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Soaring food prices helped drive the nation’s inflation rate to a 12-year high of 10.84% in mid-February, the government said, as unemployment also rises amid a punishing slowdown.

Many of the same growth problems that have hurt HP for years likely won’t go away in its coming earnings report.

Saudi Arabia’s oil minister broke his silence over falling prices on Tuesday in remarks that deepened the debate over who controls the country’s oil policy.

An arbitrator ruled the National Football League inappropriately withheld funds from a shared revenue pool and ordered the league to return about $120 million to players. Photo: Getty

The script is from "Frozen" writer Jennifer Lee.

Mulled with spices and served steaming, historic winter drinks made with stouts, brown ales and other brews are hot again. Here are three beer cocktail recipes that turn up the heat.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said Tuesday that Republicans will not hold confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee chosen by President Barack Obama to replace Antonin Scalia. Photo: AP

Investors are freaking out about J.P. Morgan’s potential energy exposures. But superlow interest rates remain the biggest threat.

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee say regardless of whom President Barack nominates to the Supreme Court, they're firmly opposed to filling the vacancy until he leaves office.

The hard-drive maker still has good reasons to buy SanDisk, but the deal has become a tough sell.

So far, the principle narrative in the presidential race, in both parties, has been the insurgents vs. the establishment, writes Bob Litan. But the narrative eventually will switch to: which dealmaker do Americans want to be their president?

Accused Kalamazoo shooter charged with 6 counts of murder, Ted Cruz is forced into damage control and some expenses you didn't know could be tax breaks.

A child's dietary need inspires a new type of restaurant; customers ramp up their expectations beyond just "fast" shipping; and one of the most effective locations for sales of Girl Scout cookies.

The growing clout of state-backed Chinese oil traders is raising concerns over their influence on the price of crude as trade increasingly flows into markets with little regulatory oversight.

The grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty died suddenly in March at the age of 47.

The Boston Globe newspaper issued a strongly worded plea to independent voters in an editorial Tuesday, essentially telling them to vote Republican to stop Donald Trump. But the plea comes as voter-registration trends indicate Mr. Trump may be gathering steam among that same group.

The long-popular 'Walking Dead' character is having a particularly big week, thanks to a spotlight episode and a new videogame.

A Justice Department watchdog wants an investigation into rapper 50 Cent’s financial affairs, saying pictures of him flashing cash on social media sites “are potential evidence of serious misconduct.”

Belgium said Tuesday it would increase controls at the border with France, responding to fears that scores of migrants currently staying in the north of France would set up camps across the border.

Big European banks are increasingly moving out of the repo market, vacating a role that helps keep cash and bonds circulating through the financial system.

Shutterfly has received takeover interest but isn’t engaged in talks, the online-photography service disclosed Tuesday, about two years after the company unsuccessfully shopped itself.

David Brock, a high-profile ally of Hillary Clinton, is calling on Sen. Bernie Sanders to "immediately halt all negative campaigning" against the Democratic front-runner, warning that he could damage Mrs. Clinton's chances against Republicans if he attacks her character and motivations.

Opinion Journal’s Mary Kissel and Global View Columnist Bret Stephens on President Obama’s plan to shutter Gitmo. Plus, Kansas’s welfare-reform example, Arizona’s education savings accounts and Gov. Kasich’s campaign slip. Photo: Getty.

Here are five reasons why a potential tie-up between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse makes sense.

Global View Columnist Bret Stephens on President Obama’s plan to close the terrorist detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo credit: Zuma Press.