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An anti-establishment military man who promises to redistribute Peru’s wealth won the most votes in Sunday’s presidential election and will face the daughter of imprisoned […]

World shares fell sharply Tuesday, battered by ongoing unrest in the Arab world as the price of oil soared, sending airline stocks into a nosedive.
Crude […]

The regulator of Egypt’s stock market says the resumption of trading has been put off by three more days.
The regulator says the market will reopen […]

Swiss central bank President Philipp Hildebrand said the franc’s ascent is curbing exports and hampering the country’s economic recovery.
The “clear appreciation of the Swiss […]

Goldman Sachs’ American clients looking to buy Facebook shares through the company’s exclusive and highly publicized private placement deal are out of luck.
The […]

Just in time for the holiday shopping season: Americans earned and spent more money in November than they did during the previous month. They […]

Boeing will resume flight tests of its long-delayed 787 jet on Thursday, six weeks after they were suspended because of an in-flight electrical fire in […]

Portugal does not need aid from the International Monetary Fund and no country has ever put pressure on Portugal to request aid, Portuguese Prime MinisterJose […]

Investors kept up pressure on Portugal and Spain Thursday, as fears that they could be the European debt crisis’ next victims pushed borrowing costs near […]

Republicans, after picking up 61 House seats, six Senate spots, seven new governorships and 680 additional state legislators, received two more gifts: Harry Reid and […]