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The healthier job market that’s lifted the economy in recent months shows no signs of slowing.
Applications for unemployment aid are near a four-year low, raising […]

You can keep your jacket, belt and shoes on through airport security. You just need to fly a lot, or pay for the privilege.
The Transportation […]

Americans rebounded from a weak holiday season and stepped up spending on retail goods in January. The latest government report on retail sales pointed to […]

Online deals site Groupon, reporting for the first time as a public company, says its fourth-quarter revenue rose sharply, but it lost money.
Groupon Inc. said […]

The head of a U.N. nuclear team traveling to Iran say he hopes the country will work with his mission on probing Tehran’s alleged attempts […]

EDWARDSVILLE • The executive committee of the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois announced on Friday the resignation of the organization’s executive director, Patrick McKeehan.
“After strengthening the council’s […]

Employment growth accelerated last month and the jobless rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.5 percent, the strongest evidence yet the economic […]

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 […]

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 […]