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Estonia _ the eurozone’s newest and poorest member _ will not shirk from bailing out much richer Portugal and Ireland, the country’s finance minister said […]

It takes guts to open a small business these days.
Prospective business owners face a variety of challenges to get off the ground, hope a solid […]

U.S. stocks ended higher Thursday as investors digested comments about the economy from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who said a weak job market […]

Perficient Inc., a Creve Coeur technology consulting firm, said today that it will buy speakTECH, an interactive design firm based on Costa Mesa, Calif.
Perficient will pay $15 […]

Just when it looked as if mortgage rates couldn’t fall any further, they did.
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (excluding jumbos) hit an average […]

Add JPMorgan Chase to the bad-bank list, at least when it comes to foreclosing on homes in California.
Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is also the […]

Skin Center of San Antonio is opening a new dermatology clinic in the Methodist Boerne Medical Center.
The new clinic will be led by dermatologist Virnalisis […]

Weather-related automobile crashes involving up to 69 vehicles closed westbound Interstate 10 in the downtown Phoenix area four about four hours Saturday evening, according to […]

McLean-based ATS Corp. has won a contract to support the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s money management systems.
ATS said that the new contract runs […]

LONDON — European leaders are stepping up their attack on what they characterize as greedy and ruthless speculators, accusing them of worsening the continent’s […]