Business Stories from December 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Google said to end FTC probe by promising changesDec 16, 2012 9:50 pm - Google Inc. is poised to offer voluntary concessions that will end a 20-month antitrust probe of the company’s business practices by U.S. regulators without any enforcem...
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Diet Pepsi quietly changes sweetenerDec 17, 2012 12:52 pm - NEW YORK — Diet Pepsi is quietly changing its sweetener ahead of a major rebranding of the soft drink set for next month. The change comes as PepsiCo Inc. looks to reinv...
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Could a budget fight rattle the bond market?Dec 17, 2012 5:14 am - NEW YORK — On the road and in financial markets, it pays to ask somebody with a good sense of direction. Two years ago, most of Wall Street’s economists believed interes...
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Millions face higher taxes real soon without fixDec 17, 2012 12:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Millions of families and businesses will get hit by big tax increases a lot sooner than many realize if Congress and the White House don’t agree on a plan t...
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Career Coach: Tips for staying sane during the end-of-year crunchDec 17, 2012 5:14 am - It’s that time of year when everything seems to be looming in front of us — work responsibilities to close out before year end; holiday shopping to do for our families, ...
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Work advice: Fiscal Cliff notesDec 17, 2012 5:24 am - Q: I am a government contractor. My program’s funding was cut in July, and I knew then that I would be losing my job. I was laid off in the fall. Is there any help for m...
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New York, New Jersey ponder boardwalks without the boardsDec 17, 2012 5:24 am - SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Coastal areas of New Jersey and New York that lost their boardwalks to Superstorm Sandy’s surge are racing to rebuild them in time for tourist se...
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6 top ETF trends of 2012, and the outlook for 2013Dec 16, 2012 3:16 pm - BOSTON — Exchange-traded funds remain relative upstarts compared with mutual funds. But they’re leading the race for investors’ assets, on Main Street as well as Wall St...
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Madoff trustee still pursuing assets 4 years laterDec 16, 2012 3:16 pm - NEW YORK — When he was first told in 2008 about Bernard Madoff’s epic Ponzi scheme, attorney David Sheehan had a response that now sounds inconceivable. “Who,” he wonder...
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Why efforts to stop factory fires have failedDec 17, 2012 5:24 am - About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big retailers met nearby...
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