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Markets clawed back lost ground Tuesday on hopes that Greece is heading toward a conclusion of debt-reduction talks with private creditors and that it may […]

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Holland Construction Services Inc., based in Swansea, was selected as the construction manager for a 73,000-square-foot building addition at Southwestern Illinois College’s Belleville campus.
The addition […]

Italy’s borrowing costs eased in a bond auction Monday, but worries about the country’s ability to manage its debt and enforce spending cuts persisted as […]

Standard & Poor’s is warning it may downgrade the European bailout fund’s AAA long-term credit rating.
The move announced Tuesday follows S&P’s notice on Monday that […]

The economy is picking up. If only job growth would follow.
A spate of data Thursday showed U.S. factories grew last month at the fastest pace […]

Comedian and commentator Rick Mercer’s distinct take on Canadian politics and social issues can be caught on the Rick Mercer Report every Tuesday at 8 […]

Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has […]

Stocks finished about where they started Friday as investors balanced positive signs for the U.S. economy with a looming deadline for a deficit-cutting committee in […]

Greece’s prime minister abandoned his explosive plan to put a European rescue deal to popular vote Thursday, keeping his government alive _ but passionate squabbling […]

The governor of Bangkok issued a dramatic late-night warning Sunday to residents of the Thai capital to prepare for floodwaters to roll deeper into the […]