Business Stories from June 27, 2011 (Change date)
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Google unveils latest social networking featJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Online search leader Google is taking yet another stab at social networking, this time with a project it calls Google+. The project Google Inc. unveiled in a ...
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Homebuyer Reality Check: It's a buyer's marketJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Why are so few people buying houses? One of the key reasons is falling prices. Although lower prices encourage true bargain hunters to look for deals, they can also scar...
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Oil climbs above $91 ahead of Greek austerity voteJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Oil is higher ahead of a vote in Greece to approve tough new financial reforms that would shore up its beleaguered economy. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate ...
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Obama 2012 campaign to go beyond email, textJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama is asking supporters to use Facebook to declare "I'm In!" for his re-election campaign and is using Twit...
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US court tosses water restriction on metro AtlantaJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - ATLANTA — A federal appeals panel has tossed a lower court ruling that would have severely restricted the main water source for roughly 3 million people in metro Atlanta...
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Treasurys fall on hopes Greece will avoid defaultJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Government bond prices fell Tuesday as growing expectations that Greece may avoid a debt default sap demand for the relative safety of U.S. Treasurys. Greek l...
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Chrysler challenging safety fines at Indiana plantJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - KOKOMO — Chrysler Group is challenging $200,000 in fines ordered by state regulators for safety violations found during the investigation of a worker's death at a centr...
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Former Labor secretary joins Wells Fargo boardJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao will join the Wells Fargo & Co. board this week, the bank said Tuesday. Chao will serve on the finance and cor...
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Lawmakers make another run at immigration billJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats renewed an uphill push Tuesday for legislation that would give young illegal immigrants a shot at legal status by arguing that the hundreds...
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Strong earnings from Nike lift broad stock rallyJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Maybe the global economy isn't in such bad shape after all. After weeks of worries about the economy pulled stocks down, indexes have risen sharply for two da...
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