Business Stories from December 31, 2014 (Change date)
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2014: A year of battle lines drawn over dinnerJan 01, 2015 6:57 am - Have you picked a side yet? If not, you'd better think fast, because the battle lines are being drawn and they cut right down the dinner table. For if there was any them...
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Average US 30-year mortgage rate edges up to 3.87%Dec 31, 2014 5:14 pm - WASHINGTON - Average U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week, but the benchmark 30-year rate stayed near a 19-month low. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the nationwi...
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Bull market for stocks keeps on going in 2014Jan 01, 2015 6:57 am - Stocks delivered again in 2014. Even after a poor start in January and wobbles in October and December, the U.S. market climbed 11.4 percent and ended the year close to...
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Ghost town: As Lithuania joins euro, concern over brain drainDec 31, 2014 10:50 am - VILNIUS, Lithuania - When Antanas Zubavicius turns the light on in his rundown house, it's the only light for miles. He is the last man in Dumbliuneliai, a once busy far...
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China's manufacturing contracts in DecemberDec 31, 2014 8:00 am - BEIJING - A survey of Chinese manufacturers has found their activity contracted in December in a new sign the world's second-largest economy is slowing despite governmen...
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Applications for US jobless aid rise, but growth looks solidDec 31, 2014 1:56 pm - WASHINGTON - More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the number of applications continues to be at historically low levels that suggest solid economic...
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Poll: Americans support listing calories on menusJan 01, 2015 6:57 am - WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans say they already have enough information at restaurants to decide whether they are making a healthy purchase. But they want even...
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Stocks post sixth straight year of gainsDec 31, 2014 4:12 pm - NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended a strong 2014 with moderate declines Wednesday. Even with the losses, the Standard & Poor's 500 index finished the year up 11.4 percent, or ...
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Uber prices to surge again this New Year's EveJan 01, 2015 6:57 am - NEW YORK - New Year's Eve: It's the day to overpay for everything from that glass of flat Champagne to the impossibly high heels you'll wear just once, to - once again -...
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France drops its super tax on millionairesDec 31, 2014 1:56 pm - PARIS - It was supposed to force millionaires to pay tax rates of up to 75 percent: "Cuba without the sun," as described by a critic from the banking industry. Socialist...
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