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Ford, Acura earn top crash test scores
May 13 2007 11:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the insurance industry.
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Cerberus the likely buyer for Chrysler
May 13 2007 9:09PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP likely will be the winning bidder to buy Chrysler Group from DaimlerChrysler AG, and an announcement could come as early as Monday, a Chrysler official said Sunday.
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Cable operators expand local programming
May 13 2007 8:22PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Gloomy weather didn't dim the smiles of the two perfectly coifed TV anchors as they bantered into their microphone headsets.
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Merck selling generics unit for $6.6B
May 13 2007 7:33PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - German drug maker Merck KGaA announced Sunday that it is selling its generic drug business to Mylan Laboratories Inc. of the U.S. for $6.6 billion.
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1st-time investors buy up Chinese stocks
May 13 2007 2:14PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - After watching Chinese stock prices gallop upward for months, Ding Xiurui wanted a piece of the action. The 45-year-old office worker stood in line at a bustling brokerage Friday to open her first trading account. She brought her sister, who opened an account too. They joined millions of other novice investors who are jumping into a market that has soared to dizzying heights, with prices up nearly 50 percent this year.
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Wall St. awaits inflation, housing data
May 13 2007 1:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has been reveling in the interest rate standstill of the past nine months, and investors hope this week's data on consumer inflation and the housing market won't suggest things are about to change.
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Wall St. awaits inflation, housing data
May 13 2007 1:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has been reveling in the interest rate standstill of the past nine months, and investors hope this week's data on consumer inflation and the housing market won't suggest things are about to change.
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Wall St. awaits inflation, housing data
May 13 2007 1:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has been reveling in the interest rate standstill of the past nine months, and investors hope this week's data on consumer inflation and the housing market won't suggest things are about to change.
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Wedding insurance covers calamities
May 13 2007 1:22PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - If anyone knows the value of a good insurance policy, it's Romeo Lavarias. As the director of emergency management operations for Miramar, Fla., Lavarias has seen his share of disasters. So it was a no-brainer when his fiancee, Stephanie Goldstein, suggested buying insurance for their wedding, set for July during the upcoming hurricane season.
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N.M. smokestacks get strange farewell
May 13 2007 12:43PM (CT)
HURLEY, N.M. (AP) - The clock is ticking for the Hurley towers, towering concrete monuments of a long-gone copper smelter, the latest victims of progress in an industry that no longer needs them.
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Independent miners confronted in Bolivia
May 13 2007 11:51AM (CT)
POTOSI, Bolivia (AP) - The silver, zinc and other metals under Bolivian soil are fetching their highest prices in decades, and Evo Morales has dedicated his presidency to claiming a larger share of the money for his country's people.
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Independent miners confronted in Bolivia
May 13 2007 11:51AM (CT)
POTOSI, Bolivia (AP) - The silver, zinc and other metals under Bolivian soil are fetching their highest prices in decades, and Evo Morales has dedicated his presidency to claiming a larger share of the money for his country's people.
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Calif. Web site outsources reporting
May 13 2007 2:25AM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The job posting was a head-scratcher: "We seek a newspaper journalist based in India to report on the city government and political scene of Pasadena, California, USA."
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