Business Stories from October 10, 2011 (Change date)
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General Motors says it will keep selling mid-size pickup in U.S.Oct 11, 2011 10:10 am - General Motors Co. will continue to sell the Colorado mid-size pickup in the U.S. The automaker disclosed the move at a news conference in Warren, Michigan. ...
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Microsoft phones to get more marketing, sales incentivesOct 11, 2011 10:08 am - Microsoft Corp., trying to reverse disappointing sales for its Windows Phone, is counting on Samsung Electronics Co. and other manufacturing partners to step up retailer...
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Adidas Expects Record Soccer Sales Next Year, Hainer Says (1) c.2011 Bloomberg News (Updates with CEO’s comment in third paragraph.)Oct 10, 2011 8:34 am - Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Adidas AG, the world’s second- largest sporting-goods maker, expects record soccer sales next year as the European championship finals take place ...
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Greek talks with debt inspectors nearly concludedOct 11, 2011 10:10 am - ATHENS, Greece — A Greek Finance Ministry official says talks with the country’s international debt inspectors have almost been concluded, but that some details remain t...
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Pimco buys in China, sees ‘cheap’ emerging-market equitiesOct 10, 2011 8:35 am - Emerging-market stocks are “cheap” and Pacific Investment Management Co. is buying in China after the nation’s shares tumbled this year, said Maria Gordon, an emerging-m...
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Belgium nationalizes Dexia subsidiary for $5.4BOct 11, 2011 10:10 am - BRUSSELS — Embattled bank Dexia said Monday the Belgian state will buy its Belgian subsidiary for (euro) 4 billion ($5.4 billion) as part of a restructuring of the lende...
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Rating changes, new coverage on North American stocksOct 11, 2011 10:10 am - The following is a list of stocks, on which analysts changed their ratings or began coverage today. The stock symbols are listed in parentheses after the companies’ name...
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Arts entrepreneurs combine talent with businessOct 11, 2011 10:10 am - You'd think self-employed artists, who almost by definition live on the edge of the disposable income the rest of us may or may not spend, really must be suffering — unl...
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Sprint Declines as Analysts Cut Ratings After Meeting (Correct) c.2011 Bloomberg News (Corrects the percentage change in first paragraph.)Oct 11, 2011 10:10 am - Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. fell as much as 7.5 percent in early U.S. trading after at least five analysts reduced their ratings on the stock following th...
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Brazil real gains to three-week high on Eropean debt outlookOct 11, 2011 10:10 am - Brazil’s real rose to the strongest level in three weeks after French and German leaders pledged to deliver a plan to recapitalize European banks. The real climbed 1.8 p...