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Starbucks is closing more than two-thirds of its stores in Australia, days after announcing that hundreds of its American coffee outlets are also being […]

The percentage of vacant homes available for sale remained relatively flat in the second quarter, but still hovered in record territory.
Some 2.8% of […]

A federal grand jury is investigating subprime mortgage lenders Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp. and IndyMac Federal Bank, a person familiar with […]

City and state leaders have selected the site of the aging First Mariner Arena as the best location for a new 18,500-seat sports and […]

A federal task force set up to examine the sharp run-up in oil prices says in an interim report that fundamental supply-and-demand factors are […]

Merrill Lynch booked its fourth-straight quarterly loss Thursday, this time losing nearly $5 billion, as the nation’s largest brokerage was forced to once again […]

The U.K. budget deficit ballooned to the widest since records started in 1946, adding pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to ease his decade-old […]

General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will suspend its dividend, sell off $4 billion to $7 billion worth of assets and cut 20% worth […]

The maker of the King of Beers has agreed to go to work for the Belgian brewer InBev.
Anheuser Busch Cos (BUD, Fortune 500). said […]

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced an investment adviser to 12 years in prison on fraud charges related to the loss of $216 million […]