Fed officials were divided over how long to continue bond-buying programs to spur the economy, minutes from their meeting show.
The FTC closed its antitrust investigation of Google without action on whether the company favored its own products in its search results and unfairly harmed rivals.
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Offshore driller Transocean will pay $1.4 billion to settle all federal civil and criminal claims relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico.
Brokers like Ken Lopez get top dollar from libraries interested in the flotsam of authorship.
Here are the top business stories from today's Wall Street Journal Europe.
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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi dispatched top aides to the United Arab Emirates to quell a diplomatic dispute sparked after Emirati authorities said they had arrested Egyptian citizens accused of fomenting terrorism in the oil-rich Gulf nation.
In many respects, 2012 was a wait-and-see year for foreign policy in Brussels. The new year promises to be more exacting with key decisions looming about Iran, Syria, Mali, Israel and Islamists, and Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted citizenship to French actor Gérard Depardieu, whose bitter fight over taxes with France's government has led him to renounce his citizenship.
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A man shot and killed three people and wounded another two in a Swiss village, before bring arrested by officers who shot and injured him, police said.
Indian authorities filed formal murder charges against five men alleged to have gang-raped and killed a student on a bus in the capital in December.
A multimillion-dollar embezzlement case involving Greece's national tourism agency has dealt a new blow to the crisis-hit country's political establishment.
Unemployment stabilized at low levels in Germany in December and fell sharply in Spain, boosting hopes for a modest euro-zone recovery in 2013.
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More states are stationing full-time business recruiters in California, hoping to lure companies to somewhere with less red tape and cheaper real estate.
New Jersey Gov. Christie joined a chorus of Republicans from areas hit by superstorm Sandy who denounced House leaders for delaying a vote on a $60 billion relief package.
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Private-sector jobs in the U.S. increased by 215,000 last month, according to a report calculated by payroll processor ADP and forecasting firm Moody's Analytics.
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Disappointing holiday sales are beginning to translate into narrower profit margins for many retailers. December same-store sales beat estimates only because of a strong showing from Costco, which skewed overall results.
They face an all-too-familiar backdrop of looming fiscal showdowns, leaving members to ready themselves for the same kind of divisive battles.
The cliff deal sent stocks soaring, but the sense of relief belied the fact that more tax-and-spending brinkmanship is expected as soon as February.
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Japan's new government has moved swiftly to engage Myanmar as it looks to the nation as a potential market for Japanese goods, confirming it will start waiving some debt.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is moving quickly to quell one of several disputes with nearby countries by sending a special envoy to South Korea with a letter to the president-elect.
As mining firms here struggle, communities are facing a double hit: Rural communities are grappling not only with large-scale job losses, but also with a blow to social services the mining firms supported.
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South Sudan accused Sudan of attacking its troops along their oil-rich common border ahead of a planned summit between the two countries' presidents, threatening the fragile security situation after a six-month lull in fighting.
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Activity in sectors such as retail, real estate and construction continued to expand in December, adding to signs of a rebound for the world's second-largest economy.
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An explosion tore through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims returning home from a religious commemoration, killing at least 20 and reinforcing fears of renewed sectarian violence.
A U.S. drone strike in a Pakistan border region killed the leader of a militant group accused of cooperating with Afghan Taliban fighters in attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan, officials said.
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Syrian troops and rebels fought intense battles around a strategic air base in the country's north and in a suburb of the capital.
Partisans found plenty to grumble about in Congress's deal. But it is unlikely there would have been any deal without a phone call from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other.
A set of limits on tax deductions and other breaks in the fiscal-cliff bill will hit far more households than the bill's rate increases for top earners.
It's likely to be a year of painful decision-making for small-business owners who could face a higher tax bill after Washington's last-minute deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
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For all parents, finding the right balance in talking to children about money between "too much information" and a "data shutout" is challenging.
As business schools focus more attention on their job-placement numbers, several M.B.A. programs are now bringing in career-services staff to evaluate candidates for admission.
With Premier League clubs entering the competition this weekend, any-given-Saturday twists that see millionaires knocked out by unknowns could be on the cards.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng, a forward with AC Milan and the Ghanaian national team, staged a protest against European soccer's racism problem on Thursday by walking off the field in the middle of an exhibition game after being taunted by a group of fans near the pitch.
This index is compiled from the late edition of The Wall Street Journal distributed to East Coast readers. Images of section fronts are available after 5 a.m. ET on the day of publication.