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Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia's largest carrier, suspended use of one of its Airbus SAS A380 passenger jets for as long as a week after discovering cracks in wing parts.

A coin tossed into a beggar's hat in Vilnius can be costly charity.

Economies in the Asia-Pacific region appeared isolated from the turmoil in other parts of the world, but cracks are appearing, and a serious disruption in Europe could spill into Asia.

A nationwide crackdown is coming for people fraudulently drawing unemployment payments — a $17 billion benefits swindle last year alone.

Years ago, Schoolhouse Rock introduced us to Tax Man Max. Max was a swell guy who informed us that taxes are money that the government collects "for whatever they do." That sounded pretty dubious, even to grade schoolers, but Max rushed on to assure his audience that taxes were paid "so schools can be their best, so our roads will have no cracks."

Southwest has canceled about 670 flights and inspected nearly 80 aircraft since a hole tore open the roof of a 737 during a flight on Friday.

The airline, which canceled more 70 flights on Monday, said the cracks were similar to the two reported Sunday.

Angelo R. Mozilo, Countrywide Financial’s chief executive, was publicly buoyant about its ability to ride out the mortgage crisis.

The Federal Reserve issued new rules on Tuesday to protect Americans from getting stung by unexpected fees or restrictions on gift cards.

Federal and state officials are pursuing companies that try to pass off regular employees as independent contractors.