Business Stories from June 14, 2011 (Change date)
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Greek anti-austerity protesters clash with policeJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - ATHENS, Greece — Groups of youths on the edge of a major anti-austerity protest in Athens threw rocks and firebombs at police outside Parliament, where the struggling g...
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Republicans dodge farm subsidy cutsJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans have quietly maneuvered to prevent a House spending bill from chipping away at federal farm subsidies, instead forging ahead with much larger c...
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Obama signs initiative to promote business in U.S.Jun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has issued an executive order setting up a government project to retain and attract business to the United States. The program will ...
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Police: US Airways employee stowed away on flightJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH — Authorities say a US Airways employee was arrested in Pittsburgh after allegedly stowing away on an earlier flight from Florida to North Carolina. Alleghen...
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Consumer prices rise by smallest in 6 monthsJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Americans paid more for food, cars and clothing in May. But overall consumer prices rose by the smallest amount in six months, slowed by the first drop in e...
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Quiet China giant embodies technology aspirationsJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - SHENZHEN, China — China's quietest multibillion-dollar Chinese success story began when a former soldier founded a company in the 1980s to sell imported phone switches....
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Pandora shares soar in first day of tradingJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — The shares of popular but unprofitable Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc. soared more than 50 percent in its market debut Wednesday, adding to the IPO ...
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China increases holdings of US Treasury securitiesJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury debt, boosted its holdings in April, the first increase after five straight declines. The Treasury Department said...
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Dolby sues Blackberry maker RIM over patentsJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Dolby International, a unit of audio equipment maker Dolby Laboratories Inc., is suing Research In Motion Ltd. for patent infringement in the U.S. and G...
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German E. coli patients continue to decreaseJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - BERLIN — Germany's national disease control center says the number of new illnesses reported in the E. coli outbreak is down to a handful. The Robert Koch Center said n...
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