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Utah’s experiment with a first-in-the-nation four-day workweek for state workers is over.
Beginning Tuesday, they will be back on the job five days, but they won’t […]

U.S. online streaming site Hulu.com is expanding internationally for the first time with a subscription video service in Japan.
Hulu says the new service gives users […]

Top executives from some of France’s most successful companies including L’Oreal, Total and Danone are following the lead of billionaire investor Warren Buffett by offering […]

Netflix Inc. is giving kids and their parents a new reason to embrace its Internet video subscription service as it raises prices to the dismay […]

Lowe’s Cos. says its second-quarter net income was nearly flat as volatile weather and shoppers’ worries about the economy muted demand during the key summer […]

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Amazon.com Inc. reached an agreement enabling customers to view certain movies from Universal Pictures online, stepping up competition with Netflix Inc. and Hulu LLC.
The deal […]

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 […]

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are scrambling to find a way forward on a debt deal after House Speaker John Boehner threw negotiations into […]

NATO jets destroyed a military storage facility and other targets in Tripoli’s eastern outskirts early Sunday, days after key international players recognized Libya’s rebel leadership […]