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J&J Buys Dutch Biotech Crucell for $2.41 Bil.

Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it is buying Crucell N.V. ...

China Growth to Offset U.S. Weakness Says IMF

The global economy will likely strengthen the rest of this ...

Fitch Downgrades Ireland Credit Rating

Ratings agency Fitch cut Ireland's credit worthiness another notch Wednesday, ...

Apple Readies iPhone for CDMA Markets

A new report says Apple is getting ready to manufacture ...

Midnight Grocery Runs a Sign of Hard Times

Once a month, just after midnight, the beeping checkout scanners ...

GE Taps Natural Gas Boom with Dresser Deal

General Electric Co. is expanding its energy business by tapping ...

Content Partners Sign Up for Google TV's October Launch

Google Inc.'s effort to wed Web surfing with television viewing ...

Verizon Wireless to Roll Out 4G in 38 Cities

Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that its new wireless broadband network, ...

Samsung Expects Earnings to Fall Below Record

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest seller of computer memory chips, ...

Japan Forex Reserves Hit New High After Failed Intervention

Japan's foreign exchange reserves hit an all-time high in September ...

Toyota Steps Up Efforts to Win Back Customers

Aiming to win back customer trust after its string of ...

World Markets Flat, Dollar Slides Awaiting Fed Move

World stock markets were steady Thursday ahead of European interest ...

PepsiCo Revenues Soar on Overseas Growth

PepsiCo's third-quarter net income rose 12 percent on strong sales ...

Retail Sales Grow More Than Expected

Retailers reported surprisingly solid sales gains for September, boosted by ...

Consumers Cut Credit Card Use for 24th Month

Consumer borrowing fell again in August as consumers cut back ...

Japan Approves New $61 Bil. Stimulus Package

The Japanese Cabinet has approved 5.05 trillion yen ($61 billion) ...

PayPal iPhone App Allows Check Deposits

Betting you wouldn't trek to your bank or the closest ...

Honda Fit Hybrid Goes on Sale in Japan

Honda's new hybrid Fit subcompact went on sale in Japan ...

China Launches Quest for Domestic Potash Sources

China has launched a search for domestic sources of potash ...

95,000 Jobs Lost in Sept on Massive Gov't Layoffs

A wave of government layoffs in September outpaced weak hiring ...

Wholesale Buying, Inventories Rise

Businesses have been restocking store shelves since the recession ended, ...

United, Continental Merge to Become World's No. 1

United and Continental closed a deal on Friday that will ...

Asia Stocks Rise on Hopes of More U.S. Stimulus

Asian stock markets climbed Wednesday, supported by growing speculation that ...

Digital Reading Squeezes Out Finland's Paper Mills

Shielded from the deafening roar and searing heat of Paper ...

Cheap, Hi-Tech Toys Top Christmas List

This year's hot holiday toys are high-tech - and low-price. ...

Waxman Shelves Bill to Control Bandwidth Manipulation

House Democrats have shelved a last-ditch effort to broker a ...

German Jobless Rate Falls to 7.2%

Germany's unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent in September as ...

Spain Debt Downgrade Drags Down Stock Prices

Spain's hurting economy got hit again Thursday with yet another ...

AIG Sells 2 Japanese Units for $4.8 Bil.

AIG, which reportedly is close to a deal that would ...

Green Goes Sleek at Paris Auto Show

Sizzling, sleek designs for a carbon-conscious world headlined Thursday as ...

Caterpillar to Raise Prices on Strong Growth

Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar says it will raise prices up to ...

Cheap, Clean and China the Foci of Paris Auto Show

At the Paris auto show, the car market's fortunes appear ...

Japan Jobless Rate Fell to 5.1% in August

Japan's jobless rate improved in August, but prices fell for ...

China Manufacturing Picks Up Steam in September

Growth in Chinese manufacturing picked up pace in September, a ...

BP Says It Paid $11.2 Bil. on Gulf Oil Spill ...

BP PLC said Friday that it has pledged royalty revenues ...

Eurozone Unemployment at 10.1% in August

Unemployment in the 16 countries that use the euro remained ...

Declining Demand Seen for LCDs Despite Solid Profits

Companies that make huge flat-screen televisions and their LCD panel ...

Incomes, Spending Both Rose in August

Consumer spending rose by a moderate amount in August while ...

Manufacturing Expands for 14th Straight Month

Manufacturing activity expanded in September for the 14th straight month, ...

Car Sales Surge Mostly on New Crossovers

New models and Labor Day promotions didn't do much to ...

Microsoft Sues Motorola on Smart Phone Patents

Microsoft Corp. is suing Motorola Inc. for infringing on its ...

BOA Forced to Delay Foreclosures in 23 States

Bank of America is delaying foreclosures in 23 states as ...

Verizon Wireless May Refund $90 Mil. in Web Fees

Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in ...

Toshiba Unveils Glasses-Free 3-D TVs

Toshiba Corp. believes it has a solution for television viewers ...

Sanofi-Aventis Launches Hostile Bid for Genzyme

France's Sanofi-Aventis on Monday launched an $18.5 billion hostile takeover ...

Asia Stocks Up, Europe Down Ahead of U.S. Data

The continued relative strength of the yen hurt Japanese stocks ...

Poor Americans Bear High Cost of Going Bankless

The nickel-and-diming never stopped. The fees were constant: $28 to ...

Toyota Repaired 3.7 Mil. Cars Under Recalls

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it had fixed about 3.7 ...

Feds Sue 3 Major Credit Card Cos., Settle with 2

The Justice Department on Monday sued the three largest U.S. ...

Foreigners Find Irresistable Deals in U.S. Housing Bust

The Viceroy, a swanky condominium complex in downtown Miami, gives ...