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Japan’s industrial production rose for the fourth straight month in July as factories pushed to recover from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The Ministry of […]

World stock markets rose Monday, heartened by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke’s call for the government to help the economy and upbeat figures on U.S. […]

Bombs in Baghdad killed six people Saturday night, capping a deadly day in which at least 33 people died across Iraq, officials said.
Late Saturday night, […]

World stock markets were unsteady Friday as investors waited to see whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would promise new steps to help the U.S. […]

A leading lawmaker examining the country’s phone hacking scandal called Wednesday on Rupert Murdoch’s news empire to confirm whether it is paying the legal fees […]

Stocks are edging higher following a four-week losing streak.
The Dow Jones industrial average is up 23 points, or 0.2 percent, to 10,844 in midday trading […]

A Chinese authority says the local unit of ConocoPhillips has found nine oil spill sources amid intensifying pressure on the company to clean up oil […]

The Toronto Stock Exchange closed in a triple-digit decline as investors fretted about whether the U.S. and global economies are headed for another recession.
The S&P/TSX […]

Asian stocks sank Thursday after Japan announced that exports had fallen for the fifth straight month in July and weak forecasts in the U.S. fed […]

Builders broke ground on fewer homes in July, pulled down by a significant drop in single-family home construction.
The Commerce Department says builders began work on […]