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Ad guru resigns over remarks about women
Oct 22 2005 11:09PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - One of the world's most flamboyant advertising gurus has left his job after reportedly telling an audience that women made poor executives because motherhood made them "wimp out."
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Corporate bond prices give clearer picture
Oct 22 2005 6:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Given Wall Street's hair-trigger propensity for punishing a company's stock for bad news _ and over-inflating the price for good news _ it's become harder to use share price as a useful indicator of a company's overall health.
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Mercury News drops foreign language papers
Oct 22 2005 6:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Jose Mercury News, which has won accolades for the diversity of its newsroom and coverage, announced Friday it plans to drop its Spanish and Vietnamese-language newspapers because the free publications aren't profitable.
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Weyerhaeuser cutbacks hit timber towns
Oct 22 2005 1:53PM (CT)
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) - Calvin O'Brien followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather when he took a job at the sawmill here, earning wages few other jobs could provide in this blue-collar town.
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China cuts income tax for low wage earners
Oct 22 2005 4:39AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's legislature agreed Saturday to cut income taxes on the country's poorest workers amid official concern that the country's growing gap between rich and poor could fuel unrest.
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AT&T earns $520 million in third quarter
Oct 22 2005 1:12AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T Corp. painted a positive picture Friday with what may be its final earnings report before becoming part of SBC Communications Inc., topping Wall Street forecasts with third-quarter income of $520 million and boosting its revenue forecast for the second time this year.
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Stewart extends brand to home-building
Oct 22 2005 1:12AM (CT)
CARY, N.C. (AP) - What could be better than waking up on Martha Stewart sheets in a Martha Stewart bed, drying off after your shower with Martha Stewart towels, gardening with Martha Stewart tools, and ending your day with a Martha Stewart recipe served on Martha Stewart plates at a Martha Stewart table?
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Jury out on Kodak's digital transformation
Oct 22 2005 1:12AM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Halfway through a four-year digital makeover, as its quarterly losses mount, Eastman Kodak Co. has some analysts wondering if the picture-taking pioneer is headed for a breakup.
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Caterpillar shares posts record earnings
Oct 22 2005 1:07AM (CT)
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Caterpillar Inc. shares skidded more than 9 percent Friday after record third-quarter earnings still fell short of Wall Street's expectations and the construction equipment maker issued a lower profit forecast for the year.
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