Business Stories from November 20, 2011 (Change date)
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Super failure: Deficit-cutting panel gives upNov 22, 2011 12:57 pm - WASHINGTON — A special congressional committee created to try to curb the national debt abandoned its work and conceded failure Monday, the latest setback in a long effo...
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Markets cautious after U.S. debt talks collapseNov 22, 2011 1:13 pm - LONDON — The collapse of talks aimed at reducing the staggering U.S. budget deficit weighed on world markets Tuesday but failed to stifle a rebound in Europe. Stocks too...
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Tyson Foods 4Q profit falls on higher costsNov 22, 2011 5:32 am - ST. LOUIS — Tyson Foods’ net income for the fourth quarter was less than half of what it was last year, the meat producer said Monday, with higher grain costs offsetting...
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Russia stocks sink to month-low as oil declines on economy, U.S.Nov 22, 2011 6:34 am - Russian stocks fell, pushing the 30- stock Micex Index to the lowest intraday level in a month as oil prices declined for a third day amid signs of slowing global econom...
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Google Chromebook price drops amid tussle with AppleNov 21, 2011 12:29 pm - Google Inc. said the price of some Chromebook laptops will drop by as much as 30 percent, to $299, part of a push to get users to choose its software over products made ...
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Buffett says he could spend up to $10 billion on next investmentNov 22, 2011 6:34 am - Warren Buffett, who invested $23.9 billion for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the third quarter, said the company could spend as much as $10 billion on its next acquisit...
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Obama to sign bipartisan bill to help jobless vetsNov 22, 2011 6:34 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will sign into law Monday legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed veterans. The bill passed Congress last wee...
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GM to make Equinox in TN, add 2nd vehicle for 2015Nov 21, 2011 12:28 pm - SPRING HILL, Tenn. — General Motors says it will start building its Chevrolet Equinox at its plant in Tennessee next year and begin making a midsized vehicle there for t...
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Ex-Madoff trader pleads guilty in plea deal in NYCNov 21, 2011 12:29 pm - NEW YORK — A former trader in jailed financier Bernard Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to fraud charges, admitting that he faked financial s...
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MF Global trustee says $1.2 billion missingNov 22, 2011 5:58 am - WASHINGTON — The court-appointed trustee overseeing MF Global’s bankruptcy says up to $1.2 billion is missing from customer accounts, double what the firm had reported t...
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