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Asian stock markets rose Monday in holiday-thinned trade as sluggish U.S. growth figures boosted hopes for more measures from the Federal Reserve to help the […]

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Updated at 5:20 with information about Gallop’s closure April 30.
Fourteen attorneys from the Gallop, Johnson & Neuman law firm, including its managing partner, are joining […]

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United Technologies’ net income from continuing operations rose more than 19 percent during the first quarter even as the company acknowledged some drag from slowing […]

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country, according […]

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The recovery is still chugging along at a sluggish pace, and unfortunately, it looks like it may stay that way for a while.
Economists surveyed […]

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The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that European banks are under pressure to preserve capital and could cut back sharply on lending over the next […]

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China returned to an export-led trade surplus in March, heralding the prospect that the global economy may be passing its low point in the […]

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Japan

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Household income grew at a faster pace in the fourth quarter than previously thought, which should help underpin spending this quarter.
The Commerce Department said […]

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When most people look at really tiny cars they figure they must get really good fuel economy.
And when compared to trucks or family […]

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