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NEW YORK (AP) — New signs of life in the U.S. manufacturing sector helped push the stock market to a record high Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 in...

MILTON, Vt. (AP) — Maple syrup production has come a long way from metal buckets hung on trees, but even high-tech operations have had to rely on old-...

NEW YORK (AP) — New signs of life in the U.S. manufacturing sector sent buyers back to the stock market Tuesday. Ford rose after reporting higher sale...

Northwest Savings Bank offices throughout the region are gearing up for Community Banking Month with special events and activities planned each Friday...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly in late-morning trading Monday as the market headed for its fifth straight quarterly gain. Dow member Johnson & Jo...

GREER, S.C. (AP) — BMW is celebrating its 20th anniversary of building cars in the United States by investing $1 billion in its plant in South Carolin...

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's auto safety watchdog has closed an investigation into Tesla electric car battery fires after the company said it ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A positive report on U.S. consumer spending helped push stocks mostly higher Friday for the first time in three days. The gains were m...

NEW YORK (AP) — After two days of declines, stocks were moving higher in morning trading Friday following news that U.S. consumer spending rose the mo...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A 1936 Nobel Peace Prize discovered at a South American pawn shop has been sold at auction in Baltimore for $1.16 million. Brian Kend...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once this year's harsh weather has faded, the U.S. economy could be poised for a breakout year — its strongest annual growth in near...

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's cities are still growing, with the population boom fueled by people picking up and moving to find jobs in energy productio...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft has released an iPad version of its popular Office software suite, a breakthrough heralding a new era under a CEO who p...

ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge on Thursday refused to throw out a defamation lawsuit against ABC related to its coverage of a meat produc...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was a bad day to be an investor in Citigroup or tech stocks. U.S. stock indexes edged lower for a second day Thursday as investors ...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Political instability in Ukraine —coupled with potential freeze damage to winter wheat in the United States and a deepening droug...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five pharmaceutical companies are voluntarily phasing out the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in animals processed fo...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors CEO Mary Barra is reaching out directly to customers, as GM tries to counter bad publicity from a recall of cars with a ...

LONDON (AP) — Michael O'Leary knows full well that many people consider him a provocative jerk and his European juggernaut of an airline, Ryanair, an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A crush it isn't. Wall Street is giving King Digital, the company behind the popular mobile game "Candy Crush Saga," the cold shoulder...