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J.C. Penney on Tuesday reported a larger-than-expected loss in the first quarter largely because customers were turned off by the retailer’s new plan to get […]

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Australia recorded its third consecutive trade deficit in March as a 5 percent rise in imports outpaced export growth in an economy driven by the […]

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has 10 days left to make up his mind on whether he can risk halting stimulus for an economy […]

Americans’ confidence in the economy was resilient this month despite rising job cuts and falling home values.
The Conference Board, a private research group, said on […]

Solid U.S. corporate earnings and higher spirits in Europe propelled U.S. stocks higher Tuesday.
Five of the 30 big companies that make up the Dow Jones […]

Arch Coal elected Deck Slone as the company’s senior vice president of strategy and public policy.
His appointment is effective June 1, and Slone will report […]

Stronger profits from Microsoft, McDonald’s and other major U.S. corporations pushed stocks higher Friday. Optimism from Europe helped brighten the mood.
The Dow Jones industrial average […]

Unions at American Airlines plan to support a potential takeover offer by rival US Airways, according to two people familiar with the situation.
The unions believe […]