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NEW YORK -- Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail sales barely rose in April, as a relentless surge in gasoline prices made consumers cut back other types of spending, according to a report released on Monday.

Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business - if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers - or buying new ones - to cope with rising fuel prices, bicycle dealers say.

NEARLY half a decade of continuous private sector economic growth in Scotland has come to an end, figures out today reveal. Output north of the Border in April declined for th

SAFTAR Sarwar, a rising star of Barclays' growing wealth management team in Scotland, is struggling, eyes widened, to find the right words.

THAT was the week that was with 11 flights - and it should have been the round dozen but for some dodgy flying weather - and countless miles on roads that were often no more

But RIM also hopes the sleek device will also catch on in broad retail market

A report that 72% of journal articles on heart stents in 2006 failed to note who funded the research draws sharp criticism of disclosure practices

The purchase of a large stake of Greece's former phone monopoly would give Deutsche Telekom access to Europe's fastest-growing telecommunications market: the Balkans.

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