Business Stories from May 16, 2011 (Change date)
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Survey measures satisfactionJun 01, 2011 10:12 pm - NEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp., once dead last in customer satisfaction among the Big 4 national wireless carriers, now has the happiest subscribers, along with long-tim...
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U.S. nuclear production rises on gains in Illinois, GeorgiaMay 17, 2011 2:26 pm - U.S. nuclear-power production rose 1 percent as operators boosted reactors in Illinois, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said. Power gen...
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FDA panel to weigh revoking key use of Abbott drugMay 18, 2011 2:01 pm - WASHINGTON — A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will consider this week whether to revoke a key indication from Abbott's blockbuster cholesterol dr...
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Pressure builds on accused IMF chief to resignJun 01, 2011 10:12 pm - NEW YORK — Pressure built Tuesday for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to consider resigning as chief of the International Monetary Fund after he was charged with trying to rape ...
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Oil extends 2-week sell-offMay 17, 2011 2:26 pm - SINGAPORE — Oil prices fell below $97 a barrel Tuesday in Asia, extending a two-week fall amid investor concern slowing U.S. economic growth could undermine demand for c...
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Global recovery fears stalking marketsMay 17, 2011 2:26 pm - LONDON — Uncertainty over the global economic recovery and Europe's debt crisis continued to weigh on stock markets Tuesday, but the euro remained buoyant despite fears ...
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Construction of new homes plummeted in AprilMay 17, 2011 4:24 pm - WASHINGTON — Construction of new homes plummeted in April, dragged down by a major drop in apartment building. Builders broke ground on 10.6 percent fewer new homes las...
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HP drags down Dow Jones industrial averageMay 18, 2011 10:57 am - NEW YORK — Tech giant Hewlett Packard dragged the Dow Jones industrial average lower on Tuesday. Worries over the economic growth also weighed on stocks and drove bond y...
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How suburban college grads can get jobsMay 18, 2011 12:37 pm - Andrea Gertz of Wheeling is 27 and expected to be an elementary schoolteacher by now. Instead, the 2006 graduate of Winona State University in Minnesota works full time...
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U.S. reaches debt limitJun 01, 2011 10:12 pm - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Monday that he will immediately halt investments in two big government pension plans so the government can continue...
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