Business Stories from July 31, 2011 (Change date)
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Gap touts jeans with tacos and TwitterAug 01, 2011 11:31 pm - NEW YORK - The "1969: L.A. and Beyond" series of short videos has all the elements of a reality TV show. It has action. It has fashion. And the star of the show is alway...
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Congress moving quickly on debt and spending dealAug 01, 2011 7:15 am - WASHINGTON — Congress is moving quickly on an agreement to avert a potentially devastating default on U.S. obligations, with legislation that mixes a record increase in ...
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NASA going green with solar-powered Jupiter probeAug 02, 2011 5:52 am - NASA's upcoming mission to Jupiter can't get much greener than this: a solar-powered, windmill-shaped spacecraft. The robotic explorer Juno is set to become the most dis...
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Allstate closes bank unit as Discover deal falls throughAug 02, 2011 8:11 am - Allstate Corp, the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said it will shutter its banking unit after the collapse of a deal to sell deposits to Discover Fi...
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Kodak adopts shareholder rights planAug 02, 2011 8:11 am - ROCHESTER, N.Y — Photography pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday that its board has adopted a shareholder rights agreement designed to preserve its tax assets. The pla...
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Allstate 2Q weather beaten, but a silver liningAug 02, 2011 5:05 am - Allstate reported a second-quarter loss Monday, hammered by $2.3 billion in catastrophe losses from waves of tornadoes, wildfires and storms. Yet Allstate's numbers were...
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Apple suit puts Samsung tablets on hold in AustraliaAug 02, 2011 5:52 am - Apple Inc. won an agreement from Samsung Electronics Co. that the South Korean company won't sell the newest version of its tablet computer in Australia until a patent ...
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Weak manufacturing report ends early Dow rallyAug 02, 2011 5:52 am - NEW YORK — A see-saw day on Wall Street is ending with an 11-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average. The Dow started the day up nearly 140 points after President...
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Smirks, shrugs, shaking heads meet debt deal newsAug 01, 2011 2:22 pm - LOS ANGELES — Americans seem relieved that the wrangling over the debt limit is over. But for the deal itself — not so much. People around the country had a range of re...
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Sears names new CEO of Lands' End businessAug 03, 2011 8:47 am - HOFFMAN ESTATES — Sears Holdings Corp. said Monday that it has Edgar O. hired Huber comes to Sears Holdings from Liz Claiborne Inc., where he was the executive vice pres...
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