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A Chinese manufacturing gauge rose in December, suggesting that a slowdown in the world

U.K. House Prices May Decline in 2012 as Unemployment Increases: Economy - Bloomberg

U.K. house prices (UKNBAAMM) may decline in 2012 as economic turmoil emanating from the euro area

Train builder Bombardier wins new UK order

Aircraft and train builder Bombardier Inc. said Wednesday it had won a government-subsidized order for 130 new rail carriages, months after it announced it would […]

Intervention Failing as Yen Poised to Gain - Bloomberg

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Housing agency upholds prevailing federal wage in Joplin

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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 […]

Australian court rules Samsung can sell Galaxy

Samsung Electronics Co. is free to sell its Galaxy tablet computers in Australia after the country’s highest court Friday dismissed rival Apple’s appeal in its […]

Stocks falter after S&P’s Europe downgrade threat

Stocks wavered between small gains and losses in midday trading Tuesday after Standard & Poor’s expanded its downgrade threat against Europe to include the region’s […]

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 […]

Pressure builds as eurozone ponders debt solutions

The eurozone’s 17 finance ministers converged on EU headquarters Tuesday in a desperate bid to save their currency _ and to protect Europe, the United […]