October 30th, 2011
Thailand’s prime minister expressed optimism Sunday that the country’s worst flooding in a half-century would mostly spare Bangkok, as some dikes overflowed but the capital’s […]
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October 28th, 2011
Stocks are falling after a strong rally that left the Standard & Poor’s 500 index on track for its best month since 1974.
Markets surged Thursday […]
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October 27th, 2011
Freight railroad Norfolk Southern says third-quarter profit rose 24 percent on higher rates.
Net income was $554 million, or $1.59 per share, compared with $445 million, […]
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October 25th, 2011
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs as drug prices come under pressure from governments seeking to reduce health care […]
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October 24th, 2011
True to form, European leaders on Sunday put off the tough decisions needed to save the continent from its debt crisis but promised that a […]
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October 22nd, 2011
U.S. stocks surged Friday, lifting two major indexes into weekly gains, as optimism ahead of a weekend European Union summit, the past days’ economic data, […]
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October 20th, 2011
AutoNation Inc. says that its third-quarter profit rose 24 percent on higher new and used vehicle prices.
The nation’s largest auto dealership chain said Thursday that […]
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October 19th, 2011
Social Security recipients will get a raise in January _ their first increase in benefits since 2009. It’s expected to be about 3.5 percent.
Some 55 […]
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October 17th, 2011
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba on Sunday to undergo a series of medical tests to evaluate his cancer treatment.
The president, who finished what […]
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October 15th, 2011
American drone strikes in southern Yemen have killed nine al-Qaida-linked militants, including the media chief for the group’s Yemeni branch and the son of a […]
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