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While the Federal Reserve is trying to hold mortgage rates down, Congress recently gave them an upward shove.
The bill extending the payroll tax cut, which […]

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The euro fell to an 11-year low against the yen and reached the weakest in 15 months versus the dollar after French borrowing costs rose […]

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Afghanistan’s new central bank governor expressed confidence Sunday that the government can recover up to 80 percent of the $825 million it cost to bail […]

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Increased sales helped Synergetics USA Inc. raise profits in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on Oct. 31. The O’Fallon, Mo.-based maker of […]

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The total number of people whose phones were hacked by journalists at the News of the World tabloid is around 800, British police said Saturday.
Scotland […]

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States have cut funding for tobacco prevention programs 12 percent this year, to the lowest level since 1999, according to a new report that a […]

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Mexican prosecutors said Wednesday they have uncovered a $93 million corruption scandal at the Federal Electricity Commission, a public utility company that has been hit […]

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Some of Canada’s largest retailers are planning a counter-offensive this weekend — using deep discounts and longer store hours — in a bid to keep […]

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Spain’s likely new prime minister is a lusterless career politician who thrives on ambiguity _ rarely revealing what he thinks.
With partial results Sunday night showing […]

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