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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling in midday trading, extending losses from last week. The price of crude oil continued to drop Monday, and Russia’s ruble plunged to a record low against the…
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening higher as the market comes off its worst loss in two months. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 112 points, or 0.7 percent, to 17,392 as of…
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By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Manufacturing activity in New York state shrank in December for the first time in nearly two years, pulled down by a drop in orders and…
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese businesses are cautious over prospects for a recovery, according to a quarterly central bank survey released Monday that showed a mixed outlook for the world’s third-largest economy. The results of the…
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By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PetSmart is being sold to a group of investors led by buyout firm BC Partners for $8.7 billion. The Phoenix-based pet store retailer says the…
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LONDON (AP) — Swiss researchers have suspended the testing of one of the leading Ebola vaccine candidates after some volunteers reported unexpected side effects. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve…
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By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The father of the modern baseball trading card who designed the famed Topps versions in the 1950s has died. Sy Berger was 91. His daughter,…
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By EMILY C. DOOLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Superstorm Sandy left Denise Erickson’s home with a collapsed foundation, a loan from the Small Business Administration looked like the best deal in town.…
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By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A European rule requiring restaurants, bakeries and supermarkets — or anyone mass-producing meals — to list any of 14 allergens that might appear on their menus is…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1.1 trillion spending bill is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature. The Senate voted 56-40 on Saturday for the long-term funding bill, the main item left on…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached agreement for a final vote on the $1.1 trillion spending bill Saturday. The long-term funding bill was the main item left on Congress’ year-end agenda. Once…
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By MERRIT KENNEDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s stock market shares plunged by 22 billion Egyptian pounds (just over $3 billion) in Sunday trading as low oil prices dragged down regional economies. The benchmark…
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By YOUKYUNG LEE AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Korean Air flight attendant described being insulted and shamed by the airline’s executive who ordered him removed and the plane returned over macadamia…
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By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amy Pascal, one of the most powerful women in the man’s world that is Hollywood and the force behind such critical and commercial hits as…
December 14, 2014
