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Grains futures mostly drop, livestock prices mixed

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:38:00 +0000

CHICAGO — Grain futures mostly fell Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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BP official: Effort to shut Gulf well was late

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:37:29 +0000

By HARRY R.
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Stocks pop after Obama, GOP agree on taxes

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:53:00 +0000

Stocks are rising after President Barack Obama and Republican leaders agreed to a broad package of tax cuts and an extension of unemployment benefits. Bond prices are falling as traders move money into riskier assets.
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Mud activities made tech uncomfortable on BP rig

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:49:09 +0000

By HARRY R.
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Stocks weaken on economy concerns; Dow off 23

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:56:00 +0000

Stocks are falling modestly a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the economic recovery is still struggling to become “self-sustaining” without government help.
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Court to look at huge sex bias suit vs. Wal-Mart

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:26:33 +0000

By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will consider throwing out a massive lawsuit that claims Wal-Mart pays women less than men and promotes women less frequently.
The justices stepped into a case Monday that could involve 500,000 to 1.5 million women who work or once worked at the worlds largest private employer.
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New Resorts owner: All ailing casino needs is love

admin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:53:54 +0000

By WAYNE PARRY
Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
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New Resorts owner: All ailing casino needs is love

admin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:53:00 +0000

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Spruced-up hotel rooms, guest suites and a snazzier casino floor are part of Dennis Gomes’ plan to save Resorts Atlantic City, opened in 1978 as the nation’s first casino outside Nevada.
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Controller sickout causes Spain travel chaos

admin — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:00:20 +0000

By HAROLD HECKLE
Associated Press

MADRID (AP) – The Spanish government said late Friday it would allow its military to take over control of airspace if air traffic controllers did not return to work from a massive sickout that left hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded.
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Nigeria: Village raid shows dangers in oil delta

admin — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:50:00 +0000

OKWAGBE, Nigeria — As the heavily armed Nigerian soldiers slipped closer to a suspected militant camp in the country’s oil-rich southern delta, they were ready for a fight after suffering casualties only days earlier.
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