Business Stories from February 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Oil rises to near $103 amid global stocks rallyFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - SINGAPORE — Oil rose to near $103 a barrel Friday in Asia as signs of an improving U.S. economy fueled investor optimism and a global stock market rally. Benchmark crude...
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Clinton joins EU’s Ahton in supporting Syrian oppositionFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her European Union counterpart Catherine Ashton emphasized their determination to support forces opposing the Syrian governme...
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Caterpillar to build plant in GeorgiaFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - ATLANTA — Caterpillar said Friday that it plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Georgia, a project company officials say will create more than 4,200 U.S. jobs. ...
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Facebook hacker sentenced to 8 months in jail by U.K. judgeFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - A 26-year-old York, U.K. man who pleaded guilty in December to improperly accessing Facebook Inc.'s internal network was sentenced to eight months in prison, according t...
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Greece’s Papademos Says ‘Constructive’ Talks With Merkel, Monti c.2012 Bloomberg NewsFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos had talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti “in a constructive clim...
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SEC gives judge who rejected Koss accord revampedFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission submitted revised final judgment papers to a federal judge in Milwaukee who in December told the agency the terms of an earli...
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Ex-SanDisk worker to cooperate in trading probeFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A former employee of a California memory card maker has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge, agreeing to cooperate with federal authorities in an insider tr...
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Judge approves WaMu bankruptcy planFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. — After a long and contentious legal battle and more than three years in bankruptcy, Washington Mutual Inc. has won court approval of a reorganization p...
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World stocks rise on hopes for Greece, US economyFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — Stock markets advanced Friday on hopes that Greece would soon get its crucial second bailout and following another batch of upbeat U.S. economic news. Investors...
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China faces conflict of law, business in iPad rowFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - BEIJING — Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark — side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name...
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