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BERLIN (AP) — The German economy, Europe’s biggest, returned to modest growth of 0.1 percent in the third quarter — avoiding a technical recession after contracting slightly in the previous three-month period, official data showed…
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MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials are scrambling to begin human testing of a handful of experimental drugs for Ebola. But the effort has sparked an ethical debate over how to…
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PARIS (AP) — Airbus says its net profit slumped in the third quarter as it delivered more of its loss-making A380 superjumbos. The European jet maker reported net profit of 264 million euros ($328 million)…
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JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Don Blankenship, the steely-eyed executive once dubbed “The Dark Lord of Coal Country,” on Thursday became the highest-ranking coal official to face federal charges in the nation’s…
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PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Something about the deal smelled fishy. China Marine Food Group Ltd., a Chinese company then on the New York Stock Exchange, spent $27 million in January 2010…
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DAVID ESPO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blend of crude oil and raw politics, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu scrapped on Thursday for converts among fellow Democrats for legislation to approve the Keystone XL…
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JOSH FUNK AP Business Writers OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Buying Duracell will provide a short-term charge for Warren Buffett’s company, but the battery maker could eventually wind up being a drain on Berkshire Hathaway Inc.…
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BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One more time, Facebook is trying to simplify its lengthy privacy policy — and make it much shorter — to explain how it targets advertisements to…
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ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. eked out a rare gain in an important sales measurement during the third quarter as it reported profits that beat Wall Street expectations…
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BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered between small gains and losses on Thursday to close little changed as traders weighed generally strong earnings reports against the falling fortunes of energy…
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ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Scores of police patrolled a small town west of the French capital on Thursday night after a tiger eluded a massive search and remained on the prowl in…
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JACK CHANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders pledged for the first time to cap the country’s decades-long growth of greenhouse gas emissions. Since China emits more carbon and other heat-trapping gases than any…
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ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — BP and its traders routinely manipulated prices to overcharge California as much as $300 million when it sold natural gas to the state, California and a fired…
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STEVE ROTHWELL AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wheat prices are surging this week as temperatures plunge in the U.S. Plains states and after a government report showed domestic supplies slipped. The price of…
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