Business Stories from March 10, 2011 (Change date)
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Oil sinks below $100 after massive Japan quakeMar 11, 2011 6:30 am - Oil prices fell sharply to below $100 a barrel Friday after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the world's third-largest oil consumer, triggering knee-jerk s...
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IPad 2 sales to start with pre-dawn online ordersMar 14, 2011 3:45 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc.'s updated version of its iPad tablet computer will be available in stores Friday afternoon but those who can't wait to say they own the gadge...
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99-Cents Only gets family-led offer to go privateMar 11, 2011 7:20 am - CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif. — 99 Cents Only Stores says it received a proposal to take the company private from the company's founding family and investment firm Leonard G...
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Stock futures drop on Japan quake, oil below $100Mar 11, 2011 6:26 am - NEW YORK — Stock futures are falling as investors try to assess the economic fallout from the largest earthquake in Japan's history. The quake struck toward the end of t...
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Weak euro countries plead for helpMar 14, 2011 11:41 am - BRUSSELS — The eurozone's weakest states on Friday pleaded for more help from their richer neighbors at a summit in Brussels, where leaders worked to thrash out a "comp...
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Hundreds of workers rehired at Ill. steel foundryMar 14, 2011 11:41 am - GRANITE CITY, Ill. — A Chicago-based rail machinery maker has rehired about 700 workers who had been laid off from a southwestern Illinois foundry. Robert Lott is presi...
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Japanese quake hits stocks, yen shows resilienceMar 14, 2011 11:41 am - LONDON — A major earthquake in northeastern Japan hit stocks all round the world Friday but the yen proved resilient to one of the bigger tremors the country has suffer...
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Without qualifying for exemption, forgiven mortgage debt may be taxedMar 10, 2011 2:01 pm - WASHINGTON — With hundreds of thousands of homeowners having negotiated loan modifications or short sales or been foreclosed upon during the past year, the Internal Reve...
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A parent's sad tale reveals pitfalls of cosigning for offspring's mortgageMar 10, 2011 9:06 am - Many parents understandably want to help their kids buy a home, but cosigning for a mortgage is a decision that shouldn't be taken lightly. Q. I cosigned a loan appl...
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