Business Stories from September 25, 2011 (Change date)
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Mr. and Mrs. Average usurp fashionistas, fuel luxury spendingSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - Fashion enthusiasts are cutting back. The shoppers that make up the top 5 percent of annual purchases reduced spending on luxury apparel and accessories by 22 percent in...
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California group seeks to interest blacks in farmingSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - FRESNO, Calif. — As the sun rises on tilled soil on the outskirts of Fresno, Calif., Mori Vance bends to pick black eyed peas, then disappears among towering okra bushes...
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‘Buffett rule’ on U.S. taxes easier said than doneSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - Turning the “Buffett rule” proposed by President Barack Obama from a political concept into real-world tax policy aimed at the highest-earning U.S. households will prove...
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Payments to health professionalsSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - A breakdown of disclosed payments made in 2009, 2010 and early 2011 by 10 pharmaceutical companies to health professionals in each state, plus Puerto Rico and the Distri...
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In the U.S., 2 housing markets and 2 directionsSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - In the U.S., it’s starting to feel as if there are two housing markets. One for the rich and one for everyone else. Consider foreclosure-ravaged Detroit. In the historic...
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Water proposal could devastate Texas rice industrySep 25, 2011 5:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas — South Texas rice farmers got some extra time to plan next year’s crops — and pray for rain — under a drought response compromise approved Wednesday by th...
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Islamic finance industry needs more MBAsSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - A Bahraini group that sets standards for Islamic finance in 45 countries is helping universities start Shariah-compliant business courses to avert a shortage of experts ...
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Fund investments in bank stocks key to performanceSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - There are plenty of reasons to worry when it comes to investing in big banks. Investors are still gun-shy three years after the subprime mortgage crisis and credit crun...
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Saudi arabia has huge unconventional gas potential, nasser saysSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - Saudi Arabia has a huge unconventional gas potential, the vice-president of upstream operations for state-owned Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser said today in Bahrain. Saudi Ar...
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King Abdullah Gives Saudi Women Right to Vote for First Time c.2011 Bloomberg NewsSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia has given women the right to vote for the first time in its modern history as part of changes King Abdullah today said will allow th...