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Spinach growers take stock of industry
Oct 1 2006 9:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Relieved farmers say they are heartened by the government's announcement that it's safe to eat most spinach, but they feel uneasy about their industry's future, knowing it may take time to win back public confidence.
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Telecom Italia convergence is derailed
Oct 1 2006 8:46PM (CT)
MILAN, Italy (AP) - Telecom Italia took a detour from the road to convergence that most mobile and fixed-line operators have been treading, and wandered into a controversy that has spread from the market to the parliament.
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Playboy resurrects nightclub in Vegas
Oct 1 2006 8:40PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - It was late 1985 when Hugh Hefner walked into the grand opening of Playboy's Empire Club in Manhattan, the latest attempt by the magazine company to freshen its suave, sexy image.
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Investors anxiously awaiting jobs report
Oct 1 2006 8:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors still glowing from the Dow Jones industrial average's reach toward new highs last week will be looking for signs in the coming week of whether the market's run-up will continue.
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Nike won't likely be annexed by city
Oct 1 2006 8:26PM (CT)
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Can Nike Inc. and this growing suburb ever be good neighbors again? After the "smoking gun?" After running up a legal bill of about $1.1 million over a file less than a couple dozen pages thick? And, oh, how about the judge finding the city in contempt?
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Japan's business sentiment up in Sept.
Oct 1 2006 7:11PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese business sentiment improved in September from three months ago, according to a key Bank of Japan survey released Monday.
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Chairman of Pier 1 Imports to retire
Oct 1 2006 2:25PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The chairman and chief executive of Pier 1 Imports Inc., Marvin Girouard, will retire from the unprofitable home-furnishing retailer and its board early next year, the company said.
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Wal-Mart says sales up 1.8 percent
Oct 1 2006 2:23PM (CT)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said its September sales were up 1.8 percent from the same period a year ago.
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Eclipse Aviation gets E500 certification
Oct 1 2006 2:14PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Eclipse Aviation Corp. said its E500 "very light jet" has been fully certified by the Federal Aviation Administration _ meaning the small aircraft are cleared for delivery to customers.
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Central bank forecasts China's growth
Oct 1 2006 1:58PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The central bank says China's economy should grow by 10.5 percent this year, state media reported Sunday, even stronger than the 10 percent predicted last week by the National Bureau of Statistics.
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China bank chief: Yuan more flexible
Oct 1 2006 1:49PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The flexibility of China's currency is gradually being expanded as the influence of market forces grows stronger, the nation's central bank chief said.
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Report: Nissan to move some production
Oct 1 2006 1:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. plans to move production of two vehicles to Japan from the United States as a way to save costs on automobiles produced in smaller quantities, according to a news report Sunday.
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Minister sees German economic growth
Oct 1 2006 1:21PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Economic growth could reach 2.5 percent this year, a German minister said in remarks published Sunday, among the most optimistic forecasts yet for Europe's largest economy.
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Critics slam Siemens over mobile phones
Oct 1 2006 1:20PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Siemens AG tried Sunday to blunt fierce criticism from politicians, labor unions and the media for unloading its mobile phone business on a Taiwanese company which has failed to keep it afloat.
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Bombardier union machinists' strike set
Oct 1 2006 12:52PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Machinists at Bombardier Aerospace's plant were scheduled to begin striking early Monday, after voting against a three-year contract, union officials said.
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Proposed ban concerns foie gras supplier
Oct 1 2006 11:35AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Some of the choicest delicacies found in American restaurants sit amid 40,000 square feet of refrigerated space near downtown Newark. Crates of wild mushrooms _ shiitake, morel and porcini _ will leave the warehouse of D'Artagnan, a supplier and distributor of high-end food products, to end up in many of the country's top kitchens and retail stores.
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Nike won't likely be annexed by city
Oct 1 2006 11:20AM (CT)
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Can Nike Inc. and this growing suburb ever be good neighbors again? After the "smoking gun?" After running up a legal bill of about $1.1 million over a file less than a couple dozen pages thick? And, oh, how about the judge finding the city in contempt?
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