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Yemeni government forces and allied tribesmen killed ten militants in attacks around the country Sunday, security officials said, as a visiting United Nations envoy met […]

Election officials say president and former Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega is winning big in Nicaragua’s presidential election.
Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council says Ortega has nearly 64 […]

Humana says its third-quarter net income jumped 13 percent as revenue climbed 11 percent. The health insurer also raised its 2011 earnings forecast.
The Louisville, Ky., […]

Provided just a few things go right, European leaders gathering for a crisis summit on Sunday might find a way to spare us from a […]

Earlier this year, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission launched a consultation into the policy implications of increasingly popular Internet-based video services such as Netflix. […]

After years of trying, Congress is taking another stab at retaliating against what many see as Chinese manipulation of its currency to make its exports […]

When it reopens today, the venerable Cheshire Lodge will be, simply, The Cheshire.
The hotel near the southwest corner of Forest Park was frayed at the […]

Insituform, a sewer and pipe repair company, reported a profit of $7.6 million, or 19 cents per share for the June quarter.  That compares to […]

Six days away from a potentially calamitous government default, House Republicans on Wednesday appeared to be slowly coalescing around a plan by House Speaker John […]

Automaker BMW AG says it is buying a car leasing unit of Dutch bank ING Groep NV for euro637 million ($912 million).
BMW said Friday that […]