Stocks open higher despite S&P’s warning to Europe

U.S. stocks are edging higher in early trading even after Standard & Poor’s warned that it might downgrade Europe’s strongest economies.
Overseas markets sank early Tuesday […]

Ameren pledges to hurry Lake of the Ozarks plan

Ameren Missouri says it will submit a proposal to adjust the Bagnell Dam project boundary at Lake of the Ozarks sooner than federal regulators required.
The […]

GOP makes new offer on taxes, Medicare cuts

With a Thanksgiving deadline fast approaching, the GOP members of a deficit-reduction supercommittee are pressing a plan to cut the deficit by about $1.5 trillion […]

Opposition snubs Greek PM

ATHENS

Yemen says US strike kills al-Qaida media chief

American drone strikes in southern Yemen have killed nine al-Qaida-linked militants, including the media chief for the group’s Yemeni branch and the son of a […]

6 things to expect from the iPhone5

It hasn’t even been announced yet and Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone is already causing a stir. Analysts expect consumers to queue up around the block […]

IMF issues new action plan, but Canada prepared to act in emergency

WASHINGTON

Heavy security in Bahrain for parliament elections

Bahraini police set up checkpoints and patrolled key roads Saturday in a massive show of force during highly charged parliamentary elections that Shiite-led opposition groups […]

TSX drops as Greek default fears mount

LONDON — World stocks and the euro fell sharply on Monday as investors feared a messy Greek default within weeks unless Athens implements the austerity […]

Int’l Paper to buy Temple-Inland for $3.7 billion

International Paper Co. is buying smaller rival Temple-Inland Inc. for $3.7 billion after sweetening its bid.
The transaction will give the combined company about 40 percent […]