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Home builders, aided by low interest rates, broke ground in February on the largest number of projects since the end of 1998, providing more momentum for the country's recovery from a recession.

Troubled firm Argenbright Security has been replaced at American Airlines' busiest screening checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport.

Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin announced today that the disposition of more than a million chickens left without adequate food following the bankruptcy of a Florida egg company is now complete.

Despite hearing boos from shareholders, Hewlett-Packard Co. chief Carly Fiorina claimed to have enough support for the $20 billion purchase of Compaq Computer Corp., putting the mega-merger into the hands of Compaq investors Wednesday.

From the outside, the Boeing 737-900 looks much like any other airplane.

If you are shopping for a car and find a low financing offer, you better grab it. Can't decide whether to buy a new home or refinance your existing mortgage? Lock in a deal now.

It's the best crawfish season in years, with bigger crawfish and better prices, farmers say.

When North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley holds a textiles summit with governors of three other Southern states, the chief topic will be what can be done to save a floundering industry that could be on the verge of collapse.

The government is moving forward with its investigation of online travel company Orbitz LLC, which has been under scrutiny for potentially anticompetitive behavior since its inception nine months ago.

Sarah Johnson used to shop for toiletries, light bulbs and other basics at her local Kmart, while driving 30 minutes to Target for fashion and other nonessential items. That all changed a month ago, after a trip to buy picture frames at Kmart turned out t