Business Stories from February 2, 2014 (Change date)
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Farm lobby scores again as rural-urban allies top opponentsFeb 02, 2014 5:05 am - WASHINGTON — A coalition spanning grocer Kroger to Iowa soybean growers was victorious with Congress on a deal on a five-year agriculture bill. The accord, which lawmak...
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Visa profit beats estimates as consumers boost card spendingFeb 02, 2014 3:20 pm - Visa, the biggest bank-card network, posted fiscal first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as card spending climbed. Net income for the three months ended De...
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UPS to invest more than $100 million after holiday service snarlFeb 03, 2014 9:10 am - United Parcel Service Inc. said it will spend more than $100 million to improve peak-period service after a late surge in online Christmas shopping caused missed deliver...
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Farm bill details: Costs, cuts, labelingFeb 03, 2014 9:32 am - House lawmakers approved a new five-year farm bill this week that would make significant changes to the nation’s farm support programs but also cut billions in food stam...
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Career Coach: How to get partners to listen; escaping a careerFeb 03, 2014 9:10 am - Q: I am a paralegal who has worked with the same three partners for more than 10 years. None of them exhibits any leadership skills, and they all blame everyone else for...
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Detroit seeing uptick in conventions, visitorsFeb 02, 2014 5:27 pm - DETROI — A conference of Jehovah’s Witnesses later this year is expected to draw 90,000 people to Detroit. The conference will stretch over two weekends at Ford Field an...
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Work advice: What's worse than rejection? No reply.Feb 03, 2014 10:38 am - Reader 1: I feel like my job applications — both online jobs portal and direct email submissions — are falling into a black hole. Only one organization let me know my ap...
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Subprime mortgages make a comeback as 'nonprime'Feb 03, 2014 9:32 am - Bill Dallas, whose last two subprime lenders went bust during the global credit crunch, pledges to get it right this time around. Dallas, 58, plans to offer the loans t...
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A Super Bowl economic boom for NYC? Hard to sayFeb 03, 2014 9:08 am - NEW YORK — Will the snowy New York City area really reap an estimated $600 million economic boost from the Super Bowl? Probably not. Despite such lofty predictions, spor...
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Frigid Super Bowl will affect refs more than playersFeb 02, 2014 10:16 pm - NEW YORK — Mike Pereira calls himself a California guy who doesn't like the cold. Never has. The National Football League's former head of officiating once wore a neopre...