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In an unforgiving display of partisanship, the House approved emergency legislation Friday night to avoid an unprecedented government default and the Senate scuttled it less […]

Yahoo Inc. has settled a dispute tarnishing a key investment in China, but the truce didn’t bring much peace of mind to the embattled Internet […]

American Railcar Industries’ railcar shipments nearly tripled in the second quarter, driving up revenue for the St. Charles-based company.  
American Railcar, which manufactures hopper and tank railcars, posted […]

Asian stocks mostly rose Tuesday as investors anticipated a compromise would resolve the U.S. debt deadlock even as President Barack Obama described his country as […]

Canadian university and college campuses are quiet at this time of year, but in recent weeks many have been making noise by transforming the way […]

Nortel Networks Corp. pensioners will benefit ultimately from the insolvent tech company

Eli Lilly and Co. said Thursday its second-quarter net income fell 11 percent, as increases in marketing and other expenses blunted the drugmaker’s revenue growth.
The […]

Looking out your window for the weather report has long been overtaken by up-to-minute cable television reports, web alerts and mobile phone apps.
And if […]

Worries about Europe’s banking woes and debt problems in the U.S. dragged down some Asian stock markets and limited gains in others on Monday.
Crude oil […]

The lower house of Italy’s parliament has begun discussing a euro70 billion ($99 billion) austerity package ahead of a final vote on the measures seen […]