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Malls full but sales not spectacular
Dec 18 2005 11:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Retailers remained anxious Sunday, after the last full weekend of shopping before Christmas appeared robust but not spectacular, despite generous bargains for many goods.
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WTO negotiators agree on farm subsidies
Dec 18 2005 11:31PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - WTO negotiators cut a last-minute deal Sunday on ending farm export subsidies and other trade barriers, claiming modest progress toward their goal of forging a global trade pact by late 2006.
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Japanese stocks higher; dollar rises
Dec 18 2005 9:32PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's main stock index rose Monday morning as traders looked for bargains after the Nikkei dropped for three days through Friday. The U.S. dollar rose against the yen.
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Report: Constellation board approves bid
Dec 18 2005 7:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The boards of Florida utility FPL Group Inc. and Constellation Energy Group Inc. have approved a deal in which FPL would acquire the power plant operator for about $11 billion, according to a newspaper report.
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Little Caesars founder looks to his kids
Dec 18 2005 6:11PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - In the 46 years since Mike Ilitch opened Little Caesars Pizza Treat in a suburban strip mall, he and his family have turned that first restaurant into a national pizza chain, acquired two professional sports teams and built a massive entertainment complex in downtown Detroit. Last year, his companies took in more than $1 billion in revenue.
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BAA to acquire stake in Budapest airport
Dec 18 2005 4:57PM (CT)
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Britain's BAA PLC on Sunday signed a contract to acquire a majority stake in Budapest's Ferihegy Airport for 464.5 billion forints ($2.2 billion).
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Late trading may not send Dow over 11,000
Dec 18 2005 4:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Traditionally, the last two weeks of the year are a time of light volume but rising stocks on Wall Street. Yet this year, there may not be enough of a rise to take to the bank.
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Hispanic toys, games hit holiday displays
Dec 18 2005 3:12PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - As 6-year-old Lizbeth Sanchez helped her mother shop for Christmas presents on a recent December afternoon, she stopped mouth agape at the Dora the Explorer talking dollhouse welcoming her in English and her native Spanish.
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Massive crowd marches in anti-WTO parade
Dec 18 2005 4:14AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - About 1,000 anti-WTO protesters marched through the streets Sunday as Hong Kong tried to recover from a night of rioting that marked one of the city's worst spasms of violence in decades.
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WTO draft sets deadline to end subsidies
Dec 18 2005 4:11AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - WTO negotiators reached a breakthrough on the most contentious issue of the six-day talks, agreeing that wealthy countries would eliminate farm export subsidies by 2013, paving the way for a broader agreement to cut trade barriers across various sectors, according to a copy of the final draft agreement obtained by journalists.
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