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German retail sales unexpectedly declined in December as consumers

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street opened the year with a bang following the release of positive U.S. economic data.
Japan’s Nikkei […]

Major stock indexes in South Korea and Taiwan fell Monday, while most other major Asian stock markets were closed for an extended New Year’s holiday.
South […]

The Public Service Commission staff will not seek penalties against Ameren Missouri for not promptly reporting the failure of a generating unit at the utility’s […]

Congress is edging closer to yet another down-to-the wire showdown as House Republicans shun a bipartisan payroll tax cut bill approved by the Senate and […]

Tyson Foods says its fourth-quarter net income is less than half what it posted last year, with higher grain costs offsetting better prices and revenue.
The […]

Greece’s tortuous power-sharing talks enter a fourth day, with the country’s president to host a meeting of party heads a day after negotiations disintegrated into […]

Workers at some of Ford Motor Co.’s largest local unions have approved a new labor contract with the company, making it likely that the four-year […]

U.S. stocks are falling as traders close out a quarter of volatile trading that pulled major indexes down more than 10 percent.
Markets swung wildly in […]

After decades in the mining game, Goldcorp Inc. has finally figured out a way for its worker bees to make