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Germany, long the financier of the European Union, has made it clear that it will no longer pay for the mistakes and frauds of others, while France has emphasized unity.

Developing nations should start raising rates and adopt more flexible exchange rate policies, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday.

ConocoPhillips's 9 percent stake in Syncrude Canada, the world's largest producer of light sweet crude oil from oil sands, will fetch $4.65 billion.

UBS reported Monday that pretax profit in the first quarter was "at least" $2.4 billion, the highest in more than two years, after a recovery of its debt trading business.

The prime minister suggested giving the government the power to block takeovers in the utility and infrastructure sectors.

Establishing good relations with farmers is a centerpiece of Wal-Mart’s expansion strategy.

The British company sharply expanded sales of armored vehicles for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Swedish research institute said Monday.

Internal e-mail showed the automaker’s dealers were worried about complaints over accelerators, contradicting the company’s official stance.

Robert Gordon, a member of the panel that dates the turning points in business cycles, said the recession should have been declared over.

Three Google employees were given six-month suspended sentences but cleared of defamation charges.

The highest close since September 2008 was the latest marker in a rally that has brought Wall Street back from the brink.

Infosys Technologies, India’s No. 2 software services exporter, reported a 0.9 percent drop in quarterly profit, as a firmer rupee countered the impact of rising demand for outsourcing.

Among the recommendations in a new report: a gigantic power cable to link solar farms in Spain with distant countries like Poland.

The grant, meant for tobacco control work in Africa, was withdrawn because the Canadian center’s chief also serves on a tobacco company’s board.

The Treasury will probably earn a profit on Citigroup and could break even on A.I.G.

Google, Microsoft, Nokia and Hewlett-Packard are developing products that show a desire to expand beyond their respective core businesses.

Toyota promised a remedy for floor mat problems but did not implement one quickly, raising questions about why federal officials did not force the issue.

TweetUp will organize posts according to their popularity, and it will let people bid on key words to give their posts top ranking.

European leaders provided a long-awaited financial rescue line, offering the country up to $40 billion to meet its debt obligations.

Sites that once embraced anonymous comments are revising their policies to hold users more accountable.