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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Wednesday offered to help finance a Palestinian Authority run by the Hamas militant group, state radio said in a report prompting Israel to warn it would do all it legally could to stop the Palestinians from receiving the money. The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National …

HOUSTON – Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling ordered last-minute changes to at least two quarterly earnings reports so the company could meet or beat analysts’ expectations, a former vice president of investor relations testified Tuesday. Paula Rieker, 51, also said Enron founder Kenneth Lay told the company’s directors …

Supporters of the president — and generally speaking, I am one — have upped the ante in the name-calling game over the Dubai Ports World deal to take over six American ports. Last week the name-calling went along these lines: If you opposed the United Arab Emirates taking over the …