The United States will become the world’s largest oil producer by around 2020, temporarily overtaking Saudi Arabia, as new exploration technologies help find more resources, the International Energy Agency forecast on Monday. In its World Energy Outlook, the energy watchdog ...

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NEW YORK — McDonald’s Corp. is having a tough time stomaching the competition. The world’s biggest hamburger chain said Thursday that a key sales figure fell for the first time in nearly a decade in October, as it faced the ...

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NEW YORK — The recipe for Thanksgiving travel is likely to make travelers a little bitter this year. Americans can expect airports to be busier and planes to be fuller than ever, according to a forecast by the main trade ...

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Discovery Communications Inc., a Silver Spring-based media and entertainment company, offered a downbeat third-quarter earnings report ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The agency estimated about one-third of ...

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WASHINGTON — Mortgage giant Freddie Mac posted net income of $2.9 billion for the July-September quarter, its second straight profitable quarter. The government-controlled company attributed the gain to rising home prices and fewer mortgage delinquencies. Freddie paid a dividend of ...

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NEW YORK — Netflix is moving to protect itself against hostile takeovers, less than a week after activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a stake of nearly 10 percent in the online video company. Netflix Inc. said Monday that it has ...

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NEW YORK — Apple says it sold 3 million iPads of all kinds in the first three days it sold the new Mini model. Apple started selling the Mini on Friday, starting at $329. It’s a third smaller than the ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has called a lawsuit brought against him by Rhode Island’s economic development agency “political” and denied wrongdoing in connection with a $75 million loan guarantee the state gave his failed ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger in August and September than first thought. The solid job growth showed that the economy is strengthening slowly but consistently. The unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent ...

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