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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Appellate judge has rejected Macy’s request to slap rival J.C. Penney Co. with a temporary restraining order barring it from selling non-branded goods designed by Martha Stewart while an appeal is pending.
On Monday, rival Macy’s Inc. filed an appeal to overturn a decision made by New York State […]

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The euro fell versus the dollar, paring a second weekly advance, as European finance ministers meet in Dublin to review the state of Cyprus

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Economic growth in developing Asia is picking up, underpinned by China’s rebound and strength in countries such as Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank said in a report Tuesday, while warning that political disputes pose an increased threat to growth.
The Manila-based lender’s 2013 Asian Development Outlook said some big dangers to regional growth have faded, such […]

A woman has been sentenced to 27 months in prison in connection to the death of her nine-week-old son in a bizarre case where the infant boy’s body has yet to be recovered.
Both parents Ricky Ray Doodhnaught, 32, and Nadia Ayyad, 24, have been implicated in the case that dates back to November 2011 when […]

An official says Cyprus’ parliament had postponed the debate and vote on the controversial levy on all bank deposits that the country’s creditors demanded in exchange for (EURO)10 billion ($13 billion) in rescue money.
Parliamentary official Antonis Koutalianos said the vote that was scheduled for Sunday afternoon has been pushed back to Monday, but the exact […]

The U.S. federal budget deficit jumped in February from January, though it is still running well below last year’s pace. Higher taxes and an improving economy are expected to hold the deficit below $1 trillion for the first time since President Barack Obama took office.
The Treasury Department says the deficit grew in February by $203.5 […]

In another sign of a housing market rebound, home prices posted the biggest percentage gain in more than two years in the third quarter, according to the closely followed S&P/Case-Shiller index.
The 3.6% increase from a year earlier is more than three times the rise in the previous quarter and was the biggest […]

U.S. stocks closed higher Monday, as investors await the outcome of an uncertain U.S. presidential election.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 0.1% and the S&P 500 gained 0.2%. The Nasdaq rose 0.6%.

The latest CNN poll indicates a dead heat in the race for the White House, with 49% of likely […]

New-home sales flopped in June, an indication that the housing market may take longer than expected to recover.
Sales of new homes fell to an annual pace of 350,000, down 8.4% from May when sales hit a two-year high, according to the Census Bureau report issued Wednesday.

The modest sales pace is a far cry […]