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March's miserable jobs report stoked a debate about the strength of the recovery but helped settle any uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy.
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With foie gras banned at home, Californians are crossing the border to buy the delicacy.
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Not every company about to shake up (or is in the process of shaking up) its respective industry is a household name just yet, but here are 10 we think you could be familiar with in the near future.
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President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents in Congress enter a crucial week in the "fiscal cliff" impasse with more than just differences over taxes to bridge.
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Police in Australia are warning citizens to not use Apple maps after some motorists using the app have ended up in "life-threatening" situations.
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Of the two thousand Hostess Brands documents filed in the last year with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court a handwritten, five-page letter on loose-leaf notebook paper – that stands out the most.
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McDonald's reported a stronger-than-expected 2.4 percent rise in November sales, helped by strength in breakfast in the U.S. and lower-priced offerings in Europe.
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Ingersoll-Rand confirmed on Monday that it is to spin off its security technology business and announced a $2 billion share buyback.
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Governments in the Gulf region of the Middle East worry the uptick in U.S. production could fuel broader regional disengagement.
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As drought conditions persist across the South, hitting farmers and ranchers, the potential costs are large, the CSM reports.
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China's trade numbers for November came in far below expectations, however, economists are confident the slump in export growth will not derail the recovery in the world's second largest economy.
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Yahoo! and NBC Sports said they will integrate and promote each others sports content on the Internet and television in a move that would help both the companies draw on their respective strengths across both mediums.
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Friday's U.S. non-farm payrolls showed a surprise fall to a 4-year low of 7.7 percent as the U.S. economy added 146,000 jobs in November.
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Canada says it will allow no further deals by Chinese state-owned enterprises after approving a $15.1 billion acquisition of Canadian energy firm Nexen by China's CNOOC. Experts say watch this space.
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American International Group has agreed to sell nearly all of its ILFC airplane leasing business to a Chinese consortium for up to $4.8 billion.
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The Philippines would strongly support a rearmed Japan shorn of its pacifist constitution as a counterweight to the growing military assertiveness of China, according to the Philippine foreign minister.
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As the holiday season chugs through its traditionally slower period following the Black Friday rush, retailers are pulling out all the stops to drive consumer traffic to brick-and-mortar stores.
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American high schools are taking a page from the pro and college sports playbook and doing similar kinds of money deals and creating an explosive big business.
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Virgin America extended its elite status match program, hoping to woo fliers from American, Southwest and United.
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The U.S. is vastly increasing its production and replacing OPEC crude with that from oil sands in Canada, adding urgency to Saudi Arabia's efforts to invest in a Texas refinery, The New York Times reports.
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Atlanta Fed President Lockhart told CNBC more solid economic data and a "substantial improvement" in jobs are needed.
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The rhetoric is heating up: North Korea warned that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the US, while the Pentagon beefed up its defense of Guam.
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President Obama is reportedly returning 5 percent of his salary in tribute to furloughed federal workers, with CNBC's John Harwood.
Fiscal Cliff
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The deal reached to avert the fiscal cliff in the US merely masks the bleak long-term outlook for the country, Nouriel Roubini said in an opinion piece for the Financial Times newspaper on Thursday.
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Sen. Shelby told CNBC he voted against the "fiscal cliff" deal because it moves us from one crisis to another crisis.
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The deal finally reached over the U.S. “fiscal cliff” should ultimately be positive for the U.S. stock market, according to The Gartman Letter writer and editor Dennis Gartman.