Business Stories from November 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Gov’t to allow American, US Airways mergerNov 13, 2013 6:23 am - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department says it has reached an agreement to allow American Airlines and US Airways to merge, creating the world’s biggest airline. The agreem...
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Medicaid is health overhaul’s early success storyNov 13, 2013 6:23 am - WASHINGTON — The underdog of government health care programs is emerging as the rare early success story of President Barack Obama’s technologically challenged health ov...
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Legal blog seeks recognition from high courtNov 12, 2013 10:11 am - WASHINGTON — One of the most influential news outlets covering the Supreme Court sets up shop on big decision days not in the pressroom with other reporters, but in the ...
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Typhoon highlights weak Philippine infrastructureNov 12, 2013 10:11 am - MANILA, Philippines — Under a reforming president, the Philippines emerged as a rising economic star in Asia but the trail of death and destruction left by Typhoon Haiya...
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Many millions at stake at 2nd Apple-Samsung trialNov 13, 2013 6:23 am - Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The latest legal battle between the world’s two biggest smartphone makers is getting underway in Silicon Valley. Lawyers for Apple and S...
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N.Y. ex-Madoff worker kept mouth shut as fraud grewNov 12, 2013 7:34 am - NEW YORK — In the many years he spent as a trader at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, David Kugel learned that investments that Madoff claimed to be making f...
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Late-payment rate on mortgages down in third quarterNov 12, 2013 2:14 pm - Late-payment rate on mortgages down in third quarter
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Health overhaul debate snags Senate pharmacy billNov 13, 2013 6:23 am - A year after a meningitis outbreak from contaminated pain injections killed at least 64 people and sickened hundreds, Congress is ready to increase federal oversight ove...
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Prairies vanish in the U.S. push for green energyNov 13, 2013 6:58 am - ROSCOE, S.D. — Robert Malsam nearly went broke in the 1980s when corn was cheap. So now that prices are high and he can finally make a profit, he's not about to apologiz...
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Wal-Mart steps up competition for holiday shoppingNov 12, 2013 1:23 pm - Wal-Mart steps up competition for holiday shopping