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Exxon Mobil said Monday it will buy natural gas producer XTO Energy Inc. for $41 billion in a stock and debt transaction.
The world’s […]

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Canada’s largest brokerage firm says it has always acted within the law despite accusations by the Canada Revenue Agency that some of the firm’s […]

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The pace of U.S. job losses slowed in November, according to two reports released Wednesday.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP, Fortune 500), a payroll-processing firm, […]

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The United Arab Emirates’ central bank said it “stands behind” the country’s local and foreign banks, which face losses from Dubai World’s possible default, […]

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Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, is considering dumping asset manager giant BlackRock Inc as one of its real estate investment advisers, a […]

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U.S. economic conditions stabilized or improved modestly in most parts of the country, according to a Federal Reserve report on Wednesday that suggested the […]

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Toys “R” Us is facing a U.S. antitrust probe over whether the toy retailer used its market clout to stifle discounting by retail competitors […]

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Back in August, Federal Reserve officials suggested that the Great Recession was ending and the U.S. could expect "a gradual resumption of sustainable economic […]

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The U.S. trade gap narrowed unexpectedly in August as oil imports plunged and exports grew for the fourth consecutive month, a U.S. Commerce Department […]

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The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless insurance hit a nine-month low last week and retailers reported their first monthly sales […]

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