Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to be away from the job for just a “limited time” when she gives birth to twins later this year, but the development only adds to the uncertainty some investors have long had about Yahoo.

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Boston’s mayor and City Council are looking for pay raises.

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In the 1970s, as the oil crisis spurred an increase in mining, Victor Justice taught people in eastern Kentucky how to mine coal.

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More than $18.7 million in federal funding to help small businesses has been awarded to Ohio.

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A National Labor Relations Board ruling that modified the definition of an employer could hurt small businesses including franchises and subcontractors, according to industry groups that advocate for those companies.

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Tensions are rising on Minnesota’s Iron Range as a deadline approaches in steelworkers’ contract talks.

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The new leader of the Frisch’s Restaurants chain wants to flex Big Boy’s brand muscle with franchise expansion, new restaurant shapes and sizes, menu and beverage additions, and doing more to court younger customers.

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Twitter is setting modest goals to diversify its workforce while it fights a proposed class-action lawsuit that says the online messaging service discriminates against its female employees.

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