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Stocks turned up during the last hour of trade Friday after a choppy session, erasing deep losses triggered by a disappointing retail sales report, […]

If you saw a penny on the sidewalk, would you pick it up?
You may think it’s not worth the effort, but a breed […]

Continental Airlines Inc. is laying off 150 ground workers, including bag handlers, at seven U.S. airports and hiring contractors in their place.
The Houston-based carrier said […]

The McGuffin in the highly readable, 2,000-page report on what went wrong at Lehman Brothers was a bit of accounting magic called Repo 105. […]

A new ownership group's ability to get financing to buy the Phoenix Coyotes hinges on a reworking of the hockey team's arena lease in Glendale. […]

Pink Floyd won a legal battle Thursday against EMI that prevents the band’s long-time record label from selling individual songs online.
Sir Andrew Morritt, […]

Chevron Corp., the second largest U.S. oil company, announced on Tuesday that it would cut 2,000 jobs this year amid challenging market conditions.
The company […]

On the eve of President Barack Obama’s winter health-care summit, Rep. Paul Ryan is dining at Talay Thai, a no-frills restaurant with metal chairs […]

Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. residential real estate slump will end by about 2011, predicting that’s how long it will take demand for […]

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says new motor vehicle sales decreased to 124,764 units in November, down six per cent from October, on weaker sales across all of […]