Economic and Finance
The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of […]
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Nine months ago, a historic meeting was breaking up in the ballroom of a Secaucus, N.J., hotel. Anheuser-Busch shareholders had just agreed to sell […]
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The first time the Dow Jones industrial average entered five-figure territory, corporate bigwigs tossed hats that said "Dow 10,000" to cheering traders on the […]
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Anheuser-Busch InBev is dropping its "Fan Cans" promotions from communities around the country where colleges have complained that the effort — which sells cans […]
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House prices in St. Louis fell faster in June than in the nation as a whole, according to data released Monday by a California-based […]
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Breaking up is hard to do, but during a recession, it’s even tougher.
Couples who want to split up often are handicapped: by the […]
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With the recession throwing thousands of people out of work daily, more than 13 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage have fallen behind […]
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DETROIT — Shoppers are snapping up cars and trucks so quickly that General Motors Co. is boosting production for the rest of the year […]
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Lowe’s Cos, the No. 2 U.S. home improvement chain, curbed its expansion plans and forecast worse-than-expected results in the third quarter as recession-weary consumers […]
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Magna and its Russian partner Sberbank have reached agreement in principle with General Motors management over a contract to buy 55 percent of GM’s […]
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