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Global work force helps Fed on inflation
Nov 27 2005 9:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While Alan Greenspan has won praise for his successful 18-year battle to keep inflation under control, he's the first to say he's had a lot of help. Among those most responsible are tens of millions of workers in China, India and Eastern Europe.
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Crowded stores see only modest spending
Nov 27 2005 9:46PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The 2005 holiday shopping season got off to only a modest start over the Thanksgiving weekend as consumers responded initially to aggressive discounting and then retreated.
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Report: Merck announcing major restructure
Nov 27 2005 7:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Merck & Co. Inc. may cut thousands of jobs and enact other changes as part of a major restructuring plan the pharmaceutical maker was expected to announce this week, according to a published report.
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Ruling may hurt Merck in federal trial
Nov 27 2005 5:41PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - On the eve of the first federal trial over the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, experts say a key pretrial ruling has worsened the prognosis for drugmaker Merck & Co., which vows to fight thousands of Vioxx product liability lawsuits one by one.
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Hungary giving savings bonds to '06 babies
Nov 27 2005 3:39PM (CT)
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Babies born after Dec. 31, 2005, will receive a tax-free savings bond worth 40,000 forints ($185), the prime minister said Sunday.
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Finance minister: India must be more open
Nov 27 2005 2:50PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India must open its economy more to foreign competition to accelerate its already rapid economic growth, the finance minister said Sunday.
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Regional airlines expand, majors suffer
Nov 27 2005 2:36PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - At a time when the nation's major airlines are being buffeted by skyrocketing fuel costs, heavy competition and bankruptcies, some regional carriers are posting growing profits and looking to expand.
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Auto parts maker banks on diversification
Nov 27 2005 2:10PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - With the auto industry and its suppliers falling on hard times, Eaton Corp. is banking on diversification tied more to electrical devices and pumps than car and truck parts.
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Ex-media mogul Black facing tough odds
Nov 27 2005 2:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fallen newspaper magnate Conrad Black faces long but not insurmountable odds in trying to beat federal fraud charges, legal experts say, as he enters the courtroom Wednesday to formally begin his defense.
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And now for the second half of the rally
Nov 27 2005 12:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - During each of the past four years, Wall Street has celebrated the year's end with a big rally that bolstered returns and burnished the reputations of investors and money managers who might otherwise found themselves with poor showings.
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L.L. Bean forges new advertising alliance
Nov 27 2005 11:56AM (CT)
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - L.L. Bean has formed a new advertising alliance, partnering with agencies with greater online marketing expertise, the company said.
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India's biggest economic summit opens
Nov 27 2005 5:28AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of executives and policy makers from around the world gathered Sunday to explore business opportunities in India, one of the world's fastest-growing economies that is increasingly opening up to foreign competition and investment.
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Winter, high oil costs cause global chills
Nov 27 2005 12:21AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Long underwear in South Korea, extra sweaters in U.S. classrooms, rising sales of wood-burning stoves in Denmark. Winter is here, and because of a spike in heating costs, people from Tokyo to Toledo are looking for alternatives to oil.
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Slovakia ties currency to euro
Nov 27 2005 12:20AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Slovakia took a major step toward joining the euro zone Friday by linking its currency, the koruna, to the euro in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
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Draft for WTO summit includes big gaps
Nov 27 2005 12:20AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The WTO's top official laid out a draft for next month's Hong Kong summit, underscoring just how much work needed to be done to salvage even a watered-down agreement.
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Dispute over, crab fishermen head to sea
Nov 27 2005 12:18AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Crab fishermen prepared to head out to sea Saturday after resolving a price dispute with seafood processors that delayed the commercial harvest of Central California's Dungeness crab for almost two weeks.
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