Business Stories from February 27, 2012 (Change date)
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Apple expected to announce iPad 3 launch at meetingFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Apple is inviting reporters to an event next Wednesday in San Francisco. An image on the invite showing part of an iPad screen suggests it's to announce a new...
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Boeing delivers 747 to VIP customerFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Chicago-based Boeing said on Tuesday that it’s on track to deliver the first of its new 747s that will haul paying passengers early this year. Flight testing on the 747-...
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FDA adds new safety information to statin drugsFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are adding new safety warnings about risks of memory loss and elevated blood sugar to statins, a widely prescribed group of cholest...
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Syria crops sheltered in Arctic doomsday vaultFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM — Chick peas, fava beans and other seeds from a facility in Syria are among the 25,000 new samples being deposited this week in an Arctic seed vault built to p...
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Plant chief: Fukushima nuclear plant still vulnerableFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - OKUMA, Japan — Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima power plant remains fragile nearly a year after it suffered multiple meltdowns, its chief said Tuesday, with makeshift equip...
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Dow closes above 13,000, first time since crisisFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finally reclaimed the ground it held before the carnage of the Great Recession — bailouts, bank failures, layoffs by the mill...
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Investors bid to rescue Saab from bankruptcyFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM — Trustees of bankrupt Saab Automobile say they have received several potential bids from international and Swedish investors looking to rescue the carmaker fr...
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Twenty arrested as Occupy London protest evicted from campFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Occupy London protesters were evicted from their encampment at St. Paul's Cathedral in London in an overnight operation that resulted in 20 arrests. City of London Polic...
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Durable goods orders drop by most in 3 yearsFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A big drop in business spending on machinery and equipment helped pushed orders for long-lasting manufacturing goods down in January by the largest amount i...
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UN: Illegal drugs sold via social mediaFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - VIENNA — Illegal Internet pharmacies are selling illicit drugs and prescription medicines online and are increasingly targeting young people, a U.N. drug agency warned T...