Business Stories from February 27, 2012 (Change date)
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Consumer confidence up in FebruaryFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A private research group says that consumer confidence in February rose dramatically from last month to the highest level since a year ago when the U.S. econo...
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World Bank protest highlights China reform tensionFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - BEIJING — A Chinese protester denounced World Bank policy prescriptions as poison and briefly disrupted a news conference Tuesday by bank President Robert Zoellick, high...
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Aer lingus forecasts lower operating profit as fuel costs climbFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Aer Lingus Group Plc, Ireland’s second-biggest airline, said profit will decline this year as fuel costs rise and the carrier’s home market shrinks. Operating profit bef...
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FDIC: Bank earnings hit five-year high in 2011Feb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. banks are coming off their most profitable year since 2006, a sign that many have put the financial crisis behind them. The surge in bank earnings cam...
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Stocks edge higher after mixed economic reportsFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - The Dow Jones industrial average hovered near 13,000 Tuesday as uneven economic reports held the stock market's gains in check. Consumer confidence jumped in February to...
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Supreme Court hears case over suits for overseas abusesFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices sounded skeptical Tuesday about allowing multinational corporations to be sued in American courts over claims that...
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FAA wants to boost airline pilot qualificationsFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Airline co-pilots would have to meet the same experience threshold required of captains — the first boost in four decades — under regulations proposed Monda...
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Career Education to defer search for new CEOFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Career Education Corp. said it would defer its search for a new chief executive at least till the end of 2012 as the for-profit education company struggles to arrest sli...
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Activists present anti-ACTA petition to EUFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS — Activists are handing the European Parliament an internet petition bearing more than 2 million names arguing against ratifying a proposed anti-counterfeiting ...
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Cruise line: Crippled ship to reach land ThursdayFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - NAIROBI, Kenya — A crippled Italian cruise ship being towed in the Indian Ocean with more than 1,000 people aboard and no air conditioning now won’t reach land in the Se...
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