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December 26, 2011
The sinking of a floating oil rig that left more than 50 crew dead or missing is intensifying fears that Russian companies searching for oil […]
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December 6, 2011
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 […]
November 24, 2011
Libya’s oil production is quickly increasing and now stands at more than 600,000 barrels a day, a prominent Libyan oil expert said Thursday.
Ali Tarhouni, who […]
November 19, 2011
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 […]
November 13, 2011
Asia-Pacific leaders gathered for their annual summit Sunday, aiming to fine-tune strategies to spur growth and create jobs after claiming progress on a U.S.-backed free […]
November 12, 2011
The latest “Call of Duty” video game generated $400 million in sales in its first 24 hours in stores, breaking its own record set this […]
November 8, 2011
Amdocs Limited, a telecommunications services provider with North American headquarters in Chesterfield, reported a profit of $87.4 million, or 49 cents a share, for its […]
November 6, 2011
Advancing pools of filthy water threatened the Thai capital’s subway system Monday and surrounded the emergency headquarters set up to deal with flooding that has […]
October 30, 2011
For Americans planning for retirement, the past decade has been dreadful.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has lost an annualized 0.4 percent since 2000, compared […]
October 28, 2011
Clear Channel Communications Inc. said Friday that it had dismissed some on-air and off-air staff earlier this week, in a reshaping of its regional and […]