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The U.S. budget deficit will shrink this year to $1.1 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office said today in a report sure to inflame the election-year […]

Europe’s crippling debt crisis dominated the world’s foremost gathering of business and political leaders, but for the first time the growing inequality between the planet’s […]

Bank of England policy maker Adam Posen said officials will increase their bond-purchase target next month if new forecasts for growth and inflation justify expanding […]

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron pledged more action to deal with

Officials say an Italian cargo ship and 21-member crew are now free, seven months after pirates seized the vessel in the waters off Somalia.
President Giorgio […]

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The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed while conducting military operations in northern Iraq.
The military statement released Friday said the death […]

A Massachusetts energy company that received a $24 million federal stimulus grant and a $43 million federal loan guarantee has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Beacon Power […]

Asian stock markets climbed Thursday as investors waded into riskier assets, emboldened by European leaders agreeing on a plan to reduce Greece’s massive debts.
Oil prices […]

A Washington-based advocacy group, backed by hundreds of consumer, farming and health organizations, is asking federal regulators to require mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods