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Just three years ago, the euro was being praised as the can-do currency that had delivered unprecedented prosperity in Europe.
Now, it’s widely derided as a […]

The year couldn’t end without a final word about the nation’s debt ceiling.
President Obama plans to ask Congress this week to raise the debt […]

ALBANY, N.Y. • Seven companies based in Asia will pay $553 million to settle claims by officials in eight states that they conspired to inflate […]

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that he’s concerned about European sovereign debt problems spilling over […]

For nearly three years, real estate developer Paul McKee hasn’t paid property taxes on several parcels of his stalled industrial park in Hazelwood. But St. […]

Rebels in Germany’s junior governing party on Friday failed to turn it against eurozone efforts to set up a permanent rescue fund, an outcome that […]

Europe’s stock markets fell again Wednesday as worries over the ability of governments to get a handle on their debts also pushed the common currency […]

Sensing a political opening, congressional Republicans are moving toward a high-stakes showdown with President Barack Obama over a plan to link fast-tracked approval of an […]

After nearly 40 years in public education, Patrick Godwin spends his retirement days running a horse farm east of Sacramento, Calif., with his daughter.
His departure […]