Business Stories from August 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Consumers have the prices-just-keep rising bluesAug 31, 2011 2:42 pm - NEW YORK — Shoppers dig deeper into ever emptying pockets to pay higher prices for basics like food and clothing. Retailers raise prices trying to stay afloat against hi...
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ADP Third Party Access Program adds 10,000th connectionAug 30, 2011 10:32 am - HOFFMAN ESTATES — ADP Dealer Services, a division of Automatic Data Processing Inc., announced its Third Party Access Program now delivers over 10,000 vendor connections...
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Obama: 7 proposed regulations would exceed $1 billionSep 01, 2011 6:20 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his administration is considering seven new government regulations that would cost the economy more than $1 billion a year, a ta...
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Lufthansa ceo predicts profit gain on fuel hedging, maintenanceAug 31, 2011 2:35 pm - Deutsche Lufthansa AG Chief Executive Officer Christoph Franz said Europe’s second-biggest carrier aims to boost earnings this year as fuel hedging and non-airline opera...
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New cancer pill gives hope, strategyAug 31, 2011 2:35 pm - NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc.’s just-approved Xalkori, the first new medicine in several years for deadly lung cancer, shows the value of a new research standard: precisely tar...
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Starbucks jumping into single-cup capsule marketAug 31, 2011 2:45 pm - Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee-shop operator, will begin selling its namesake coffee and Tazo tea brand in Keurig single-cup packets in November. “We'll be ...
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Rusal will join two new hong kong stock exchange indexesAug 31, 2011 2:35 pm - United Co. Rusal, the largest aluminum producer, will join two new Hong Kong stock exchange indexes from Sept. 5, helping to expand its investor base. Rusal will make up...
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Lego’s half-year 2011 profit soars 32 pctAug 31, 2011 2:35 pm - COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish toy maker Lego says its first-half profit rose 32 percent as the family-owned company continued to increase its market share. Net profit for...
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Russian firm teams up with ExxonMobilAug 31, 2011 2:35 pm - MOSCOW — Russia’s state-owned Rosneft teamed up with U.S. company ExxonMobil on Tuesday in a multibillion deal to develop offshore oil fields in the Russian Arctic — one...
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Coffee falls as growers in brazil sell after rally; sugar dropsSep 01, 2011 12:12 am - Coffee fell in New York as growers in Brazil, the largest producer, sold beans after prices climbed to a three-month high. Sugar also declined. Prices climbed 6 percent ...