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Firms accused of toxic toothpaste import
Mar 6 2008 11:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Criminal charges have been filed against a company that prosecutors say imported and distributed nearly 90,000 tubes of Chinese toothpaste containing a poisonous substance and a wholesaler that supplied local stores with the tubes, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo announced Thursday.
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Senate OKs tougher overseas toy checks
Mar 6 2008 8:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the Senate passed legislation Thursday that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings made outside the U.S.
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Senate OKs tougher overseas toy checks
Mar 6 2008 8:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the Senate passed legislation Thursday that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings made outside the U.S.
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Senate OKs tougher overseas toy checks
Mar 6 2008 8:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the Senate passed legislation Thursday that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings made outside the U.S.
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Senate OKs tougher overseas toy checks
Mar 6 2008 8:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the Senate passed legislation Thursday that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings made outside the U.S.
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Treasurys rise on rising credit fears
Mar 6 2008 5:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Treasurys rallied Thursday, as news of margin call problems at Carlyle Capital Corp. Ltd. and Thornburg Mortgage and a financing squeeze for an Alabama county made clear the credit crisis has entered a troubling new stage.
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Housing market spirals, no end in sight
Mar 6 2008 5:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nervous homeowners and economic analysts have been wondering how much worse the housing market could get. On Thursday they got an answer: Plenty.
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Housing market spirals, no end in sight
Mar 6 2008 5:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nervous homeowners and economic analysts have been wondering how much worse the housing market could get. On Thursday they got an answer: Plenty.
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Housing market spirals, no end in sight
Mar 6 2008 5:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nervous homeowners and economic analysts have been wondering how much worse the housing market could get. On Thursday they got an answer: Plenty.
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Precious metals fall despite dollar drop
Mar 6 2008 5:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Precious metals prices fell sharply Thursday, ignoring a tumbling dollar and spiking crude prices after South Africa said it would ease power rationing for some of the world's biggest gold and platinum mines.
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Cuomo expands probe of health insurers
Mar 6 2008 4:47PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he issued new subpoenas to Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc., and other health insurers in a broadening investigation of possible fraud costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Barbicide goes out of the barbershop
Mar 6 2008 4:45PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Barbers have dipped their combs and scissors in it for six decades. Now the makers of Barbicide want masseurs, waiters and jail wardens to try a new form of the ubiquitous blue disinfectant.
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Barbicide goes out of the barbershop
Mar 6 2008 4:45PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Barbers have dipped their combs and scissors in it for six decades. Now the makers of Barbicide want masseurs, waiters and jail wardens to try a new form of the ubiquitous blue disinfectant.
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Barbicide goes out of the barbershop
Mar 6 2008 4:45PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Barbers have dipped their combs and scissors in it for six decades. Now the makers of Barbicide want masseurs, waiters and jail wardens to try a new form of the ubiquitous blue disinfectant.
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Barbicide goes out of the barbershop
Mar 6 2008 4:45PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Barbers have dipped their combs and scissors in it for six decades. Now the makers of Barbicide want masseurs, waiters and jail wardens to try a new form of the ubiquitous blue disinfectant.
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Retailers get a reprieve in February
Mar 6 2008 4:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Consumers gave the nation's stores some relief in February, spending a little more freely although they mostly gravitated toward discounters and grocers. The challenge for merchants in coming months is to get shoppers to splurge on spring fashions _ a tough task when Americans are worried about plunging home values, tighter credit and rising gas prices.
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Blockbuster finish for movie-rental co.
Mar 6 2008 4:32PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Blockbuster Inc., the movie rental company, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit more than quadrupled as it cut costs and adjusted prices for its online subscription service.
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Blockbuster finish for movie-rental co.
Mar 6 2008 4:32PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Blockbuster Inc., the movie rental company, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit more than quadrupled as it cut costs and adjusted prices for its online subscription service.
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Oil ends turbulent day higher on dollar
Mar 6 2008 3:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Crude oil futures rose to another record close Thursday, boosted once more by the dollar's continuing slide to new lows against the euro.
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Islam gives London finance markets edge
Mar 6 2008 3:10PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - After taking a battering from the global credit crisis, London has a potential ace up its sleeve as it seeks to restore its reputation as a global financial center _ its premier position in the Islamic banking industry.
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Islam gives London finance markets edge
Mar 6 2008 3:10PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - After taking a battering from the global credit crisis, London has a potential ace up its sleeve as it seeks to restore its reputation as a global financial center _ its premier position in the Islamic banking industry.
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Pentagon bans Google teams from bases
Mar 6 2008 3:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has banned Google Earth teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases.
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Pentagon bans Google teams from bases
Mar 6 2008 3:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has banned Google Earth teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases.
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Home foreclosures hit record high
Mar 6 2008 2:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final three months of 2007 and probably will keep rising, evidence of homeowners' suffering and the economic danger from the meltdown.
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Home foreclosures hit record high
Mar 6 2008 2:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final three months of 2007 and probably will keep rising, evidence of homeowners' suffering and the economic danger from the meltdown.
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Home foreclosures hit record high
Mar 6 2008 2:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final three months of 2007 and probably will keep rising, evidence of homeowners' suffering and the economic danger from the meltdown.
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Home foreclosures hit record high
Mar 6 2008 2:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final three months of 2007 and probably will keep rising, evidence of homeowners' suffering and the economic danger from the meltdown.
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Homeowner equity is lowest since 1945
Mar 6 2008 2:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans' percentage of equity in their homes fell below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.
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Mortgage rates drop
Mar 6 2008 1:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mortgage rates sank this week, reflecting investors' worries about the country's economic health.
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European central banks hold rates steady
Mar 6 2008 10:48AM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank and Bank of England left their benchmark interest rates unchanged on Thursday _ and the ECB president suggested the bank was unlikely to cut rates anytime soon.
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Dollar slides to record lows again
Mar 6 2008 10:08AM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The dollar's plunge continued unabated Thursday, striking record lows after the European Central Bank kept its benchmark rate on hold and the U.S. released another batch of dour economic reports.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 8:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 8:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 8:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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China sees inflation pressure growing
Mar 6 2008 7:00AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China faces growing pressure for prices to rise due to food shortages and a credit boom but is confident inflation can be held to its 4.8 percent target this year, financial officials said Thursday.
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China sees inflation pressure growing
Mar 6 2008 7:00AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China faces growing pressure for prices to rise due to food shortages and a credit boom but is confident inflation can be held to its 4.8 percent target this year, financial officials said Thursday.
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Report: Minorities hit by foreclosures
Mar 6 2008 6:55AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Subprime lenders that went out of business with the industry's collapse targeted minority neighborhoods, leaving them to struggle disproportionately with foreclosures and crumbling home values, according to a new report.
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Higher revenue narrows H&R Block 3Q loss
Mar 6 2008 6:55AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - H&R Block Inc., the nation's largest tax preparer, said its third-quarter loss shrunk on higher revenue and smaller losses from the windup of its subprime mortgage lending subsidiary and other charges.
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Ford workers face buyout dilemma
Mar 6 2008 6:54AM (CT)
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - For Rick McDonald, the biggest gamble of his young life comes down to whether he believes Ford Motor Co. can turn itself around.
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Ford workers face buyout dilemma
Mar 6 2008 6:54AM (CT)
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - For Rick McDonald, the biggest gamble of his young life comes down to whether he believes Ford Motor Co. can turn itself around.
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Ford workers face buyout dilemma
Mar 6 2008 6:54AM (CT)
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - For Rick McDonald, the biggest gamble of his young life comes down to whether he believes Ford Motor Co. can turn itself around.
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N.D. bests Kansas in wheat production
Mar 6 2008 5:14AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The last time North Dakota led the nation in wheat production, Bill _ not Hillary _ was the Clinton in the news.
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Japan stocks rebound on regional gains
Mar 6 2008 3:07AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stocks rebounded Thursday, lifted by gains in regional markets and talk that U.S. lawmakers are mulling a bill to help ease the home loan crisis.
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