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Laclede Group Inc. said fiscal first quarter profit rose 7.7 percent, led by stronger earnings from its wholesale natural gas marketing business.
Net income for the […]

President Barack Obama is unveiling a plan to boost tourism to the U.S. by making it easier for people in China, Brazil and elsewhere to […]

The Obama administration on Tuesday declined to label China a currency manipulator after seeing recent increases in the value of the yuan compared to the […]

Costs related to its spin-off of its Post cereal business, merger and integration costs and non-cash impairment charges led Ralcorp Holdings to post a loss […]

McDonald’s and Target dropped one of the nation’s largest egg suppliers after an animal rights group released an undercover video of the egg producer’s farms […]

Italy’s Senate approved economic reforms demanded by the European Union on Friday, the first step in paving the way for Premier Silvio Berlusconi to resign […]

U.S. stock index futures are sinking ahead of the government’s September jobs report, which will likely show a U.S. labor market that remains weak.
Economists expect […]

Soaring gasoline prices are in the rearview mirror. For the first time in months, retail gasoline prices have fallen below $3 a gallon in places, […]

Industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp. is buying aerospace manufacturer Goodrich Corp. for about $16.4 billion in cash in a deal that will significantly expand its […]

Debt-saddled Greece moved closer Tuesday to getting the vital bailout funds it needs to avoid a disastrous default after persuading international debt inspectors to return […]