Business Stories from July 25, 2011 (Change date)
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Ford says 2Q profit falls as costs riseJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - DEARBORN, Mich.— Ford Motor Co. says its second-quarter profit dropped slightly as higher sales were offset by the cost of developing new products and expanding sales in...
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Recusal policy reveals oil industry-gov't tiesJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Documents obtained by the Associated Press show that ties between the offshore oil industry and government regulators persist — even after the Obama adminis...
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Ex-investment manager convicted in NYCJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A jury has convicted a former investment manager known as Wall Street's "bad boy" in a $140 million scheme. The verdict against Ross Mandell came Tuesday. The...
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UPS sticks with its outlook as 2Q earnings riseJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK— UPS said on Tuesday that the sluggish U.S. economy will continue to impact its results, but it will grow earnings by raising prices and improving volume overse...
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Babbitt blasts 'radical' GOP bill on public landsJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is blasting as "radical" a Republican proposal to open up more than 50 million acres of public lands to logging and ...
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McDonald's: Apple slices in every Happy MealJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp. is adding apples to all its Happy Meals and launching a nutrition-focused mobile phone app as part of a broader health push. The changes underscore how ...
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Earnings up for Jewel-Osco parent SupervaluJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 10 percent on cost-cutting, evidence that the grocery chain's turnaround plan appears to be bearing fruit. E...
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Spring buying gives housing market temporary liftJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Home prices rose for the second straight month in most major U.S. cities and are stabilizing after years of declines. But analysts say the trend in prices h...
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Whirlpool can change Maytag retirees' benefitsJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge has ruled that Whirlpool can change benefits for about 3,000 people who had retired from Maytag. Whirlpool bought Maytag in 2006 and ...
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Investors selling dollars as debt fracas continuesJul 25, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — The dollar slid Tuesday as U.S. politicians remained divided over how to raise the government's ability to borrow, with a key deadline a week away. The dollar...