Business Stories from August 24, 2012 (Change date)
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Court upholds block on graphic cigarette warningsAug 25, 2012 7:46 pm - RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court has upheld a decision barring the federal government from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cig...
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Drop in key U.S. durable goods orders shows weaknessAug 25, 2012 7:46 pm - WASHINGTON — Signs that U.S. manufacturing is faltering emerged from a report Friday that orders for long-lasting factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation ca...
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AP Exclusive: Romney uses secretive data-miningAug 27, 2012 7:05 am - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s success in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the costliest presidential race ever can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining pr...
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Kodak to sell imaging units, focus on printingAug 24, 2012 10:58 am - ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kodak wants to sell its document imaging and personalized imaging businesses to better focus on printing and business services as it tries to emerge fr...
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Bain documents offer details on Romney holdingsAug 25, 2012 7:46 pm - WASHINGTON — The release of more than 900 pages of internal Bain Capital investment documents by a media website Thursday offered new details on holdings owned by GOP pr...
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1st Ind. resident gets check from restitution fundAug 25, 2012 7:46 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man who lost his life savings to a financial scam has become the first person compensated for some of his losses by a state fund. Steve Brodie ...
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South Korean court rules Samsung didn’t copy iPhoneAug 24, 2012 3:33 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Samsung won a home court ruling in its global smartphone battle against Apple on Friday when judges in Seoul said the company didn’t c...
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Growth concerns haunt global marketsAug 24, 2012 10:36 am - LONDON — Signs that the global economy is weakening and that Europe’s debt crisis is still far from solved weighed on financial markets on Friday. Economic indicators fr...
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Lilly Alzheimer’s drug trial yields promising signAug 24, 2012 5:47 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly’s potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment failed to slow mental decline in two late-stage studies, but combined data from both trials showed pro...
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Britain’s economic drop revised up slightlyAug 25, 2012 7:46 pm - LONDON — Britain’s economy shrank by 0.5 percent between April and June — slightly less than previously feared — though the revised official figures published Friday sti...