Business Stories from August 3, 2012 (Change date)
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Congress, with much left to do, takes 5 weeks offApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - WASHINGTON — After a final day of partisan battles over drought relief and cybersecurity, members of Congress streamed out of the Capitol looking forward to five weeks o...
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Oil rises in Asia ahead of U.S. jobs reportAug 03, 2012 7:37 am - BANGKOK — Oil was higher in Asia on Friday after a 2 percent drop the day before as attention turned from an anticlimactic ECB meeting to the monthly report on U.S. hiri...
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Number of U.S. farmers markets surgesApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - FRESNO, Calif. — As demand for locally grown fruits and vegetables has increased, so too has the number of urban farmers markets sprouting up across the nation. The U.S....
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Siemens to buy back shares worth $3.6 billionApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - BERLIN — German engineering company Siemens says it is starting a shares repurchasing program worth up to (euro) 3 billion ($3.6 billion). Munich-based Siemens AG says ...
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Leaders of Spain, Italy meet as markets dropApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - MADRID — Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti said his country will not seek a sovereign bailout, though Spanish Premier Mariano Rajoy, whom he met with on Thursday, dodge...
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Toyota raises sales plan as quarterly profit zoomsAug 03, 2012 8:02 am - TOKYO — Toyota raised its sales target for this year to a record 9.76 million vehicles and reported a strong recovery in quarterly profit Friday, underlining its bounce ...
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Decline of entrepreneurship blamed for Japan woesApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - TOKYO — Worn out and resigned to its dwindling national status, Japan Inc. is said to be quietly shuffling off the world stage. But don’t tell that to Kenji Hasegawa who...
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European stocks stabilize after ECB-led selloffApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - LONDON — European markets rose slightly on Friday, recovering only some of the losses made the previous day, when the European Central Bank failed to deliver on bold pro...
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United, negotiators for pilots agree on labor dealAug 04, 2012 5:01 pm - DALLAS — United Airlines says it has a deal with union negotiators on a new labor contract with its own pilots and those from the former Continental Airlines. United Con...
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Jobs report presents mixed blessing for ObamaApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are both getting new talking points on the economy, with the government reporting the addition ...