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Bank of America eliminates closing costs
May 6 2007 11:31PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Achieving the American dream of home ownership has never been as simple as just paying for the house itself. There are always the closings costs to pay for, too.
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Dell signs on with Microsoft, Novell
May 6 2007 11:27PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Dell Inc. has agreed to work with Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. under an alliance the rival software makers formed last year to make it easier for the Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together, the companies said Sunday.
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Comcast rolling out jazzed-up mailbox
May 6 2007 11:26PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Comcast Corp. is planning to roll out a jazzed up mailbox for its high-speed Internet and digital phone customers that can play, log and forward voice mail messages.
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Buffett provides some succession details
May 6 2007 9:00PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Warren Buffett doesn't want to give up the throne at his holding company anytime soon, but the 76-year-old is preparing for that day.
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Airbus A380 makes 1st landing in India
May 6 2007 7:28PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The world's largest passenger plane _ the Airbus A380 _ made its first landing in India on Sunday, amid hopes by its maker that more Indian airlines will buy the super jumbo as the country's rapid globalization drives demand for long-haul flights.
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South Korea, EU launch trade talks
May 6 2007 7:27PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea and the European Union were set to launch free trade talks on Monday, a deal both sides said would boost bilateral commerce and complement efforts to forge a global trade pact.
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Survey: Gas prices reach record average
May 6 2007 6:22PM (CT)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Gasoline prices have surged to a record nationwide average of $3.07 per gallon, nearly 20 cents higher than two weeks earlier, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday. The previous record was $3.03 per gallon on Aug. 11, 2006.
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Ottaway against Murdoch's Dow Jones bid
May 6 2007 5:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Rupert Murdoch's bid for Dow Jones & Co. ran into more resistance Sunday as a large Dow Jones shareholder said he strongly opposes News Corp.'s bid to take over the financial news publisher, which owns The Wall Street Journal.
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Pepsi ad man Ed Boyd dies at 92
May 6 2007 4:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Edward F. Boyd, a former Pepsi ad man who broke color barriers with one of the first corporate marketing campaigns to portray blacks in a positive light, has died. He was 92.
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South Korea, EU launch trade talks
May 6 2007 2:09PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Bilateral free trade agreements do not contradict efforts to forge a multilateral deal under the World Trade Organization but instead help fill key gaps, the European Union trade chief said Sunday in announcing the start of two-way negotiations with South Korea.
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U.S. raises concerns over ADB overhaul
May 6 2007 1:55PM (CT)
KYOTO, Japan (AP) - The United States voiced concern Sunday over plans to overhaul the Asian Development Bank, saying reforms should not abandon the poor in an attempt to cater to wealthier countries.
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Investors await Fed's decision on rates
May 6 2007 1:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After another record-setting week on Wall Street, investors are wondering whether stocks are due for a fall or are headed even higher. This week's words from the Federal Reserve and retail sales could provide some clues.
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Investors await Fed's decision on rates
May 6 2007 1:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After another record-setting week on Wall Street, investors are wondering whether stocks are due for a fall or are headed even higher. This week's words from the Federal Reserve and retail sales could provide some clues.
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Telecom battle revives calls for reform
May 6 2007 1:47PM (CT)
MILAN, Italy (AP) - Pirelli Chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera cheered on the Inter Milan soccer team as it beat Parma 2-0 one recent Sunday, belying none of the enormity of the news he was about to drop.
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Qantas Airways says takeover is finished
May 6 2007 8:36AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Qantas Airways said Sunday it considers a 10.8 billion Australian dollar (US$8.9 billion; euro6.55 billion) takeover bid for the airline to have failed, after regulators refused to step in and save it.
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Qantas Airways says takeover is finished
May 6 2007 8:36AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Qantas Airways said Sunday it considers a 10.8 billion Australian dollar (US$8.9 billion; euro6.55 billion) takeover bid for the airline to have failed, after regulators refused to step in and save it.
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Qantas Airways says takeover is finished
May 6 2007 8:36AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Qantas Airways said Sunday it considers a 10.8 billion Australian dollar (US$8.9 billion; euro6.55 billion) takeover bid for the airline to have failed, after regulators refused to step in and save it.
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