Payroll tax bill faces uncertain House prospects

The Senate-approved bill temporarily preventing a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-term unemployed faces uncertain prospects in the House, where […]

Ex-Murdoch lawyer defends newspapers surveillance

A former top lawyer for Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers insisted Wednesday that he told the mogul’s son there was evidence of widespread phone hacking at […]

Deutsche Bank chief targeted with letter bomb

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Stocks open higher on Merkel talk, jobs data

Stocks are opening higher after a report showed improvement in the U.S. job market and Germany’s chancellor talked tough about fiscal discipline in the European […]

Asia stocks mixed before German leader speaks

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday, a day after rallying on news that six of the world’s central banks slashed borrowing costs for banks to […]

Outpatient sticker shock: $538 for a 3-minute treatment

A few weeks after Allison Zaromb took her 4-year-old son Meir to see a dermatologist in an outpatient office at the SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s […]

At British hearing, stars turn tables on tabloids

They’ve been hacked and libeled, stalked and slandered. Now the public figures whose personal lives have long offered grist for Britain’s news mill have been […]

Japan’s economy rises out of earthquake slump

Japan’s economy surged 6 percent in the latest quarter in a bounce back from the earthquake and tsunami disaster that is unlikely to be sustained […]

Senate approves jobs benefits for veterans

On Veterans Day eve, an uncharacteristically unified Senate emphatically passed a bill to help unemployed veterans and government contractors that includes the first, small slivers […]

Disney 4Q beats Street on pay TV growth

Disney’s fourth-quarter net income rose 30 percent, thanks to higher spending by theme park visitors and growth at pay TV operations ESPN and Disney Channel.
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