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Asian markets tumble on Wall Street drop
Mar 2 2008 11:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian markets tumbled Monday morning as investors reacted nervously to a steep decline on Wall Street Friday after disappointing economic and corporate news reawakened worries about a U.S. recession.
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Asian markets tumble on Wall Street drop
Mar 2 2008 11:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian markets tumbled Monday morning as investors reacted nervously to a steep decline on Wall Street Friday after disappointing economic and corporate news reawakened worries about a U.S. recession.
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Asian markets tumble on Wall Street drop
Mar 2 2008 11:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian markets tumbled Monday morning as investors reacted nervously to a steep decline on Wall Street Friday after disappointing economic and corporate news reawakened worries about a U.S. recession.
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Asian markets tumble on Wall Street drop
Mar 2 2008 11:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian markets tumbled Monday morning as investors reacted nervously to a steep decline on Wall Street Friday after disappointing economic and corporate news reawakened worries about a U.S. recession.
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Mexico abruptly restricts car imports
Mar 2 2008 10:04PM (CT)
HIDALGO, Texas (AP) - Some are dented, scratched and rusty. Others rattle and belch under faded paint jobs. But the "'98" soaped onto their windshields and a surprise change in Mexican import rules have turned a single year's worth of used cars into pick of the used-car lot.
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Mexico abruptly restricts car imports
Mar 2 2008 10:04PM (CT)
HIDALGO, Texas (AP) - Some are dented, scratched and rusty. Others rattle and belch under faded paint jobs. But the "'98" soaped onto their windshields and a surprise change in Mexican import rules have turned a single year's worth of used cars into pick of the used-car lot.
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Mexico abruptly restricts car imports
Mar 2 2008 10:04PM (CT)
HIDALGO, Texas (AP) - Some are dented, scratched and rusty. Others rattle and belch under faded paint jobs. But the "'98" soaped onto their windshields and a surprise change in Mexican import rules have turned a single year's worth of used cars into pick of the used-car lot.
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United Tech offers $2.63B for Diebold
Mar 2 2008 9:28PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - United Technologies Corp., continuing to broaden its security business and expand its presence in China, said Sunday it has made an offer to buy Diebold Inc. for $2.63 billion.
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Weak dollar hurts smaller European firms
Mar 2 2008 4:24PM (CT)
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Hugh Quinn has seen the ever-weakening dollar shatter his ability to sell hand-cut Irish lead crystal to American customers.
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Weak dollar hurts smaller European firms
Mar 2 2008 4:24PM (CT)
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Hugh Quinn has seen the ever-weakening dollar shatter his ability to sell hand-cut Irish lead crystal to American customers.
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Weak dollar hurts smaller European firms
Mar 2 2008 4:24PM (CT)
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Hugh Quinn has seen the ever-weakening dollar shatter his ability to sell hand-cut Irish lead crystal to American customers.
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Pols: Govt here to help, not bail out
Mar 2 2008 4:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bailout is a dirty word in the nation's capital. Lately, efforts by both Democrats and Republicans to clean up the housing mess are getting sullied with the b-word.
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Okla. fight over poultry waste escalates
Mar 2 2008 4:01PM (CT)
COLCORD, Okla. (AP) - In a region that produces billions of pounds of the nation's poultry, part of doing business for the past half-century was trying to ignore the smelly waste dropped by the birds.
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Ethanol giant ADM still holding fast
Mar 2 2008 3:46PM (CT)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - On a conference call back in early November, Archer Daniels Midland Chief Executive Patricia Woertz sounded like an ethanol bull on the prowl for a bargain.
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Snake eyes: AC's hot hand may be cooling
Mar 2 2008 3:38PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Unlike gamblers on a hot streak who think the good times will never end, the casinos know better. Yet companies have forged on with plans to spend at least $9 billion on a wave of new casino projects in the country's second-largest gambling destination, even as not-so-subtle signs were surfacing that it might be time to walk away from the table for a while.
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States combat drug reps to cut costs
Mar 2 2008 3:33PM (CT)
ENOLA, Pa. (AP) - Leigh Bradshaw could be mistaken for a drug-company sales rep as she pulls out charts and leaflets to tell Dr. Ernest Josef about the costs and benefits of various cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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Payday loan foes aim at car-title loans
Mar 2 2008 2:41PM (CT)
MONTVALE, Va. (AP) - The Dodge pickup has rust on the tailgate and a Harley-Davidson sticker on its back windshield. Beside it sits a Honda Accord with a big, white butterfly on the windshield and American flag butterflies on each side of the trunk.
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Airbus CEO: rising euro is a concern
Mar 2 2008 2:23PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The chief executive of Airbus said Sunday that his company remains concerned about the record-setting euro but is not poised to cut more jobs.
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Libya: OPEC to keep production unchanged
Mar 2 2008 2:20PM (CT)
VIENNA (AP) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is set to hold current production levels unchanged at a meeting this week as it continues to gauge the state of the global economy, the head of Libya's oil industry said Sunday.
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