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  • Berlusconi’s Offer to Resign A Ploy?

    By Anthony Faiola

    ROME — Embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged Tuesday to resign after Parliament approves a key reform bill, potentially signaling the end of an era of flamboyant leadership in Italy that...

  • Bloomberg Outlines Plan for Balancing US Budget

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Congress' deficit-fighting "supercommittee" must take bold action to balance the budget, and both parties must be willing to compromise to get it done, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday.

  • Corzine Steps Down at MF Global

    By DANIEL WAGNER

    Jon Corzine stepped down Friday from running the securities firm that collapsed after his disastrous bets on European debt. The firm, MF Global, said Corzine has resigned as chairman and CEO and will...

  • Hillary Clinton's Mother Dies at 92

    By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press

    Dorothy Rodham, mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton's mother-in-law, died Tuesday at age 92 after an illness. The family said Rodham died shortly...

  • Former Wall Streeter Denies Insider Trading

    By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS, Associated Press

    A former board member of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of acting as "the illegal eyes and ears in the boardroom" for a friend who...