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LSE bid failure puts pressure on Nasdaq
Feb 11 2007 10:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., having failed in its $5.3 billion hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, is now seen scrambling to lay out a European strategy that will appease its shareholders and ensure that it won't be left behind as other major exchanges consolidate.
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Wall Street looking to Bernanke comments
Feb 11 2007 10:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has been running short on inspiration lately and will look to a stream of economic data in the coming week for clues on whether stocks can push beyond the range in which they have been mired in recent weeks.
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Poll: Americans want to keep dollar bill
Feb 11 2007 7:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maybe Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea should not take public rejection personally. It's not easy overcoming people's indifference to dollar coins, even those honoring such historic figures.
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Poll: Americans want to keep dollar bill
Feb 11 2007 7:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maybe Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea should not take public rejection personally. It's not easy overcoming people's indifference to dollar coins, even those honoring such historic figures.
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Poll: Americans want to keep dollar bill
Feb 11 2007 7:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maybe Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea should not take public rejection personally. It's not easy overcoming people's indifference to dollar coins, even those honoring such historic figures.
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Card makers capitalize on 'anti-V Day'
Feb 11 2007 6:13PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - For Lori Schwartz, a happy mom with a decade of wedded bliss under her belt, the greeting card featuring a bloodied, ripped out heart was perfect.
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Tip-seeking farmers swarm online forums
Feb 11 2007 5:50PM (CT)
MARTINSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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Tycoon Stanley Ho opens casino in Macau
Feb 11 2007 4:09PM (CT)
MACAU (AP) - Thousands of gamblers on Sunday jammed into a new casino owned by a local billionaire who is trying to fend off an invasion by Las Vegas tycoons who have been gobbling up market share in the booming Chinese territory of Macau.
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Son of Walgreen founder dies at 100
Feb 11 2007 3:38PM (CT)
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Charles R. Walgreen Jr., the son of the founder of Walgreen Co. and the company's former chairman, has died. He was 100.
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U.S. unsure of South Korea trade deal
Feb 11 2007 3:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. negotiators played down prospects for a breakthrough this week in the latest round of long-running talks with South Korea over cutting tariffs and other trade barriers.
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Vodafone OKs buying controlling stake
Feb 11 2007 2:58PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Vodafone Group PLC has agreed to buy a 67 percent controlling interest in Hutchison Essar Ltd., one of India's leading cell phone companies, for $11.1 billion, Vodafone said in a statement Sunday.
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Tourism destinations eye NYC travelers
Feb 11 2007 2:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was snowing, but in Manhattan's Union Square there was sun, a blonde in a bikini, a beach ball, a sandcastle. Someone was even fly fishing.
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Hindalco to pay $3.6B for Novelis
Feb 11 2007 1:09PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Indian aluminum and copper producer Hindalco Industries Ltd. announced Sunday it plans to pay $3.6 billion to take over Canadian aluminum producer Novelis Inc.
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