first elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak show Islamist parties winning nearly […]

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Last summer, Marie Davis was living in an 800-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment and not liking it. A single woman of 27, she wanted bigger and better.
“I […]

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Shares of Carnival plummeted in U.S. trading Tuesday after the cruise line operator said it may suffer a more than $100 million hit to […]

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The Swiss drugmaker Novartis is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs in the United States, anticipating the impending loss of patent protection on its blockbuster drug […]

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