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November 29, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 60 votes aren't there any more.
With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance . . .
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November 29, 2009 06:03 AM EST --
NANJING, China (AP) — China should allow its currency to strengthen against the euro and other major currencies, for its own sake as well as that of the global economy, top finance officials of . . .
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November 29, 2009 06:03 AM EST --
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai World official says the conglomerate dismissed the possibility of selling some of its assets at a discounted price to cover some of the $60 billion in . . .
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November 29, 2009 05:47 AM EST --
Well-run corporation know at least one thing very well. They don’t put people associated with the creation of a problem in charge of solving it. They know that if they do, the appointees will become . . .
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November 28, 2009 09:00 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration, battling a foreclosure crisis that shows no signs of relenting, will step up pressure on mortgage companies to do more to help people remain in their . . .
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November 28, 2009 08:01 PM EST --
GENEVA (AP) — Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest of a meeting of top world trade officials, but the hooded "black bloc" activists . . .
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November 28, 2009 05:02 PM EST --
WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a fire has broken out among Christmas trees for sale outside a Walmart on New York's Long Island during a busy holiday shopping weekend.
Nassau County police say . . .
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November 28, 2009 05:02 PM EST --
CHICAGO (AP) — Shoppers who endured long lines and sometimes-frigid temperatures spent only slightly more during their Black Friday shopping sprees than they did last year, according to data released . . .
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November 28, 2009 05:00 PM EST --
BOSTON (AP) — A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweatshirts during a home invasion.
Officers later receive a text message . . .
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November 28, 2009 04:00 PM EST --
CHICAGO (AP) — Shoppers spent only slightly more in stores this Black Friday than they did last year, according to data released Saturday by a national research firm.
Preliminary sales data from . . .
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November 28, 2009 03:01 PM EST --
CHICAGO (AP) — A research firm says shoppers spent only slightly more in stores this Black Friday than they did last year.
Fresh signs of much stronger online sales during the traditional holiday . . .
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November 28, 2009 02:03 PM EST --
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — General Motors Co. says production at a stamping plant in Ohio is expected to end Jan. 29.
The Detroit-based company announced in May that it would shutter the Mansfield/Ontario . . .
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November 28, 2009 02:02 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicize . . .
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November 28, 2009 01:01 PM EST --
CHICAGO (AP) — Shoppers returned to malls Saturday as observers began reviewing early reports showing just how much consumers spent during their Black Friday shopping sprees.
The weekend's first . . .
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November 28, 2009 12:02 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Bailed-out Bank of America amended the salaries of two senior executives after a review by the White House pay czar, according to a regulatory filing.
Chief Financial Officer Joe. . . .
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November 28, 2009 11:03 AM EST --
MIAMI (AP) — Like many home owners, hotels are starting to drown in debt.
They have been enticing travelers all year with sweet deals: credits for in-house spas and restaurants, up to 50 percent . . .
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November 28, 2009 11:03 AM EST --
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As Meg Whitman has been introducing herself to California voters, she retells a line that usually generates a chuckle: "The next governor of California needs to know exactly . . .
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November 28, 2009 10:01 AM EST --
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As world markets absorbed the shock of Dubai's debt crisis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meeting in a desert palace. His . . .
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November 28, 2009 12:03 AM EST --
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A $32.5 million contract to build Spaceport America's terminal and hangar facility has been awarded to a New Mexico firm.
New Mexico Spaceport Authority executive director . . .
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November 27, 2009 07:03 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent at least $102 million to narrowly win a third term, breaking his previous records for the most expensive self-financed political bid in U.S. history, . . .
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