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Stephen Chipman, 47, will become leader of the Chicago-based accounting firm on Jan.

A moderate improvement in home sales - 2.4 percent in May - wasn't enough to get the stock market going again.

Agrium Inc. said Tuesday it extended the deadline to acquire rival fertilizer company CF Industries Holdings Inc.

The heads of two federal agencies with financial oversight responsibilities have told Congress that their jurisdiction can be split over the instruments blamed for hastening the global economic crisis.

The Brazilian family of a boy at the center of an international custody battle said Tuesday the boy wants to remain in Brazil, where he feels safe and loved.Maternal grandmother Silvana Bianchi told "The Early Show" on CBS Tuesday that 9-year-old Sean Goldman has told her he doesn't want to leave them."Sean wants to stay in Brazil with the family," ...

The Toronto stock market is likely in for a slightly higher open, a day after a World Bank report sparked steep selloffs on North American stock markets.

The Obama administration has filed its first trade case against China with the World Trade Organization, accusing the Asian power of restricting exports of certain raw materials to give Chinese manufacturers "unfair advantages." Trade Representative Ron Kirk says the U.S. is "deeply troubled at what appears to be a conscious policy to create unfair ...

A woman fills petrol into her car at a filling station in Puchheim westward of Munich December 12, 2008.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has launched a new software company called Xiant and started testing its first product, an e-mail sorting program called Xiant Filer.

Airline shares dropped in Monday midday trading as investors worried that the U.S. and global economies may have farther to go before recovery sets in.