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Struggling to break a perilous deadlock, President Barack Obama took direct control Friday of national debt-limit negotiations with both Republicans and Democrats. With the White […]

Spain’s Repsol YPF is forming a joint venture with the Moscow-based Alliance Oil Company Ltd. to seek growth opportunities in Russia, the Spanish energy company […]

When two 20-somethings on the sidewalk offer to write you a poem, you might be skeptical at first wondering whether this is some kind of […]

Portugal’s Social Democrats unseated the Socialist government in an emphatic election victory Sunday, giving the center-right party a strong mandate to enact a grinding austerity […]

Molly Rockamann has gotten some national attention recently, but her focus remains on the St business

Russia’s central bank unexpectedly increased its interest rates for the second time this year to cap inflation in the world’s biggest energy supplier.
Bank Rossii […]

In a rare move for any regulatory agency, the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced it would not enforce the monopoly status it recently […]

Walgreen Co. said Tuesday its fiscal second-quarter earnings climbed 10 percent, but company shares tumbled after results were released and analysts said they expected more […]

European Central Bank Executive Board members Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo and Lorenzo Bini Smaghi signaled they may support raising interest rates next month.
A rate increase […]

Does the U.S. have the assets, influence and will to affect the course of Middle East politics?
At first glance, the answer appears self-evident given […]