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The U.S. and Britain locked up their embassies in Yemen on Sunday after fresh threats from al-Qaida, and the White House expressed alarm at the terror group's expanded reach in...

Hamas looks flush with cash $540 million set for budget despite Gaza blockade GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Gaza's Hamas Parliament approved a government budget of $540 million for 2010,...

Mortgage rates rose for the fourth straight week, ending the year above 5 percent. The average fixed rate on a 30-year mortgage was 5.14 percent this week, up from 5.05...

The pipeline of initial public offerings for 2010 appears promising as private-equity firms look to cash in on their investments after coming back to the nearly defunct market in the...

The Fox television network and Time Warner Cable on Friday announced an agreement in principle on a TV programming deal that allows signals to continue for millions of cable subscribers....

Germany may lose its title as the world's export champion to China as early as this year, an expert with the German Chamber of Industry and commerce said Wednesday. "It...

Delta Air lines Inc. has received government permission to operate its namesake service and its Northwest Airlines subsidiary as a single carrier, a Delta executive said Thursday. The single operating...

THE NUMBER 0.708 The blood alcohol content registered by a woman found passed out last month in a stolen delivery van in South Dakota, authorities said. The measurement is nearly...

The Treasury Department said Thursday that it has pumped $29.3 million into 10 banks, which will be the last to receive investments as part of the taxpayer-funded program to shore...

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers. New jobless claims...