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More than 6,000 jobs are likely on the chopping block as the nation's biggest airline tries to survive record high fuel costs.

John mccain, the republican US presidential candidate, ended a 24-hour visit to Mexico promising that as president he would ensure greater co-operation with the US's neighbour in its war against drugs

North Korea says its nuclear negotiating partners should quickly live up to its energy shipment under an aid-for-disarmament deal. The North's Foreign Ministry said Friday that it showed its resolve to disarm by submitting its nuclear declaration and...

Michael Phelps vs. Ryan Lochte. Lochte vs. Aaron Peirsol. Natalie Coughlin vs. Dara Torres. Great rivalries abound in three finals at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Friday night. And Amanda Beard goes for her fourth Olympic team in the 200-meter...

LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks slipped back towards this week's five-month low on Friday as oil prices near record highs kept inflation concerns alive a day after the European Central Bank raised interest rates.

Starbucks's biggest mistakes and greatest challenges boil down to three words: location, location and location.

The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.

Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.

A Toast to Bread became the St. Paul Incubator Kitchen, renting its equipment and space to help specialty food outfits get started.

James Anderson will have to pay $1.4 million in restitution and forfeit nearly $2 million after an insider-trading conviction.