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Qwest workers take steps toward strike
Aug 13 2005 8:14PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Citing disappointing progress in contract negotiations, a union representing 25,000 Qwest Communications workers in 13 states moved a step closer to striking Saturday.
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Thousands still stranded in London
Aug 13 2005 8:06PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British Airways resumed hundreds of flights Saturday at one of the world's busiest airports, while pleading for continued patience from thousands of passengers stranded by a ground-crew walkout.
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Real estate strong despite higher rates
Aug 13 2005 6:36PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Rising interest rates are supposed to be an economic sedative, but the hyperactive real estate market has retained its vigor even as the prime lending rate has climbed to a nearly four-year high.
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IPOs that soar often turn into losers
Aug 13 2005 6:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - If you weren't able to buy shares of the summer's hottest initial public offering, Baidu.com, fear not. History shows that investors may be better off without the IPO of the moment.
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ATA Airlines founder to retire on Aug. 31
Aug 13 2005 5:58AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The head of ATA Airlines announced he will retire from the company he founded and built into the nation's 10th largest airline, then allowed to slip into bankruptcy.
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Maytag board recommends Whirlpool bid
Aug 13 2005 4:37AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Maytag Corp. agreed Friday to a half cash, half stock buyout from rival Whirlpool Corp., reversing an earlier recommendation to shareholders to accept a New York investment group's all-cash deal.
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Sprint, Nextel complete $35 billion merger
Aug 13 2005 4:36AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Corp.'s long awaited takeover of Nextel Communications Corp. was completed Friday, with executives from the wireless leaders now preparing for the unified company's introduction to some 40 million customers.
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