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Baucus is expected to keep a lower profile than his predecessors did.

An official in China said that the global manufacturing landscape is changing, and not in a good way for the world's second-largest economy.

Analysts say the veteran Democratic Montana senator, if confirmed as ambassador to China, would be a surprising but sensible choice.

All of a sudden, there are several positive themes for the U.S. economy heading into the new year.

Washington state officials are meeting with Airbus as Boeing tensions rise, and the plot thickens.

Although the Fed said it plans to gradually reduce stimulus over the next year, when is it likely to occur? Analysts offered their view.

An Illinois mother had a sinking feeling she was going to die while giving birth to her second child, and she was right. But Stephanie Arnold didn't predict she would live to tell the tale.

Darden Restaurants, the parent company of Red Lobster, is looking to offload the struggling seafood chain.

Working conditions at Amazon.com aren’t any better than they are at Walmart. The difference is you don’t see Amazon's employees.

Info that may have been stolen includes customer names, card numbers, expiration dates and 3-digit security codes on the back of cards.

“The message is very clear. NSA, you’ve gone too far,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said after the report’s release.

Growing poppy is the only viable option for many farmers in Myanmar.

There are roughly 4,000 offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, and the number may increase by 25 percent.

U.S. couples search for sun and sand when it comes to both destination weddings and dream honeymoons.

Michele Bachmann and other Tea Party Reps. visited Libya to discuss the Benghazi attacks, but could their anti-Islamic views do more harm than good?

Following the Fed’s long-awaited decision on its QE program, attention should switch back to economic data.

Apple's new Mac Pro desktop, the company’s first product to be completely manufactured in the U.S., is now available on its online store.

The U.S. attorney in Manhattan criticized India for focusing solely on the official’s arrest and not on the underpaid victim's plight.

A report about an imminent deal shows that the two partners are betting differently on the market for diabetes drugs.

"Duck Dynasty" fans and conservatives took to Twitter Wednesday to express outrage over A&E's suspension of star Phil Robertson after anti-gay remarks he made were published in GQ magazine.

Millions of customers' credit and debit card information has reportedly been stolen in a massive data breach at Target department stores.