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Oil prices bounce back from a three-and-a-half year low, tracking Asian stocks higher, but are still below $50 a barrel.

Half-year profits at Marks and Spencer fall 34% as the weakening economy takes its toll on consumer confidence.

Mining giant Rio Tinto sees its half-year earnings more than double thanks to record high commodity prices.

Half-year profits at car maker Peugeot rise 50% thanks to cost cutting, but the firm warns of a sales slowdown.

Employers trimmed jobs from their payrolls in June for the sixth straight month, as the government's closely watched report Thursday showed continued weakness in the labor market.

Rain may have stifled the activities outside, but the hallways and auditoriums of the Long Center for Performing Arts were finally alive again Tuesday night during a sneak peek for the public after a two-and-a-half year hiatus.

A rise in internet betters in Australia helps gambling firm Sportingbet report a half-year profit.

Former media tycoon Conrad Black has started his six and a half year jail sentence at a Florida prison.

A two-and-a-half-year-old died Monday after choking at A Mother's Choice daycare in Hutto.