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Nikkei hits highest level since Sept. 2000
Dec 25 2005 11:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's benchmark stock index topped 16,000 points early Monday, reaching its highest intraday level since October 2000. The dollar fell slightly against the yen.
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Vioxx judge sees never-ending docket
Dec 25 2005 9:18PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - For someone mired in judicial purgatory, Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee is remarkably upbeat. She doesn't want pity _ many judges work as hard, she says. She doesn't want publicity _ it makes her uncomfortable, and she grants interview requests grudgingly. She just wants justice _ and she's ready to dispense it, one Vioxx case at a time, even if it takes a lifetime.
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'Whoopie explosion' has bakery scrambling
Dec 25 2005 6:12PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Maine (AP) - Just over a decade ago, Amy Bouchard drew on her love for baking to create a business in her kitchen making whoopie pies. In those days, she would crank out three at a time.
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Ex-Enron exec in negotiations for a plea
Dec 25 2005 6:08PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Prosecutors and attorneys for Enron Corp.'s former chief accounting officer, Richard Causey, are in negotiations on a plea bargain on the eve of trial for founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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Millions more could pay AMT for 2006
Dec 25 2005 6:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The alternative minimum tax is becoming even stickier _ and could entangle even more taxpayers next year.
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Fitness industry woos black consumers
Dec 25 2005 4:55PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Against the odds, Elaine Green is calling on a powerful ally to help stay fit: Jesus Christ. A recent evening found the 51-year-old at Norfolk's First Baptist Church, shimmying and sliding through a physical fitness workout set to a gospel beat. "Amaaaazing grace," _ left leg up, and down. "How sweet the sound," _ step left, step right. "That saved a wretch, like meeeee," _ and squat, two, three. By the blood of the lamb, she's gonna win the battle of the bulge.
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Stocks unlikely to post big year-end rally
Dec 25 2005 11:00AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The last week of the calendar year is Wall Street's time for "window-dressing," a longtime tradition of money managers buying up stocks to boost their portfolios' performance before year's end.
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Amusement park attendance up 4.2 percent
Dec 25 2005 10:43AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Powered by strong investment in new rides, the 50th anniversary of Disneyland and hurricanes that spared the theme park capital of Orlando, attendance at North America's 50 most popular amusement parks rose 4.2 percent in 2005.
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Merchants hope late shoppers save season
Dec 25 2005 1:33AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Shoppers _ some holding out for the best deals, others just not inspired to shop earlier _ headed for the nation's malls and stores for last-minute gifts or gift cards on Saturday, the day before Christmas.
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