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Mark C. Miller sold 100,000 shares of the medical-waste firm.

A better report on job creation was the latest piece of good news on the economy, and pushed shares higher.

The bid is 2 percent higher than an all-share offer from Eldorado Gold.

New regulatory agencies will not end disputes among nations over economic policy, and some of their powers may take time to win acceptance.

Faced with austerity programs and health-care reforms around the world, Roche launched a cost-cutting plan that may include job reductions and a revamp of its research-and-development business

The angst over net neutrality reaches from boardrooms to living rooms, but take heart: companies will breach its principles at their own peril. Consumers have come to expect an open Internet.

American businesses added more jobs in the last three months than originally estimated, calming fears of a double-dip recession.

The U.S. economy lost jobs for the third month in a row in August, but modest hiring by the private sector eased concerns of a double-tip recession .The unemployment rate ticked up to 9.6% as more people entered the work force

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Navy Chaplain Terry Moran has an assistant, Philip Chute, who doesn’t believe in God. On patrol in Afghanistan, they debate some of life’s weightiest questions.

Loopy online videos have become a hallmark of this midterm election, as candidates desperate for attention open themselves to ridicule with Internet ads.

What’s News: World-Wide Top Stories for Sept. 4

UBS and other investors go to court to try to force U.K. fund manager Reade Griffith to speed up the return of their money.

A former numbers-cruncher at Ford Motor is now one of the most powerful people on Wall Street, whose opinion can sway fortunes and scuttle empires.

There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world—no gods required. An excerpt from the new book by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.