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Stock market looks to retail sales
Mar 11 2007 10:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street appears to have regained some stability after its nosedive two weeks ago, but investors aren't ruling out more turbulence if upcoming data shows consumers are spending less in the face of rising costs.
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South Korea, U.S. finishing trade round
Mar 11 2007 9:38PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. and South Korean negotiators entered their final day of free trade talks Monday, what is expected to be the end of formal negotiations aimed at concluding a landmark deal by the end of March.
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New England workers OK Stop & Shop deal
Mar 11 2007 8:09PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Union locals representing 43,000 Stop & Shop supermarket workers in southern New England voted Sunday to approve a new three-year contract, averting a threatened strike that would have hit consumers in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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Halliburton will move HQ to Dubai
Mar 11 2007 8:01PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.
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Beleaguered Conrad Black goes to trial
Mar 11 2007 7:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - As chairman of the far-flung Hollinger newspaper empire, tall, silver-haired, magnificently tailored Conrad M. Black reigned supreme as one of the world's most powerful media moguls. His lifestyle included $60,000-plus birthday parties for his wife, dinners with the rich and famous and jaw-dropping renovations of a Park Avenue apartment.
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Business pushes back against regulation
Mar 11 2007 4:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The push by business interests to ease the laws and rules laid down in response to the 2002 corporate scandals is getting a serious hearing in Washington that is giving the idea heightened visibility.
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Kids left behind in immigration raids
Mar 11 2007 3:17PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - They are the hidden side of the government's stepped-up efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants: Toddlers stranded at day care centers or handed over to ill-equipped relatives. Siblings suddenly left in charge of younger brothers and sisters.
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Vonage reassures customers after lawsuit
Mar 11 2007 6:37AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Internet phone carrier Vonage assured its 2.2 million customers that their service will not be interrupted after losing a federal patent infringement lawsuit brought by competitor Verizon Communications Inc.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 11 2007 6:32AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
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Kroger: No refusing morning-after pill
Mar 11 2007 6:09AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Kroger Co. said Friday it was reiterating its drug policies to all of its pharmacists after a Georgia woman claimed she was denied the so-called "morning after" pill at one of the company's stores.
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ConAgra extends peanut butter recall
Mar 11 2007 5:25AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - ConAgra Foods Inc. has extended its recall of all peanut butter produced at a plant in Georgia by more than a year, back to October 2004, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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SemGroup plans to launch public entity
Mar 11 2007 5:24AM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - SemGroup LP, a private company that delivers natural gas and propane, says it will launch a publicly traded entity.
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Roasters hold barista training workshops
Mar 11 2007 5:20AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Melody Katz sprayed steamy, hot water over shot glasses and set them into an espresso machine, where they caught streams of creamy brown espresso. She swirled a glass, smelled the espresso and took a sip. "It's a little burnt," said the 25-year-old bakery manager, who traveled from California for a weekend barista training workshop at Seattle's Zoka Coffee Roaster & Tea Company.
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Boat sellers seek to rally sagging sales
Mar 11 2007 5:20AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Harry St. John had his eye on a sleek 18-foot fishing boat as he browsed for bargains at a recent boat show. But his mind was on Wall Street.
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U.S. opposes Canadian coal mine
Mar 11 2007 5:14AM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Bush administration is challenging a coal mine proposed in British Columbia, saying it poses an environmental threat that could extend south of the border.
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Chinese lawmaker want Starbucks ousted
Mar 11 2007 5:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese lawmaker revived calls for the removal of a Starbucks coffee shop from Beijing's famed Forbidden City, saying its presence was a smear on China's historical legacy, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
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Chinese lawmaker want Starbucks ousted
Mar 11 2007 5:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese lawmaker revived calls for the removal of a Starbucks coffee shop from Beijing's famed Forbidden City, saying its presence was a smear on China's historical legacy, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
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Chinese lawmaker want Starbucks ousted
Mar 11 2007 5:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese lawmaker revived calls for the removal of a Starbucks coffee shop from Beijing's famed Forbidden City, saying its presence was a smear on China's historical legacy, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
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