Business Stories from August 17, 2011 (Change date)
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Pentagon research agency faces conflict-of-interest auditAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - The U.S. Defense Department Inspector General has begun an audit of contracting practices at the Pentagon’s top research and development agency in response to questions ...
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Obama to issue new job creation proposalAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - ALPHA, Ill. — President Barack Obama has decided to press Congress for a new round of stimulus spending and tax cuts as he seeks to address the great domestic policy qua...
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Mexico domestic auto sales to grow 6.2%Aug 17, 2011 12:00 am - Mexico domestic sales of cars and light trucks will rise 6.2 percent to 871,490 units this year, said the dealership association known as AMDA. “We believe that insecuri...
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Fund investors yank $40 billion in one weekAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - Rattled investors pulled more than $40 billion from stock and bond funds in a single week this month as fears about the global economy intensified. The total of $40.3 bi...
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Baxter attorney said to offer lawsuit paymentAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — A lawyer in Mexico for Bannockburn-based Baxter International Inc., which promotes its global anticorruption policy, offered to pay an opposing expert in a ...
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