Eurozone growth sags to 0.2 percent in Q2

Economic growth in the 17 countries that use the euro sagged to 0.2 percent in the second quarter as a previously robust expansion in Germany […]

CVS Caremark 2Q profit slips 1 percent

CVS Caremark says its profit slipped 1 percent in the second quarter as its pharmacy benefits management business weathered lower prices on contract renewals.
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Murdochs will leave News Corp. within 2 months, biographer says

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Gushers highlight potential of Pa. gas field

Two unexpected gushers in northeastern Pennsylvania are helping to illustrate the enormous potential of the Marcellus Shale natural gas field.
Each of the Cabot Oil & […]

Points-crazy Canadians hoarding for travel

When it comes to collecting rewards points, Steven Syczewski-Rapoport and his partner have a system.

Air France crash co-pilots fought with controls

Two co-pilots facing faulty instrument readings and a stall fought to regain control of an Air France flight before the plane slammed into the Atlantic […]

Obama calls GOP Medicare, spending plan “radical”

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that congressional Republicans are pushing a radical plan to trim Medicare and Medicaid, ramping up the rhetoric as he and […]

Iceland votes on debt repay deal with UK, Dutch

Icelanders were voting Saturday on whether to approve a deal to repay Britain and the Netherlands $5 billion for their citizens’ deposits in the failed […]

Japan halts vaccines after deaths of 4 children

Japan has temporarily stopped using vaccines from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis SA of France while it investigates the deaths of four children who […]

Factories in Philadelphia Area Expand at Faster Pace - Bloomberg

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded in February at the fastest pace in seven years, underscoring factories’ contribution to the economic expansion.
The Federal Reserve […]