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Blockbuster offers cheaper online rental
Jun 12 2007 8:51PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Blockbuster Inc. is offering lower-priced plans for online movie rentals as it competes with Netflix Inc. in a market that some analysts believe could grow more than 40 percent this year.
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N.Y., Mo. courts split on Wal-Mart suits
Jun 12 2007 6:18PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. won one and lost one Tuesday as state courts in Missouri and New York split on whether worker lawsuits over alleged unpaid wages should be granted class-action status.
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Ford reviewing Jaguar-Land Rover options
Jun 12 2007 6:08PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it was reviewing its position on Jaguar and Land Rover, fueling speculation that the Dearborn-based company is getting closer to selling them.
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Ford reviewing Jaguar-Land Rover options
Jun 12 2007 6:08PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it was reviewing its position on Jaguar and Land Rover, fueling speculation that the Dearborn-based company is getting closer to selling them.
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Ford reviewing Jaguar-Land Rover options
Jun 12 2007 6:08PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it was reviewing its position on Jaguar and Land Rover, fueling speculation that the Dearborn-based company is getting closer to selling them.
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Iceberg lettuce sales grow cold
Jun 12 2007 6:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Iceberg is your father's lettuce: A big, round ball wrapped in cellophane and ready to be torn apart to top a burger or smothered under thick salad dressing.
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Iceberg lettuce sales grow cold
Jun 12 2007 6:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Iceberg is your father's lettuce: A big, round ball wrapped in cellophane and ready to be torn apart to top a burger or smothered under thick salad dressing.
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Iceberg lettuce sales grow cold
Jun 12 2007 6:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Iceberg is your father's lettuce: A big, round ball wrapped in cellophane and ready to be torn apart to top a burger or smothered under thick salad dressing.
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Iceberg lettuce sales grow cold
Jun 12 2007 6:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Iceberg is your father's lettuce: A big, round ball wrapped in cellophane and ready to be torn apart to top a burger or smothered under thick salad dressing.
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Iceberg lettuce sales grow cold
Jun 12 2007 6:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Iceberg is your father's lettuce: A big, round ball wrapped in cellophane and ready to be torn apart to top a burger or smothered under thick salad dressing.
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Oil, gas prices fall on profit-taking
Jun 12 2007 6:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil and gasoline futures fell Tuesday as traders took profits from the previous session's rally and priced in expectations that a government report Wednesday will show increases in gas inventories and refinery utilization.
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Lehman Brothers 2Q profit up 27 percent
Jun 12 2007 5:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the nation's fourth-largest investment bank, said Tuesday robust stock trading and buyout business pushed second-quarter profit up 27 percent, in what may be a harbinger for other brokerage earnings due this week.
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Senate bill would hike fuel economy
Jun 12 2007 4:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As motorists face near record gasoline prices, the Senate took up an energy bill Tuesday that would raise auto fuel economy standards for the first time in nearly 20 years and make oil industry price gouging a federal crime.
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Treasury 10-year yield hits 5-year high
Jun 12 2007 4:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The yield on the 10-year Treasury note reached its highest level in more than five years Tuesday afternoon, as prices continued to slump amid broad market selling.
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MySpacers' new profile: Entrepreneur
Jun 12 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While at a summer barbecue with her brother and his friends, Joyce Kim checked her e-mail and saw an unfamiliar name.
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MySpacers' new profile: Entrepreneur
Jun 12 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While at a summer barbecue with her brother and his friends, Joyce Kim checked her e-mail and saw an unfamiliar name.
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MySpacers' new profile: Entrepreneur
Jun 12 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While at a summer barbecue with her brother and his friends, Joyce Kim checked her e-mail and saw an unfamiliar name.
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MySpacers' new profile: Entrepreneur
Jun 12 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While at a summer barbecue with her brother and his friends, Joyce Kim checked her e-mail and saw an unfamiliar name.
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MySpacers' new profile: Entrepreneur
Jun 12 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While at a summer barbecue with her brother and his friends, Joyce Kim checked her e-mail and saw an unfamiliar name.
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MySpacers' new profile: Entrepreneur
Jun 12 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While at a summer barbecue with her brother and his friends, Joyce Kim checked her e-mail and saw an unfamiliar name.
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FDA cracks down on body parts companies
Jun 12 2007 3:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal agency's review of the billion-dollar body parts industry calls for more inspections, but experts in the field say it ignores the problems that led to two recent scares involving human tissue destined for transplant.
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Metals prices fall as China imports drop
Jun 12 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Industrial metals prices sank Tuesday after China, a major source of world demand, reported a sharp drop in May copper imports.
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Midwest suspends guidance
Jun 12 2007 3:38PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Midwest Air Group Inc. said Tuesday it won't meet analysts' earnings expectations for the second quarter and full-year results will suffer as a result of lower airfares and longer flights.
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Midwest suspends guidance
Jun 12 2007 3:38PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Midwest Air Group Inc. said Tuesday it won't meet analysts' earnings expectations for the second quarter and full-year results will suffer as a result of lower airfares and longer flights.
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China inflation rate up 3.4 percent
Jun 12 2007 2:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese inflation rose to its highest level in more than two years in May, driven by soaring prices for pork and other food, according to government figures released Tuesday.
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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Bush presses Senate GOP on immigration
Jun 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable."
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EU court upholds Budweiser trademarks
Jun 12 2007 11:22AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A European Union high court upheld several Anheuser-Busch trademarks and dismissed a challenge from Czech brewing rival Budvar on Tuesday, the latest ruling in a century of disputes relating to the name "Budweiser."
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Italy's airline narrows losses
Jun 12 2007 8:58AM (CT)
MILAN, Italy (AP) - The struggling Italian national carrier Alitalia reported narrower first-quarter losses Tuesday as the airline reaches the final stages of a tender bid to go private.
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Italy's airline narrows losses
Jun 12 2007 8:58AM (CT)
MILAN, Italy (AP) - The struggling Italian national carrier Alitalia reported narrower first-quarter losses Tuesday as the airline reaches the final stages of a tender bid to go private.
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Ag Dept. proposes farm program overhaul
Jun 12 2007 4:21AM (CT)
DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) - The U.S. Agriculture Department is proposing changes in farm programs to better help farmers hurt by droughts, floods and other disasters, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said.
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Justice Dept. won't back shareholders
Jun 12 2007 12:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration rejected a Securities and Exchange Commission recommendation in a key Supreme Court case and did not support shareholders suing Wall Street banks for damages over Enron's collapse.
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Small businesses pay taxes with credit
Jun 12 2007 12:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Patricia Harris says it was bad planning that prompted her husband to pay his business taxes with a credit card. He is hardly alone.
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Company to show off uranium centrifuge
Jun 12 2007 12:31AM (CT)
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) - In a building far from public view in the tree-covered hills of southern Ohio, the company that recycles uranium from Russian warheads for fueling U.S. nuclear power plants is preparing to demonstrate an advance from Cold War technology.
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Company to show off uranium centrifuge
Jun 12 2007 12:31AM (CT)
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) - In a building far from public view in the tree-covered hills of southern Ohio, the company that recycles uranium from Russian warheads for fueling U.S. nuclear power plants is preparing to demonstrate an advance from Cold War technology.
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