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Old corporate loans to execs still stand
Feb 25 2006 10:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Corporate loans to executives may seem like relics, remnants of the go-go years when executives such as WorldCom Corp.'s Bernie Ebbers and Tyco International Ltd.'s Dennis Kozlowski treated corporate coffers as personal piggy banks.
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Small-town papers cling to society columns
Feb 25 2006 3:29AM (CT)
ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (AP) - Roxie McClendon gets her news from visitors to the retirement home or from phone calls, then passes it along in her column in the weekly Rockwood Times. She's been writing her regular society column since she was 75 _ not a bad run, since she turned 103 last month.
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Calif. gov. sounds populist note in speech
Feb 25 2006 2:18AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Reprising the populist notes of his first campaign, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday said he will continue to push for government reforms but called on skeptical members of his own party to stop fighting and start leading.
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Ohio co. barred from selling over 4M eggs
Feb 25 2006 1:02AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - One of the nation's largest egg producers was barred Friday from selling over 4 million eggs deemed unfit for human consumption.
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Orders for U.S. manufactured goods slump
Feb 25 2006 12:31AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by the largest amount in 5 1/2 years in January as demand for commercial aircraft suffered the biggest setback in seven years, the government reported Friday.
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Analysts: Feb. auto sales should be up
Feb 25 2006 12:20AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Despite a blizzard, February auto sales should be higher than last year thanks to heavy advertising, a blitz of new products and the continued strength of Asian automakers, industry analysts said Friday.
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Journalists call for Carroll's release
Feb 25 2006 12:15AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two days before a deadline set by her kidnappers, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a public appeal for the release of American journalist Jill Carroll.
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Business reporter subpoenaed by SEC
Feb 25 2006 12:12AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Business reporter Herb Greenberg said Friday the Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed him, then withdrew the subpoena after he wrote about it on the MarketWatch Web site.
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