What started last year as a series of small drug recalls at Johnson & Johnson exploded this summer into a full-blown crisis in quality control. But for months there was nary a peep from CEO Bill Weldon.

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Johnson & Johnson CEO Bill Weldon’s painful year

There’s a liquid drug that women can get injected into a layer of muscle — three separate times over a six-month period — that can protect them from a kind of cancer.

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What went wrong with Gardasil

Mark Hurd, who abruptly resigned last month as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, has landed at another big tech company.

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Mark Hurd lands at Oracle

World markets rallied Monday, with Asian stocks logging their fourth straight session of gains.

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World markets rally, Nikkei gains 2%

Stocks started September with a bang as investors cheered a rare dose of good economic news but investors may need to buckle in for the coming week: It’s a holiday-shortened week with little on the docket to set the tone.

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Wall Street faces an economy at a ‘crossroads’

A new national poll released Sunday indicates that eight in 10 Americans say that the economy is in poor shape, and the number that say conditions are very poor is on the upswing after steady declines through the spring.

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81% rate U.S. economy as ‘poor’ – CNN poll

President Obama is pledging to propose a new package of job-boosting ideas next week — just don’t call it stimulus.

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Obama’s economy boost – just don’t call it stimulus

U.S. companies modestly added jobs in August, easing concerns that the nation might slip back into a recession. The latest jobs report released by the Labor Department today is better than expected.

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Where the jobs are now, and where they’ll be next

As better-than-expected economic data boosted investor morale this week, the greenback lost some of its luster, falling against a basket of currencies.

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Dollar slips on return to risk

Stocks pared earlier gains in Friday’s pre-holiday session as investors welcomed a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.

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Stocks lifted by jobs report