House Speaker Boehner, facing a rebellion among conservative Republicans and questions about the amount of spending cuts in his plan, postponed a vote on the measure scheduled for Wednesday.
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In the face of mounting international sanctions, Iran has embraced over the past seven months what the IMF calls one of the boldest economic makeovers ever attempted in the oil-rich Middle East.
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Financial firms trying to negotiate a settlement with states and the U.S. over the foreclosure mess are squabbling over who is most accountable, threatening a further delay in talks that already have dragged on.
Seeking to stem an epidemic of wrong-way driving, authorities in Lagos are threatening errant drivers with psychiatric exams, a twist in the rough road of Nigerian traffic.
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George Soros decided to turn his legendary hedge-fund firm into a $24.5 billion "family office" that will no longer manage outside investors' money, a move that allows it to avoid a new level of regulatory oversight that many hedge funds face.
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The dollar tumbled across the board and stocks slid for the third consecutive day amid worries about the deficit standoff. Investors pushed down prices of Treasury bills maturing in August.
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U.S. companies are beginning to take steps to prepare for the possibility of a U.S. default, lining up extra sources of financing and carefully husbanding cash.
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Money-market mutual funds are reducing risk and boosting their cash holdings in an effort to prepare for a wave of investor redemptions amid anxiety about debt woes.
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Breivik is likely "insane," the Norwegian's lawyer said. The Oslo attorney described the man accused of twin attacks that killed at least 76 as a calm, cold man convinced he is at the vanguard of a cultural war. Some legal experts suggested the lawyer discussed Breivik's mental state to lay the groundwork for a potential insanity defense.
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Police have been criticized for the time it took to apprehend Breivik, but the justice minister hailed their work.
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Boehner postponed a vote on his debt-limit plan amid a rebellion among conservative Republicans and questions about the amount of spending cuts. Reid's rival plan faces challenges in the Senate.
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U.S. prosecutors charged four men in overseas drug stings, part of a crackdown on narcotics trafficking used to fund terrorism.
News was delivered to thousands of communities across the U.S. that their local post offices might close. The reply from many residents: return to sender.
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A resurgent auto industry is poised to double the pace of U.S. growth in the third quarter, according to some estimates. But that may not be enough to get a flagging recovery back on track.
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Five of the largest auto makers in the U.S. have endorsed a proposal by the Obama administration to set tougher fuel economy regulations, people familiar with the talks said.
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Home prices and sales of new homes lost ground in recent months, with real-estate agents and builders saying the debt-ceiling debate in Washington is rattling an already-fragile market.
Texans weighing Gov. Perry's economic legacy are debating the role played by a long boom in government jobs—and the possible bust ahead.
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Democratic Rep. David Wu, dogged for months by newspaper reports of erratic behavior, said he planned to resign from Congress, probably before the end of August.
Declining home prices are starting to slam California harder than the rest of the nation, in part due to a state law that sets a ceiling—but no floor—on property taxes.
A debt-ceiling showdown that offered Obama a chance to seize the initiative has devolved into partisan finger-pointing, leaving the president to marshal public opinion rather than broker the grand compromise he sought.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce offered its support for Boehner's plan to raise the federal debt ceiling in two installments, despite White House opposition, as business groups belatedly mobilize to try and head off a government default.
Phone calls and emails flooded into Congress, jamming the switchboard and shutting down websites, after President Obama urged voters to contact lawmakers in support of the Democrats' debt-ceiling plan.
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The man who has admitted to twin attacks that killed at least 76 people in Norway is likely "insane" and convinced he is at the vanguard of a decadeslong cultural war, according to the lawyer representing him.
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Police in Norway faced increased scrutiny over how long it took them to arrive at the island scene of a shooting attack that killed at least 68 people.
The radical anti-Muslim views of the perpetrator of the Norwegian massacre have focused attention on Norway's burgeoning Islamic community, which counts some of its own among the victims.
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Federal prosecutors charged four men as part of two overseas drug stings, in the latest effort to crack down on what officials say is a "growing nexus" between narcotics trafficking and terrorism funding.
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Supporters of the Libyan opposition who recently left Tripoli tell of a city whose struggle to carry on with life as normal masks a pervasive fear.
China's first manned deep-sea submersible completed a Pacific Ocean dive to 16,591 feet, surpassing current U.S. capabilities and setting a milestone in a race to explore for potentially vast resources in the world's oceans.
Internet outrage over a deadly high-speed train accident reflected the mounting challenge China's leaders face in managing opinion of their governance among an increasingly wired and demanding public.
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Foreign investment by businesses will reach its precrisis peak no earlier than 2013, and probably later if there were to be a widespread government-debt crisis, a United Nations agency said.
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Wineries are pushing to block coal projects in a region where mines and vines have co-existed, the latest hurdle Australia faces in meeting Asia's voracious demand for resources.
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International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde raised the possibility that the IMF will need more financial resources to tackle continuing economic crises and will likely have to discuss the issue soon.
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