November 17th, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has met with Thai flood victims at an evacuation center after announcing a $10 million aid package.
Hillary spent […]
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November 14th, 2011
The man tapped to be Italy’s next premier earned the moniker “Super Mario” in the halls of the European Commission, stopping such corporate giants as […]
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November 9th, 2011
With a Thanksgiving deadline fast approaching, the GOP members of a deficit-reduction supercommittee are pressing a plan to cut the deficit by about $1.5 trillion […]
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October 4th, 2011
It hasn’t even been announced yet and Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone is already causing a stir. Analysts expect consumers to queue up around the block […]
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September 18th, 2011
The United Auto Workers union won $5,000 signing bonuses and the possibility of sweeter profit-sharing checks as part of a new four-year contract with General […]
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August 29th, 2011
World stock markets rose Monday, with buying appetite getting a boost from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke’s prediction that the U.S. economy will eventually return […]
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August 5th, 2011
CVS Caremark says its profit slipped 1 percent in the second quarter as its pharmacy benefits management business weathered lower prices on contract renewals.
CVS Caremark […]
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June 30th, 2011
Ally Financial says it has received subpoenas from federal investigators looking into mortgage fraud.
The company also says it will take a $100 million charge in […]
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June 15th, 2011
J.C. Penney Co. has named Ron Johnson, who pioneered Apple Inc.’s retail stores, the department store chain’s next CEO.
The appointment takes effect Nov. 1, the […]
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May 20th, 2011
A frothy IPO on Wall Street by social networking site LinkedIn helped lift Asian shares Friday despite mixed signals about the U.S. economy’s health.
The Nikkei […]
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