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Oregon State Treasurer Ben Westlund died early Sunday at age 60 after a recurrence of lung cancer.
Westlund had reportedly decided not to seek treatment for […]

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Telecoms gear maker UTStarcom Inc. will change CEOs and move its head office to Beijing after getting a $48.5 million investment.
The Alameda company (NASDAQ: UTSI) […]

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A massive venture capital fund that pumps money into Great Lakes businesses is crucial for the economy of the region to move beyond its Rust […]

Apple Inc. earned $3.38 billion on revenue of $15.68 billion in the first quarter ended Dec. 26.
A year earlier, the Cupertino maker of computers, iPhones […]

The unemployment rate in the Wichita area dropped 0.4 percent to 7.6 percent in December, according to new data from the Kansas Department of Labor.
The […]

Canwest Communications Inc. is hoping to fetch at least $1 billion to $1.5 billion for its national chain of big city daily newspapers, including the […]

Stocks ended a holiday-shortened session higher Thursday, with indexes climbing to new highs for the year after upbeat reports on the labor market and […]

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As the U.S. economy pulls out of a recession and the biggest banks return to profitability, mounting defaults on commercial property may keep regional […]

Stocks zigzagged Thursday in cautious trading ahead of Friday’s big jobs report as investors considered the day’s economic news, Bank of America’s plan to […]