Business Stories from October 4, 2012 (Change date)
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Hershey vows to use only certified cocoa by 2020Oct 04, 2012 11:14 am - PHILADELPHIA — Candy maker Hershey is vowing to use only certified cocoa for all of its chocolate products by 2020 and accelerate programs to help eliminate child labor ...
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FTC to fine Warner unit $1M over kids privacyOct 04, 2012 11:14 am - NEW YORK — The Federal Trade Commission is proposing to fine a unit of Warner Music Group Corp. $1 million for violating a child privacy law in the operation of fan webs...
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Overdue credit-cards hit 11-year low in Q2Oct 04, 2012 10:58 pm - WASHINGTON — A report is showing that more Americans are keeping up with their credit-card payments. The American Bankers Association says the percentage of bank-issued ...
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Markets subdued ahead of Draghi briefingOct 04, 2012 10:20 am - LONDON — Financial markets remained subdued Thursday in the run-up to the monthly policy meeting of the European Central Bank and another round of U.S. economic data. Fo...
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS unite to battle larger rivalsOct 04, 2012 6:59 am - NEW YORK — T-Mobile and MetroPCS have agreed to combine their struggling cellphone businesses in a deal aimed at letting them compete better with their three larger riva...
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A phone home: NY teens pay valets to store devicesOct 05, 2012 5:19 am - NEW YORK — Thousands of teenagers who can't take their cellphones to school have another option, courtesy of a burgeoning industry of sorts in always-enterprising New Yo...
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Oil posts biggest gain in 2 months, tops $91Oct 04, 2012 1:23 pm - The price of oil is rising the most in two months after tensions rose between Syria and Turkey. Oil rose to $91.36, a jump of $3.22, or 3.7 percent, in afternoon trading...
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