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An agreement raises the minimum price at which Mexican tomatoes can be sold in the United States, narrowly averting a trade war that threatened to engulf a broad swath of American businesses.

For years, investors have watched in disbelief as the 30-year bull market in fixed-income assets has raged on, leaving bears in the dust. The bond skeptics are having another moment, as talk grows of a "great rotation" f...

The second biggest eating holiday, after Thanksgiving, is amongst us. Today, hundreds of millions of people worldwide will gather with their friends around televisions to watch the San Francisco 49ers take on the Baltimo...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Professional American football is an incredibly strategic game. It also resembles the way an effective social business should be run. Before every play, both the offense and defense huddle up to...

Demand for the $1.3 billion sale of Asiacell shares came largely from outside the country. Unclear is whether controlling shareholder Qatar Telecom beefed up its stake.

It is the time of year again, when America's largest retailers release those critical holiday season figures and disclose their annual sales. A review of...

For many retailers, the sales situation is so bad that it is not a question of whether they will cut stores, but when and how many. Here's the list of the retailers most in danger.

The U.S. Postal Service is trying to get out of paying some traffic tickets. A lawyer for the USPS sent the city of East Cleveland...

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month, persuading his Republican caucus to pick its fights with...

The gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will air a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl featuring a child narrator and aimed at the NRA's flip-flop on background checks. Because of the high-p...

The best place to watch the Super Bowl is probably from the stadium itself, but the second-best place is a cozy, bear-like man cave. Think about it: plush armchairs, all your friends around, and your favorite game day sn...

It really looks like the investment industry is trying to get investors to participate in this "great rotation" from bonds to equities. According to Charlie Gasparino (via Josh Brown) some clients of UBS are about to get...

(Repeats with no change to text) * Maine club in line for benefits after all members join NRA * Club members see NRA affiliation as...

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China's services sector in January expands for a fourth consecutive month, with retailing helping bolster government efforts to support the nation's economic rebound.

Iran on Sunday says Tehran would be interested in participating in bilateral talks on its nuclear program, so long as there is "honest intention," The Wall Street Journal reports.

WASHINGTON -- At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the...

Procter & Gamble and its ad agency for Old Spice, Wieden + Kennedy, have a new media strategy they're using for an Old Spice Super Bowl spot. Like similar ads for Old Milwaukee and Dundler Mifflin (yes, it's a real paper...

DIRECTV put on its seventh annual Celebrity Beach Bowl at the Super Bowl on Saturday and some big names participated this year. The Beach Bowl began when DIRECTV's senior VP of advertising and public relations, Jon Giese...

Jailed Wall Street fraudster Bernie Madoff may have finally picked a legitimate winner. A biopharmaceutical company partly owned by the Madoff family had an initial public offering last week that sold $33 million worth o...

Tech giant Netflix is going Hollywood. As the dominant paid provider of streaming online videos, it now sees making its own videos as the key to its future. This big bet -- and an expensive one -- turns the ever-evolving...

The stock market may have packed much of its fun for the year into one exhilarating January. This steady growth will likely make for a good year for stocks, but January may account for much of the year's rise, analysts t...