Business Stories from June 28, 2011 (Change date)
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Geithner calls GOP debt limit plan 'irresponsible'Jun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is strongly criticizing a Republican proposal that would prioritize interest payments on the nation's debt and cut spend...
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US companies increase spending on stock buybacksJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - NEW YORK — America's biggest corporations are spending more money on stock repurchases to keep investors happy. Standard & Poor's said Wednesday that stock buybacks in t...
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Hospitals find risk factors for surgery mix-upsJun 30, 2011 5:52 am - A hospital quality group is targeting the problem of wrong-site surgeries by bringing together eight U.S. hospitals and surgery centers to find specific causes and solut...
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Obama: Congress should extend payroll tax cutJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for one more year to boost the economy. In a news conference Wednesday, the presid...
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Unemployment rises in more than half of US metrosJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates rose last month in more than half of the nation's largest metro areas, driven higher by weak private-sector hiring and natural disasters....
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United Continental flight attendants pick a unionJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA says it has won a union election at United Continental Holdings Inc. United and Continental merged last year. The election was n...
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Contracts to buy homes rose sharply in MayJun 29, 2011 4:45 pm - WASHINGTON — The number of people who signed contracts to buy homes rose sharply in May. But the influx of spring buyers wasn't enough to signal a rebound in the struggl...
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US companies ramp up stock repurchases in 1QJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - NEW YORK — American corporations are ramping up their stock repurchases in another sign of confidence in the economic recovery. Standard & Poor's says stock buybacks in ...
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Continental's OnePass plan to be phased outJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - CHICAGO — Continental Airlines' OnePass loyalty program will be phased out and moved into United's Mileage Plus plan later this year, United Continental Holdings Inc. sa...
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US appeals court upholds Obama health care lawJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - CINCINNATI — In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati affirmed Wednesday that Congress can ...