Business Stories from August 20, 2010 (Change date)
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Nearly 50 percent leave Obama mortgage-aid programAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Nearly half of the 1.3 million homeowners who enrolled in the Obama administration's flagship mortgage-relief program have fallen out. The program is inte...
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Bank of America plans trial of smartphone paymentsAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. lender, will start testing a system next month that lets people pay New York-area merchants through mobile phones instead of swip...
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Gasoline prices should fall after Labor DayAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Americans can expect gasoline prices to drop as school buses start rolling through neighborhoods across the country. With most family vacations wrapping up and teen driv...
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Regulators shut Chicago-based ShoreBankAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Reopens as Urban Partnership
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Recession hits smart-phone makers in the chipsAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The seemingly recession-proof smart phone is suffering from a side effect of the rough economy: Manufacturers simply can't build enough of the gadgets becau...
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Photographer and AP drop claims against each otherAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A photographer who took a picture that the Barack Obama "HOPE" image was based on dropped his claim Friday that he owns the copyright to the photograph, ins...
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Groupon expands to 6 markets in U.S. and CanadaAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Group coupon purveyor Groupon is launching its service in six new cities in the U.S. and Canada, the company said Friday. The concept, which has quickly become a favorit...
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BP drains oil so Indiana pipe can be replacedAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. -- BP continued Friday to drain about 90,000 gallons of refined oil from a 3-mile stretch of pipeline so it can replace a section after a 1-inch crack was ...
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