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Higher fuel prices and other costs pushed the owner of British Airways and Iberia to a loss in the first quarter, International Consolidated Airlines Group […]

The White House pressed Republicans Monday to back Democratic legislation preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling in July as the two parties […]

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The surge in gasoline prices appears to have stalled this week around $3.92 per gallon. But experts caution that more increases lie ahead.
Many refineries have […]

As the nation struggled to emerge from the recession, the long-sluggish St. Louis economy, for once, looked sprightly by comparison.
Now, as the U.S. economy picks […]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers are two leading candidates to succeed World Bank President Robert Zoellick […]

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 […]