Business Stories from June 22, 2011 (Change date)
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ConAgra Foods 4Q net income more than doublesJun 23, 2011 2:16 pm - OMAHA, Neb. — ConAgra's fourth-quarter net income more than doubled thanks to higher food prices and an insurance settlement. But the company warned Thursday that first-...
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Southwest suspended pilot after radio rantJun 23, 2011 2:42 pm - DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. suspended a pilot whose disparaging comments about gays and older flight attendants were transmitted over an air-traffic control frequenc...
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Unemployment applications jump by most in a monthJun 23, 2011 2:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose by the most in a month, signaling growing weakness in the job market. Applications...
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Black sent back to prisonJun 26, 2011 8:25 am - Conrad Black, once a media mogul whose newspaper empire spanned several continents, is headed back to prison after a federal judge ruled Friday that he had not served en...
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New cars struggle with qualityJun 24, 2011 6:45 am - DETROIT — Cars that are redesigned or completely new for the 2011 model year had more quality problems, partly because of glitches in navigation systems and other dashbo...
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Higher card use, better payments lift Discover 2QJun 23, 2011 9:07 pm - NEW YORK — Discover Financial Services on Thursday said its profit more than tripled in its fiscal second quarter as it added new customers, while existing customers use...
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Oil drops 4 pct on weaker economic outlookJun 23, 2011 9:21 am - Oil drops 4pct on weaker economic outlook CHRIS KAHN,AP Energy Writer NEW YORK — Oil is tumbling after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that the U.S. economy...
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Airbus trounces Boeing with another record orderJun 23, 2011 11:28 pm - LE BOURGET, France — Airbus is trouncing Boeing in the race to be the world's biggest planemaker, claiming over $72 billion dollars worth of orders and commitments at th...
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Yahoo Chairman says CEO has board's supportJun 23, 2011 2:42 pm - SANTA CLARA, California — Yahoo Inc. Chairman Roy Bostock sought to defuse speculation that CEO Carol Bartz's job is in danger with a ringing endorsement of her performa...
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Lennar 2Q profit falls but tops Wall St. forecastJun 23, 2011 9:07 pm - MIAMI — Lennar's net income dropped 65 percent in its second quarter compared with last year, when it logged a big tax benefit, and while the homebuilder delivered fewer...
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