Business Stories from June 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Fox says it will bid for 4 Olympics through 2020Jun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Fox has made its pitch for the next set of U.S. Olympic television rights, saying it wants to bid on a four-games package through 2020. Fox spor...
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Disney to lay off nearly 250 at studioJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — A person familiar with the matter says The Walt Disney Co. is preparing to lay off under 5 percent of the employees at its studio, or up to about 250 peopl...
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U.S. bond risk highest since Eisenhower yearsJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - The risk of owning U.S. government debt is as great as any time since the 1950s with yields at the year's lows and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner locking in borr...
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Usually a job engine, localities slow U.S. economyJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — In a healthy economic recovery, states and localities start hiring, expand services and help fuel the nation's growth. Then there's the 2011 recovery. The U...
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Adult signature required on new postal serviceJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Postal Service is offering a new service that will require an adult to sign for materials received. The age-verification service — called Adult Signatu...
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French regulator bars 'Follow us on Twitter' on TVJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - PARIS — France's audiovisual regulator says broadcasters may not use promotional lines like "Follow us on Twitter" or "Find us on Facebook." Many French bloggers have ri...
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Court says Halliburton lawsuit can go forwardJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Halliburton Co. shareholders can pursue a class-action lawsuit claiming the oil services company inflated its stock pri...
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Madoff payroll manager pleads guilty in NYCJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — An employee who's been singled out as a member of Bernard Madoff's "inner circle" pleaded guilty on Monday to helping the Ponzi swindler cook the books. Eric...
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Economic concerns sink stocks for 4th straight dayJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Lingering concerns about the U.S. economy are pushing the stock market lower for a fourth straight day. Airline stocks dropped Monday after an industry group ...
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Diamond withdraws nomination for Fed boardJun 05, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond is withdrawing his nomination for the Federal Reserve board. In an op-ed piece first published on The New York ...
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