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Japan imposes 15 pct. levies on U.S. steel
Jul 31 2005 11:50PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will slap 15 percent levies on U.S. steel imports starting Sept. 1 in retaliation for American steel industry protection measures, the trade ministry said Monday, turning up the heat on a long-festering dispute between the world's two largest economies.
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Oil prices briefly rise above $61 a barrel
Jul 31 2005 11:47PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Crude oil futures briefly rose above $61 a barrel Monday after Iran threatened to restart its nuclear enrichment program, sparking concerns that tension between Tehran and Western nations could disrupt oil supplies from OPEC's second's largest exporter.
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Japan stocks extend gains on upbeat data
Jul 31 2005 11:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stocks rose Monday after finishing at their highest levels in four-and-a-half months last week on a string of upbeat corporate earnings and news that the country's jobless rate fell to a seven-year low. The dollar gained versus the yen.
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Low-carb pioneer Atkins files Chapter 11
Jul 31 2005 8:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Atkins Nutritionals Inc., the company that promoted low-carb eating into a national diet craze, filed for bankruptcy court protection Sunday, a company spokesman said.
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Wall Street hopes new data will fuel rally
Jul 31 2005 7:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street's predictions of a summer rally were borne out in July, with stocks enjoying surprising gains thanks to good economic data and a solid earnings performance from corporate America. But as Friday's losses illustrated, investors may be wondering whether stocks are due for a downturn.
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Workers prepare for life after AFL-CIO
Jul 31 2005 7:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Wren Bradley loves her union, but she said her "other heart" is committed to her local labor council _ which she'll be forced to leave because of a massive schism in the AFL-CIO.
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Low-carb pioneer Atkins files Chapter 11
Jul 31 2005 7:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Atkins Nutritionals Inc., the company that promoted low-carb eating into a national diet craze, filed for bankruptcy court protection Sunday, a company spokesman said.
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Venezuela's Chavez calls CAFTA 'perverse'
Jul 31 2005 7:02PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized a trade agreement that eliminates barriers between the United States and Central American countries, saying Sunday it is a misguided deal that will harm the region's small economies.
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Former ECB chief Duisenberg found dead
Jul 31 2005 6:01PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Wim Duisenberg, the former European Central Bank chief who helped create the euro currency, was found dead Sunday in his swimming pool in southeastern France, officials said. He was 70.
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Pop-up ad pioneer now shunning practice
Jul 31 2005 1:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A pioneer of software that tailors pop-up ads to Internet users' browsing habits is beginning to shun a practice that has invited much derision and plenty of lawsuits. A new service Claria Corp. is launching this month will still deliver advertising to the computer desktops of Web surfers. Only this time, they won't be annoying pop-ups.
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Women gaining among utility regulators
Jul 31 2005 1:52PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A 1965 brochure for a new program at Michigan State University to educate U.S. utility regulators advertised the courses for "top industry men." Forty years later, the school's Institute of Public Utilities is run by a woman.
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Economist blames aid for Africa famine
Jul 31 2005 4:12AM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - In Niger, a desert country twice the size of Texas, most of the 11 million people live on a dollar a day. Forty percent of children are underfed, and one out of four dies before turning 5. And that's when things are normal. Throw in a plague of locusts, and a familiar spectacle emerges: skeletal babies, distended bellies, people too famished to brush the flies from their faces.
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