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ST. LOUIS • The population in the city of St. Louis continues to slide while St. Charles County leads the area in growth, based on […]

Australia unexpectedly posted a trade deficit for a second straight month in February as coal and metal exports slumped, sending stocks and bond yields lower […]

Canadian retailers will lose sales when the value of goods that Canadians can bring home duty-free from a cross-border shopping trip quadruples in June, say […]

The Abu Dhabi state investment firm Mubadala Development Company is pumping $2 billion into Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group as it looks to tap into the […]

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is exiting the annuity business so it can focus on its property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds […]

In a move that might not have happened under founder Steve Jobs, Apple announced Monday it was handing some of its $98-billion pile of cash […]

Most Latin American nations, in the event of another global crisis, are in worse shape to implement stimulus than in 2007 as a result of […]

Sears Holdings Corp. says billionaire investor Edward Lampert’s hedge fund tried to ease vendors’ concerns nearly two months ago by taking on some of the […]

The IRS is cracking down on scammers promising elderly and low-income churchgoers "free money" by urging them to claim fraudulent tax refunds.
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The cascade of U.S. and European sanctions imposed on Iran is crippling its ability to export oil and conduct trade, hitting the Gulf state