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  • Brown’s Move to New Hampshire Fuels Talk of Senate Race

    Updated 14 minutes ago

    Scott Brown, the former Republican U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, has found a buyer for his Wrentham home and plans to move to New Hampshire, according to his boss, Andrew I. Glincher, managing partner and chief executive officer of Nixon Peabody LLP.

  • TIPS Wipeout Signals Fed Losing Fight Against Disinflation

    Updated 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

    Bond investors are signaling they expect the Federal Reserve to lose its battle against disinflation, even after inundating the U.S. economy with more than $3 trillion in the past five years.

  • Fifteen States Press Obama for Tough, Flexible EPA Rules

    Updated 13 minutes ago

    Fifteen states that have taken steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are seeking assurances that their efforts will be recognized when the U.S. Environmental Protection agency issues new rules governing pollution from power plants.

  • Budget Deal Lauded by Lawmakers Belies U.S. Fiscal Rigors

    Updated 14 minutes ago

    Members of Congress are congratulating themselves on a budget accord set to win final passage this week. Business leaders aren’t celebrating, saying the deal leaves too much unfinished business.

  • U.S. Will Consider Financing Part of Congo’s $12 Billion Inga 3

    The U.S. will consider financing some of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s $12 billion Inga 3 hydropower project, Rajiv Shah, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said in an interview today.

  • Five Biggest Social Media Lessons of 2013

    It was a big year for social media. Twitter made its successful debut on the stock market while Facebook recovered from its troubled IPO a year earlier. We also saw the launch of Vine, the rise of Snapchat and the acceptance of social media by the SEC, which said public companies could use these sites to disclose information.

  • Secret Inside BofA Office of CEO Stymied Needy Homeowners

    Updated 34 minutes ago

    Isabel Santamaria thought she finally caught a break in her effort to save her Florida home from foreclosure after nine frustrating months: She reached Bank of America Corp.’s Office of the CEO and President.

  • Karzai Woos India Inc. as Delay on U.S. Pact Deters Billions

    Updated 2 hours, 59 minutes ago

    Abhay Barhate listened with skepticism as Afghan President Hamid Karzai told Indian investors of the riches that await if they pour money into his country, one of the poorest in Asia.

  • Obama Needs More Than a Handshake With Cuba

    Updated 13 minutes ago

    President Barack Obama’s handshake with Cuban president Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service last week has fed both hopes and fears that the half- century freeze between the U.S. and Cuba is about to thaw.

  • Iran Minister Says Nuclear Pause Talks Will Continue

    Updated 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Islamic Republic is committed to reaching an accord over nuclear activities even as the U.S. seeks to punish companies for possibly violating sanctions.

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