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OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett's company keeps buying shares of Occidental Petroleum, and Berkshire Hathaway now controls more than 25% of the oil producer. A new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Berkshire bought another 2.1…

NEW YORK — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: JP Morgan Chase & Co., up $4.84 to $143.43 Bank stocks rose after 23 of the nation's biggest banks passed the Federal Reserve's “stress testing” of…

ST. LOUIS — Mike Shane’s Illinois farm got a nice soaking on May 8, shortly after he planted his corn crop. Since then, rain has been hard to come by. Plenty of storms have ventured close only to fizzle out…

MISSOULA, Mont. — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties — and potential bankruptcy — after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the…

NEW YORK — An electrical fire in a transformer that serves the Tiffany & Co. store on New York's Fifth Avenue spewed thick gray smoke from under the iconic building on Thursday and caused two minor injuries, officials said. The…