[AP] - Britain's financial regulator hit Goldman Sachs International with a 17.5 million pounds fine on Thursday for failing to notify U.K. authorities about an investigation in the United States.

[AP] - Chinese shares fell Thursday on fears of possible new government curbs on real estate as investors waited for monthly economic data.

[AP] - South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate near a record low Thursday for a second straight month as the risk of slowing global growth outweighed a buoyant outlook for the local economy.

[AP] - Korea National Oil Corp. says it won't raise its hostile takeover bid for Britain's Dana Petroleum. The statement released Thursday follows Dana's publication of a defense document which argued that the company was worth significantly more than KNOC's offer of 1.87 billion pounds , or 1,800 pence per share.

[AP] - The euro has slipped back below $1.27, giving up slight gains it made thanks to a relatively successful bond auction in Portugal.

[AP] - South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate near a record low Thursday for a second straight month as the risk of slowing global growth outweighed a buoyant outlook for the local economy.

[AP] - Most Asian stock markets advanced Thursday after worries about Europe's financial health eased, sending Wall Street higher.

[AP] - Goldman Sachs & Co. is expected to be fined around $30 million by British authorities following an investigation of the big Wall Street bank's activities in London, according to news reports Wednesday.

[AP] - From mortgage problems to education and budget issues, Nevada leaders on Wednesday delivered a sobering assessment of the state's future as a result of the Great Recession during seven hours of testimony before a federal panel investigating the country's financial meltdown.

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Companies, consumers, investors and banks are tucking away their cash, making it harder for the US economy to pull out of the doldrums. Rising prices could fix all of that.

[AP] - The economy lost strength in late summer as factory production weakened in areas of the East Coast and Midwest. A survey the Federal Reserve released Wednesday found the slower growth spreading to more regions of the country.

[AP] - The economy lost strength in late summer as factory production weakened in areas of the East Coast and Midwest. A survey the Federal Reserve released Wednesday found the slower growth spreading to more regions of the country.

Shares soar at companies that make fallout-shelter staples such as Spam, jams, gas masks and power generators.

[AP] - Stocks resumed their rally Wednesday after a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased worries about Europe's financial system.

[AP] - Consumer borrowing fell again in July as households cut back on their credit card use for a 23rd consecutive month, adding more drag on an economy struggling to mount a sustained rebound.

[AP] - Job openings are rising modestly, a sign that employers may step up hiring soon. But rising openings in the past year haven't reduced unemployment, heightening concerns that the unemployed might lack the skills to fill the jobs that are coming available.

[AP] - Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is the mystery bidder for Casey's General Stores Inc. that is trying to top a Canadian rival, according to a published report.

[AP] - Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year.

[AP] - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarter-century alliance with Oracle Corp. has been "strained" by the dispute over Oracle's hiring of ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd, HP's interim chief said Wednesday.