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Europe, in Slump, Rethinks Austerity
Spain has joined seven other euro-zone economies in recession, providing further evidence that austerity policies are failing to regenerate confidence in the region's economies.
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BofA to Cut From Elite Ranks
Bank of America is planning about 2,000 staff cuts in its investment banking, commercial banking and non-U.S. wealth-management units.

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As the 2012 race intensifies between Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Romney, the political backdrop in this pivotal swing state is being shaped by a fight that roiled Ohio a year ago over the bargaining rights of public-employee unions.

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Consumers found it easier to get credit cards and auto loans in the first quarter of 2012, but standards for home and business loans remained tight.
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U.S. Considers Notes That Float
After a series of meetings early this week, Treasury officials will decide whether to start issuing floating-rate debt for the first time ever.
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Microsoft is investing at least $605 million in Barnes & Noble's Nook digital-book business, as the software giant pushes deeper into the e-books business and props up a rival to the iPad and Amazon's Kindle.
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Executive departures at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are raising concerns about a possible brain drain at the mortgage giants.
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U.S. utilities are finding ways to reduce coal deliveries as a mild winter and competition from natural gas combine to weaken demand for power plants' longtime staple fuel.
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Britain's defense ministry is considering putting surface-to-air missiles on the rooftops of apartment buildings in East London during this summer's Olympics.
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A heart-device problem that has plagued St. Jude Medical shows no signs of relenting, according to data in the company's latest performance report.
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EPA Official Resigns Over Comments
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Legal Eagles in Cross Hairs
SEC officials say they are taking a closer look at the behavior of attorneys who they think are thwarting investigations, including some related to the financial crisis.
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Fabled Sahara Gets Back in Game
Los Angeles nightlife impresario Sam Nazarian and his real-estate partners say they have secured a $300 million loan to begin revamping the Sahara casino and hotel in Las Vegas.
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The Punching Bag Has Finally Punched Back
Monday's "Manchester Derby" was hardly the most memorable game this city has ever seen. But its impact will be felt far outside this corner of northwest England.
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Caterpillar Girds for Strike
Caterpillar prepared to use managers and retirees to maintain production at a plant in Joliet, Ill., where union workers planned a strike after rejecting a contract that would have required concessions.
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Nokia Needs a Game Changer
The mobile-phone maker has faltered badly, but market watchers say economies of scale still give Nokia a shot at turning its fortunes around.
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Hiding Money From a Spouse Gets Harder
Troubled couples often try to hide money from each other, whether to spend it on extramarital mischief or keep from sharing it in a divorce. But electronic discovery is making it a lot easier to uncover all that covert activity.

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Rep. Bachus Cleared Of Ethics Allegations
House ethics investigators have cleared Rep. Spencer Bachus of allegations that he traded stocks based on inside information he received as the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee.
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French Unions, Firms Weigh Flexibility Plan
A plan to make French workers more flexible could give the next president a small bargaining chip in efforts to solve the euro-zone crisis.
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Women on Verge of Chief Executive
A pipeline of women in senior executive positions indicates that the ranks of female CEOs in the U.S. will grow in coming years. The Journal highlights 10 women who recruiters are keeping an eye on.
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No Panacea for Diabetic Children
The only pill approved in the U.S. for treatment of children with type 2 diabetes is proving surprisingly ineffective, heightening worries about the fast-growing and largely preventable disease.
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In Brooklyn, the Nets Try to Stay Simple
The new flood of T-shirts and hats should bring it home. An NBA team is coming to Brooklyn.
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Michael Mukasey: Obama and the bin Laden Bragging Rights
It's hard to imagine Lincoln or Eisenhower claiming such credit for the
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SUV Crash Site on Safety Watch List
The stretch of the Bronx River Parkway where an SUV flew over a guardrail and killed a family of seven on Sunday has been on a state watch list of accident-prone highways since 2008.
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Speaker's Wage-Bill Celebration Turns Sour
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Careers

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Stone on Stone in California
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In today's pictures, a young bodybuilder flexes in Afghanistan, a new detention center opens in Greece, a dog rides on a motorcycle in the Philippines, and more.
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Auto Rebound Skips Non-UAW Plant
So robust is the recovery in the U.S. auto industry, that virtually all the union workers who were laid off during the crisis years can have their jobs back, if they want them. But in Moraine, Ohio, the General Motors assembly plant closed for good.
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Looking Back at the Los Angeles Riots
The 1992 Los Angeles riots brought race and economic disparities to the forefront. Days of rioting, sparked by the acquittal of police officers in a beating case, left dozens of people dead. See photos from the riots 20 years ago.
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Native Bees Are All the Buzz
A new species of sweat bee, Lasioglossum gotham, was discovered in the Brooklyn borough of New York in 2010, joining the growing catalog of easily overlooked wild native bees.
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White House Welcomes Dinner Guests
President Barack Obama had his say, poking fun at his detractors by owning up to all the conspiracy theories as reporters, politicos and Hollywood celebrities attended the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington Saturday.

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