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In order to take a break from government service, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering leaving his post after President Barack Obama and Congress reach an agreement on raising the national debt ceiling.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson, a long-term investor in Bank of America , on Thursday said he welcomed the settlement reached between the lender and mortgage bond investors.

The color red appears to have a long positive association in Russian culture – from long before the rise of Communism.

In an attempt to put it all on the table, the U.S. Senate's top Republican invited President Obama to a GOP lunch at the Capitol to discuss the ongoing dispute over the debt ceiling and related issues, but the White House on Thursday declined the invitation.

An analyst says Ford had an impressive sales month in June. The auto industry will report its numbers Friday. Ford's stock climbed as much as 4 percent on the news.

Will and Kate, or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arrived in Canada today for the first leg of their North American tour.

Investors in Nasdaq newcomer Crumbs hope to cash in on the cupcake craze.

Kate Middleton and Prince William have landed in Canada.

The Senate voted unanimously 94-0 to confirm General David Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan to be the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

New-car retail sales in the U.S. market cooled in the third week of June from the stronger pace of the first two weeks, a top industry consulting firm said on Thursday.

Business activity in the U.S. Midwest grew more than expected this month, helped by a jump in new orders, a report showed on Thursday.

The London Stock Exchange's aborted bid for Canada's TMX Group has raised the tally of failed cross-border exchange deals to three in four as the sector faces an uphill battle to secure longed-for consolidation.

MSNBC's senior political analyst Mark Halperin was suspended early on Thursday morning after he called U.S. President Barack Obama kind of a d*** on the network's Morning Joe show but did MSNBC do the right thing in suspending Haplerin indefinitely?

Wall Street rose for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday in an end-of-quarter rally that was boosted by a surprisingly strong economic report covering the U.S. Midwest.

China quickly blocked Google's newest offering Google+, a service that promises a better social networking experience than Facebook's. The Google+ service was not available to Chinese users, New York's Daily News said, citing sources.

Emerging market debt issuance has soared in the first six months of 2011, driven by heavy corporate bond volumes and flying in the face of debt problems in the developed world, but risk aversion may erode demand in the second half.

Stephen Colbert has won the right to use his television program to raise money for a Political Action Committee, a development that vindicates his satirical campaign but could have large implications for campaign finance reform.

It may be hard to believe, but scientists are asking for the public’s help in finding one of the largest fish in the ocean.

Delta Air Lines Inc will make a decision on buying planes by the end of the year, its chief executive said on Thursday.

President Barack Obama will hold a town hall meeting on the U.S. economy and jobs on July 6, the White House said on Thursday, but it will be in the virtual world of Twitter, not a brick and mortar building.

On his last day as U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates said that defense spending is not the cause of a soaring budget deficit and warned against disastrous cuts.