CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Ty Warner, whose little Beanie Babies plush toys made him rich, pleaded guilty in Chicago Wednesday to evading millions of dollars in federal taxes.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The head of a trade group representing U.S. bankers said Wednesday the federal government shutdown will hurt what he called a "shallow recovery" from recession.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Stocks on Wall Street closed lower Wednesday after an employment report for September came in short of expectations.
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. has announced plans to make major cuts during the next two years, including cutting 20 percent of its staff.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 5.5 million barrels in the week that ended Friday, the Energy Information Administration said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices jumped to just under $104 per barrel in New York Wednesday as TransCanada said construction of the Golf Coast pipeline was nearly complete.
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- New York's top prosecutor said Wednesday he would file suit against Wells Fargo for failing to live up to a 2012 agreement meant to resolve foreclosure abuses.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. retail receipts rebounded after two sluggish weeks in the week ending Saturday, the International Council of Shopping Centers said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The pace of manufacturing growth in the Empire State slowed in September, the Institute of Supply Management said Wednesday.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank left its monetary policy unchanged Wednesday, citing support it was providing to a gradual recovery.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Home building in Britain in September reached its highest growth rate since November 2003, research firm Markit Economics said Wednesday.
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ROSELAND, N.J., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. private-sector employment rose by 166,000 jobs in September, significantly short of the consensus forecast, Automatic Data Processing said Wednesday.
DALLAS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Texas has pulled out of a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block the planned American Airlines-US Airways merger, the state's attorney general said.
TOKYO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Japan's sales tax will go up to 8 percent starting April from 5 percent now as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government prepares to check the soaring public debt.