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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 […]

Thailand’s former premier says his successor needs to give up her party’s pet projects to free up money for flood recovery.
Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose party lost to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s party this summer, says some campaign promises the government made must be sacrificed.
Abhisit spoke at a parliament session where Yingluck submitted a budget bill calling […]

Stocks rose sharply in early trading Wednesday, a day after renewed worries over Europe’s debt crisis roiled markets around the world. Strong corporate earnings and a better employment report helped turn markets around.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 209 points, or 1.8 percent, to 11,867 as of 11 a.m. Eastern. The Dow lost 573 points […]

Stocks slid in early trading Tuesday after disappointing corporate earnings reports and concerns that France and Germany may not reach an agreement to provide additional support for Greece.
Moody’s also warned late Monday that it may downgrade France’s top-notch credit rating in the next three months. On Tuesday, that country’s finance minister said that the French […]

Asian stocks surged Tuesday after a pledge by European leaders to protect the region’s banks against a continent-wide debt crisis and Beijing’s move to buy the shares of major Chinese lenders.
Oil prices hovered above $85 a barrel in Asia, while the dollar strengthened against the euro and the yen.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shot up 3 […]

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to testify Monday against a campaign consultant charged with scamming him out of more than $1 million, according to two people familiar with a trial that’s giving jurors a behind-the-scenes look at the billionaire politician’s last re-election bid.
The mayor would be prosecutors’ star witness against John Haggerty, who is accused […]

Stocks are closing higher for the third day in a row on hopes that European leaders are moving closer to a plan to contain that region’s debt crisis.
Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would do whatever it could to help Greece. Greece’s finance minister also said that country would receive the next round of […]

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ST. LOUIS - The first international cargo flight from China landed at Lambert International Airport today.
The China cargo Boeing 777 landed at 3:50 p.m. Local leaders said they hoped it would be the first of many cargo flights from China at the airport.
Helping attract a cargo hub at Lambert is one of the issues being […]