Business Stories from October 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Pizza Hut rethinks presidential debate stuntOct 16, 2012 7:06 am - NEW YORK — Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask “Sausage or Pepperoni?” at the presidential debate Tuesday. After the stunt triggered backlash last w...
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2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-makingOct 16, 2012 7:06 am - STOCKHOLM — Two American scholars were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for studies on the match-making that takes place when doctors are coupled up with hosp...
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Citi beats expectations after loss on brokerageOct 16, 2012 7:07 am - NEW YORK — Citigroup says it has beat Wall Street predictions for quarterly earnings after stripping out a big loss on its retail brokerage and other one-time charges. ...
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Retail sales in U.S. climbed more than forecast in SeptemberOct 15, 2012 4:30 pm - Retail sales in the U.S. rose more than projected in September, reflecting broad-based gains that indicate household spending helped bolster economic growth last quarter...
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Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-makingOct 15, 2012 8:29 am - STOCKHOLM — Two Americans were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for studies on the match-making taking place when doctors are coupled up with hospitals, stude...
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For dollars’ worth of copper farmers out thousandsOct 16, 2012 5:43 am - DOS PALOS, Calif. — Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California’s agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer’s bottom line ...
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Before Facebook, there was Manet, painting friendsOct 15, 2012 4:30 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio — Long before smartphones turned so many of us into amateur photographers and revolutionized how we depict each other through social media, there were the w...
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Occupy London activists stage St Paul’s protestOct 15, 2012 1:46 pm - LONDON — Several supporters of the anti-corporate Occupy movement chained themselves to the pulpit of St. Paul’s Cathedral during a service Sunday in an action marking t...
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How would candidates’ tax plans affect investors?Oct 16, 2012 5:43 am - WASHINGTON — With the outcome of next month’s presidential election increasingly hazy, here’s a shred of clarity that investors can cling to: The tax rates they pay on i...
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’League of Legends’ crowns $1 million championsOct 15, 2012 4:30 pm - LOS ANGELES — It had all the makings of an Olympic event: an indoor arena, play-by-play announcers, 7,000 enthusiastic fans, uniformed competitors from across the globe ...