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Partial results and polling agency projections suggest Socialist Francois Hollande has won France’s presidential election against conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.
A Hollande victory could change how Europe tackles its debt crisis _ with more stimulus and less austerity.
With about half of the nationwide votes counted in Sunday’s race, official results showed Hollande with 50.8 percent to […]

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The long legal saga of Francine Katz took another small step forward Wednesday.
Lawyers for Katz and Anheuser-Busch - which Katz sued in 2009 claiming gender discrimination - wrangled in a St. Louis courtroom over how much information in the case will be deemed confidential.
In December, A-B asked Judge Joan Moriarty to grant a protective order […]

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The Center for Emerging Technologies named John McAlister to lead its Bio Entrepreneur Development Program.
The program is designed for first-time bioscience entrepreneurs in the St. Louis area, and it provides participants with 10 weeks of training and individualized mentoring and professional business services.
McAlister is a former president and CEO of Tripos Inc. He has worked […]

Australian home-building approvals rose by less than economists forecast in January as weakness outside the resources industry hurts housing.
The number of permits granted to build or renovate houses and apartments gained 0.9 percent from December, when they dropped a revised 0.8 percent, the Bureau of Statistics said in Sydney today. The result compares with […]

U.S. manufacturers are hiring at the fastest pace in more than a decade to keep up with new orders but sweeping technological advances could cost thousands of factory workers their jobs in years to come.
At a new factory in upstate New York, which is due to churn out its first computer chips this year, […]

NEW YORK • The nation’s largest retail trade group expects a solid 3.4 percent increase in sales this year, below last year’s 4.7 percent increase as job woes weigh on shoppers.
Sales should reach $2.53 trillion this year, up from last year’s $2.45 trillion, boosted in part by higher prices across all goods, according to a […]

WASHINGTON • Fixed mortgage rates fell once again to a record low, offering a great opportunity for those who can afford to buy or refinance homes. But few are able to take advantage of the historic rates.
Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.89 percent. That’s below […]

One of the first Canadian digital-era laws was the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act, a model law created by the Uniform Law Conference of Canada in the late 1990s. The ULCC brings together officials from federal, provincial, and territorial governments to work on model laws that can be implemented in a similar manner across all Canadian […]

A U.S.-backed plan to forge a Pacific free trade bloc got a big boost Sunday when leaders of Canada and Mexico joined Japan in expressing support for a deal that has received a cool reception from China, the region’s rising power.
The news was a coup for President Barack Obama, who made progress on the pact […]