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NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season can be a motivation and productivity killer at some small businesses. Staffers may spend time chatting or shopping online, ask to leave early for children’s holiday events or just not be...

Holiday tips are a way to thank the people who make your life easier. So why is it so hard to figure out whom to tip and how much? Guides published by etiquette experts don’t always agree on what’s appropriate. What...

DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on General Motors’ restructuring plans (all times local): 10:30 a.m. General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s attorney general has moved to dissolve the limited liability companies behind Backpage.com, a classified ad website whose listings included sexual services. The News Journal reports Matt...

BERLIN (AP) — Chemical giant BASF says it will have to stop production of a component of polyurethanes at its main plant in Germany because low water levels in the Rhine river are impeding its ability to transport raw materials...

DETROIT (AP) — GM is slashing 14,700 factory and white collar jobs in North America; may close five factories.

Shares of CVS Health and Aetna are rising with the companies now saying they expect to close their $69 billion tie-up later this week. The companies say in regulatory filings that they have the final regulatory approval needed...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi is renewing his pleas to fix flaws in the 19-country euro currency, urging European leaders to adopt a central spending capacity to buffer individual governments...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): ___ 9:35 a.m. Stocks in the U.S. and Europe are rising as global markets recover some of their recent losses. Technology companies and retailers...