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Disappointing earnings weigh down stock market
It's been a disappointing earnings season. The stock market turned lower Monday afternoon as investors absorbed more underwhelming third-quarter ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Outsourcing
The issue: U.S. multinational companies have taken advantage of lower trade barriers over the past 15 years to shift jobs and production to lower-wage ...
Why Greg Smith left Goldman Sachs
Greg Smith wrote the essay that echoed across Wall Street like a thunderclap. Smith was a vice president at Goldman Sachs until March. He announced ...
A look at Putin's man behind Rosneft rise to power
Igor Ivanovich Sechin, the CEO of Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft and a loyal aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than 20 years, ...
Cheerleading needs sports safety rules, docs say
Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one ...
Thefts of cell phones rise rapidly nationwide
In this tech-savvy city teeming with commuters and tourists, the cell phone has become a top target of robbers who use stealth, force and sometimes ...
BMW to build plant in Brazil
Officials say German automaker BMW AG will build a factory in southern Brazil. Santa Catarina state Gov. Raimundo Colombo says BMW will invest ...
Retail group against revised card settlement
A proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by retailers and trade groups against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. fails to protect merchants ...
Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk
The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling a half-million bottles of spray-on lotion after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire ...
Newsweek had unique troubles as industry recovers
Newsweek's decision to stop publishing a print edition after 80 years and bet its life entirely on a digital future may be more a commentary on its ...
Stronger dollar hurts McDonald's 3Q results
Tough competition in the U.S. and the weakening economy abroad was a double whammy for McDonald's in the third-quarter, sending the burger chain's net ...
Dow down 205 as weak earnings drag market lower
Poor corporate earnings reports pounded the stock market Friday in a sour end to an otherwise strong week of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average ...
Aggressive ads keep abortion in campaign spotlight
Though Barack Obama and Mitt Romney rarely tackle the topic of abortion head-on, the void is being filled by rival advocacy groups targeting swing ...
NM peanut capital at heart of national recall
The country's largest organic peanut processing plant is scrubbing its facilities top to bottom and hopes to get back in production soon after a ...
European regulators object to UPS takeover of TNT
The European Union's executive, the Commission, has objected to United Parcel Service's proposed $6.75 billion takeover of TNT Express NV, the ...
TransCanada reaffirms Keystone pipeline restart
TransCanada has reaffirmed its plan to restart the Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the Midwest on Saturday, although rainy weather is hampering ...
GE 3Q earnings rise; revenue disappoints
General Electric Co.'s transformation into a more simple industrial company seems to be helping its bottom line. The top line, though, is lagging ...
Report: More riders linked to Armstrong's doctor
At least 15 more cyclists have been linked to Lance Armstrong's banned Italian sport doctor in an intricate scheme of money laundering, tax evasion ...
Feds probe complaints that Jeep Patriots stall
U.S. government safety regulators are investigating complaints that engines on Jeep Patriot SUVs can stall without warning at highway speeds.
Ex-wife: Aussie fake-bomb plotter had mental woes
An Australian investment banker who admitted chaining a fake bomb to a teenager was reeling from the breakdown of his marriage, drinking heavily and ...
Asia stocks fall on US earnings disappointment
Most Asian stock markets fell Friday following disappointing U.S. corporate earnings and uncertain progress from a European summit convened to hash ...
Google delivers 3Q letdown early, stock plummets
As far as unpleasant surprises go, Google hit Wall Street with a double whammy Thursday. The Internet search leader that prides itself on organizing ...
Google, Samsung to sell Chrome laptop for $249
Google is dangling a low-priced laptop computer in front of consumers as rivals Microsoft and Apple prepare to release their latest gadgets.