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Japan stocks fall; dollar little changed
Feb 19 2006 11:17PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stocks fell Monday morning as foreign investors continued to sell shares that had surged last year. The dollar was little changed against the yen.
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Correction: Feb. 18 SUV tax breaks story
Feb 19 2006 10:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a Feb. 18 story about tax breaks for SUV purchases, The Associated Press incorrectly described the benefit for small business owners. They get a deduction of up to $25,000 if they use the vehicle exclusively for work. The amount of tax savings from the deduction depends on their tax bracket. The corrected story appears below.
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Sikorsky workers reject deal, plan strike
Feb 19 2006 8:17PM (CT)
WALLINGFORD, Conn. (AP) - Union workers at Sikorsky Aircraft overwhelmingly rejected a proposed new contract Sunday and planned to strike Monday, Local 1150 of the Teamsters and the company said.
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Tax breaks given on gas-guzzling SUVs
Feb 19 2006 2:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - New tax breaks are available to anyone who wants to help the environment by purchasing fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles. But if owners of small businesses really want to save money, they can get even bigger federal tax breaks by buying the largest gas-guzzling SUVs.
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Mexico tourism rises despite hurricanes
Feb 19 2006 1:36PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Nearly 22 million foreign tourists visited Mexico last year, 6.5 percent more than in 2004, according to Tourism Department data.
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Merchants fight IRS over telephone taxes
Feb 19 2006 1:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Businesses and individuals continue to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes each year on some long-distance telephone calls even though three federal courts say the levy is invalid.
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Store provides one-stop Lincoln shopping
Feb 19 2006 1:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - About a decade ago, as she was starting to research Abraham Lincoln, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin stepped into a small bookshop she'd heard about here devoted to the nation's 16th president.
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U.S. warplane makers see stiff competition
Feb 19 2006 12:56PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - When U.S. aerospace giant Boeing Co. won a bid last year to supply at least a dozen fighter jets to Singapore, its defeated French rival said America's superpower status had influenced the outcome.
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