Cyber attacks on US businesses, banks mountingInvestigators were digging to find who initiated and what was taken in an apparent hacker effort this month to penetrate the systems of US banks.
Japan OKs record budget, sees deflation threat recedeJapan approved its biggest ever budget Tuesday, as an improving economy and a sales tax hike made room for more defence spending and the first step towards achieving a balanced budget.
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JPMorgan to pay investors $4.5bn over mortgage bondsJPMorgan Chase said Friday it had reached a deal with 21 institutional investors to pay $4.5 billion for losses on mortgage securities it and Bear Stearns sold before the financial crisis.