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GM-UAW talks reach critical point
Sep 16 2007 11:46PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Contract negotiations between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers reached a critical point as local union officials hoped for an agreement but prepared once again for a possible strike on Monday.
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GM-UAW talks reach critical point
Sep 16 2007 11:46PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Contract negotiations between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers reached a critical point as local union officials hoped for an agreement but prepared once again for a possible strike on Monday.
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Leap Wireless rejects MetroPCS offer
Sep 16 2007 9:16PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Wireless phone provider Leap Wireless International Inc. said Sunday that it is rejecting an unsolicited buyout offer from MetroPCS Communications Inc.
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Dow Jones, WSJ union OK tentative deal
Sep 16 2007 7:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Dow Jones & Co. has reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union representing reporters at The Wall Street Journal, ending several months of sometimes contentious talks.
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ABN Amro boards won't side with bidders
Sep 16 2007 4:59PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - ABN Amro's boards will not recommend either of the two rival takeover bids the Dutch bank has received, they told shareholders Sunday.
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Flagging Shopzilla boosts marketing
Sep 16 2007 2:41PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Consumers are urged to "shop, shop, shop" as KC and the Sunshine Band's "Shake Your Booty" plays in the background in a new ad for The E.W. Scripps Co.'s comparison shopping Web site Shopzilla.com.
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Kroger expands personal finance business
Sep 16 2007 2:01PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Weekend grocery shopping list: _ Milk, on sale at four half-gallons for $5._ Cookies, two packages-for-one at $3.99. _ New $200,000 fixed-rate mortgage, 30 years at 6.2 percent.
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4 investment banks will report earnings
Sep 16 2007 2:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - On Wall Street, now more so than any time in recent memory, everyone is holding their breath and fearing the worst.
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Oil industry leader Swearingen dies
Sep 16 2007 1:19PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Chicago banker and oil executive John E. Swearingen, who led Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to become the sixth-largest U.S. company, died at a Birmingham hospital. He was 89.
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Chicken chain takes on Southern fryers
Sep 16 2007 1:23AM (CT)
HIRAM, Ga. (AP) - Robert Bowman loves his chicken, especially when it's breaded and loaded in a fryer. "When I go on a trip, that's all I'll eat is fried chicken. I just like fried chicken," the 67-year-old retired postal worker says.
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Chicken chain takes on Southern fryers
Sep 16 2007 1:23AM (CT)
HIRAM, Ga. (AP) - Robert Bowman loves his chicken, especially when it's breaded and loaded in a fryer. "When I go on a trip, that's all I'll eat is fried chicken. I just like fried chicken," the 67-year-old retired postal worker says.
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Chicken chain takes on Southern fryers
Sep 16 2007 1:23AM (CT)
HIRAM, Ga. (AP) - Robert Bowman loves his chicken, especially when it's breaded and loaded in a fryer. "When I go on a trip, that's all I'll eat is fried chicken. I just like fried chicken," the 67-year-old retired postal worker says.
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Countrywide caught in mortgage spiral
Sep 16 2007 1:22AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Countrywide Financial Corp. grew from a two-man startup in 1969 to become the nation's leading mortgage lender by deftly riding out housing boom-and-bust cycles. This time around, however, the ride has been a lot rougher, leaving the company in a scramble to regain its footing as the housing market has turned from boom to bust.
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Countrywide caught in mortgage spiral
Sep 16 2007 1:22AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Countrywide Financial Corp. grew from a two-man startup in 1969 to become the nation's leading mortgage lender by deftly riding out housing boom-and-bust cycles. This time around, however, the ride has been a lot rougher, leaving the company in a scramble to regain its footing as the housing market has turned from boom to bust.
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Countrywide caught in mortgage spiral
Sep 16 2007 1:22AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Countrywide Financial Corp. grew from a two-man startup in 1969 to become the nation's leading mortgage lender by deftly riding out housing boom-and-bust cycles. This time around, however, the ride has been a lot rougher, leaving the company in a scramble to regain its footing as the housing market has turned from boom to bust.
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Jury awards family $600K in Denny's suit
Sep 16 2007 1:21AM (CT)
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A jury has ordered the Denny's restaurant chain to pay $600,000 to 15 members of a black family who claimed their white waiter deliberately ignored them and used racial slurs.
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Fears spread among U.K. bank's customers
Sep 16 2007 1:20AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Hundreds of customers lined up to withdraw their savings from a British mortgage bank Saturday, ignoring government assurances that their money was safe despite the bank's request for an emergency loan.
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Fears spread among U.K. bank's customers
Sep 16 2007 1:20AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Hundreds of customers lined up to withdraw their savings from a British mortgage bank Saturday, ignoring government assurances that their money was safe despite the bank's request for an emergency loan.
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Fears spread among U.K. bank's customers
Sep 16 2007 1:20AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Hundreds of customers lined up to withdraw their savings from a British mortgage bank Saturday, ignoring government assurances that their money was safe despite the bank's request for an emergency loan.
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