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The question is whether the U.S. is prepared to lead or whether protectionist pressures will make it impossible to engage fully with trading partners.
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A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.
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The announcements by Ingersoll-Rand and Royal Dutch Shell come as the U.S. is pressing for new sanctions.
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Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand in the U.S. and other Western markets.
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The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.
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Ibaraki Airport, which opens Thursday north of Tokyo, aims to be a completely new type of Japanese hub.
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Ex-Goldman Sachs employees are sharing their ideas about what their old firm can do to help small businesses.
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Smartphone and laptop batteries may seem like cruel masters when they threaten to lose power, but you have more control than you may think.
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Investors bought shares of firms bailed out by the government amid speculation that their balance sheets would substantially improve.
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European antitrust regulators took a step toward approving an alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia.
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Terra Industries said on Wednesday that it has deemed a new $4.7 billion takeover offer by CF Industries Holdings is superior to a $4.1 billion deal it had already signed with Yara International of Norway.
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The chief executive of a troubled recorded music division is stepping down.
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The former chief investment officer of the state pension fund, David J. Loglisci, pleaded guilty to fraud Wednesday, the latest domino to fall in the lengthy investigation that claimed his former boss, Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi.
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Wholesale inventories declined 0.2 percent in the first month of the year, as businesses remained cautious about restocking their depleted shelves.
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Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said, which was somewhat better than December, when 43 states reported higher jobless rates.
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A week after announcing its austerity plan, Portugal sold more bonds than initially planned Wednesday, and at a lower borrowing cost.
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Turkey's economy minister said the country no longer needed emergency funds.
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President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag for those who care about keeping down medical costs.
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Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient, but critics say consumers would be hurt.
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The decision that could cost the bank tens of millions a year and put pressure on other banks to do the same.
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The multiple, and at times seemingly conflicted roles, of investment banks like Goldman Sachs have also drawn scrutiny.
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DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.
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As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.
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The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement.
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Backers said Northwest Florida Beaches International would bring new businesses and residents to the Florida Panhandle; critics said it would also bring environmental problems.
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The Federal Reserve has ended nearly all of the lending programs it created in 2007 to combat the credit crisis, but in the coming months it must decide when and how to tighten monetary policy.
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Two drivers reported problems with Priuses that they said were not related to a sticking mat.
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Mattel is planning versions of Barbie and Ken styled after four “Mad Men” characters in a promotion for the television series as well as for Barbie.
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With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in need of repair.”
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The combined business would jointly control about 29 percent of the $19 billion-a-year global market for medicines for pets and livestock.
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Only about 100 of 790 buildings that are eligible for hourly prices have opted for the Con Ed service.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s plan to provide free care for the growing elderly population faces opposition at a time of record deficits.
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In such a move, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would be taken over by its creditors in exchange for debt forgiveness, people briefed on the matter said.
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Israel, widely believed to have nuclear weapons and possessing no oil, said on Tuesday that it intended to develop civilian nuclear plants for energy.
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As Democrats considered potential maneuvers, business groups announced plans for a campaign to stop the legislation.
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The company, which claimed it could protect against identify theft, will pay $12 million and change its marketing campaign.
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Finger gestures used on the iPhone can now be used on laptops and full-size computer screens, but the tactile experience isn’t quite the same.
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Meridee A. Moore of Watershed Asset Management, a hedge fund, likes the back-and-forth of working in an open space. Private offices, she says, are lonely.
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