Business Stories from June 20, 2011 (Change date)
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Boeing, Airbus bag new contracts at air showJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - LE BOURGET, France — Airbus benefited Tuesday from airlines' worries about sky-high fuel prices, winning new orders for its more fuel-efficient planes at the Paris Air S...
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McClatchy says revenue decline easing, stock upJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. said Tuesday that its revenue isn't declining as much over the past two months. Its stock rose nearly 6 percent on the news....
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Farmers, ethanol makers likely OK with no subsidyJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — The likely end of a $5 billion-a-year federal subsidy that helped build the ethanol industry will likely mean two things, experts who have followed its devel...
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IG says 133 IRS workers didn't comply with tax lawJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Some 133 workers at the Internal Revenue Service apparently didn't comply with U.S. tax laws during a two-year period but the agency failed to detect them, ...
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Crunch time looms as Biden-led budget talks resumeJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner offered a bullish assessment Tuesday of the chances of success for Vice President Joe Biden and a bipartisan band of law...
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KBR and Shell announce marketing allianceJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — KBR Inc. and a unit of Royal Dutch Shell said Tuesday that they will work together to market technology for petroleum refineries. The alliance between Houston...
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NYC appeals court sides with website on stock newsJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A federal appeals court in New York City has lifted limits on when a financial news website can report banks' stock ratings. The decision reversed a lower-cou...
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Stocks rise for fourth straight day on Greek hopesJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Stocks are closing higher for the fourth day running on hopes that a vote of confidence in the Greek government will help the country avoid a default. The S&P...
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A twist in Obama's health care lawJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government numb...
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Ky. distilleries rapidly expand amid bourbon boomJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — At the new Wild Turkey bourbon distillery in central Kentucky, the grainy smell of fermenting corn wafts from giant tubs as workers add a touch of gr...