Business Stories from March 21, 2011 (Change date)
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Report: Google ready for cell phone payment testMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Google Inc. plans to start testing a mobile-payment service at stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, letting shoppers use their phones to ring up purc...
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Airlines whipsawed by costly fuel, Japan disasterMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - DALLAS — Already struggling with high fuel prices, the big U.S. airlines now face a drop in demand for flights to Japan, a lucrative route and gateway for travel to Asia...
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Oil hovers above $102 as traders eye Libya strifeMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Oil prices hovered above $102 a barrel Tuesday as traders mulled how long Libyan oil exports will remain shut down after a third night of allied attacks on forces loyal ...
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GM to sell preferred shares of Ally for $1 billionMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - DETROIT — General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will sell all of its series A preferred shares in Ally Financial Inc., its former finance arm which was bailed out by the fe...
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Judge rejects Google book settlementMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A judge on Tuesday rejected a deal between Internet search leader Google and the book industry that would have put millions of volumes online, citing anti-tru...
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UAW chief says Ford CEO's pay excessiveMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - DETROIT — United Auto Workers President Bob King on Tuesday criticized the nearly $60 million in stock awards given to Ford CEO Alan Mulally earlier this month. King spo...
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Deal to combine AT&T, T-Mobile raises questionsMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — AT&T's surprise announcement that it plans to acquire T-Mobile U.S.A will force federal regulators to confront a difficult antitrust question: Can American ...
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What's he saying? You can fill in the blankMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Aflac is opening the field to people who want to take a quack at doing the new voice of the insurer's ever-abrasive duck mascot. Aflac Inc. will begin accepti...
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New homes are becoming a bad deal in weak marketsMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A new home, the dream of many would-be buyers, makes less and less financial sense in many places. A wave of foreclosures has driven down the cost of previo...
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Stern sues Sirius over bonus pay for subscribersMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Howard Stern and his agent are suing Sirius XM Radio Inc. for failing to pay stock awards they say are due for helping it exceed its subscriber growth targ...
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