Business Stories from April 12, 2012 (Change date)
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France’s Carrefour marks $29.5 billion in Q1 salesApr 12, 2012 12:34 pm - PARIS — Struggling big box retailer Carrefour marked a slight increase in revenue for the first quarter, with strong growth in Latin America just offsetting declining sa...
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Consumer agency softens fee limitApr 12, 2012 12:28 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s consumer financial watchdog agency is backing off a plan to limit big upfront fees on credit cards. The Consumer Financial Protec...
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U.S. wholesale prices were unchanged last monthApr 12, 2012 12:26 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale prices were flat in March after a drop in energy prices offset rising costs for food and pickup trucks. The figures suggest that modest growt...
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Stocks surge; Hewlett-Packard leads Dow higherApr 12, 2012 12:00 pm - NEW YORK — Encouraging signs from two of the most important zones of the world economy, the powerhouse of China and the debt-burdened countries of Europe, drove the Dow ...
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Daily Herald wins national headline contestApr 12, 2012 11:23 am - The Daily Herald copy desk won a first prize in the American Copy Editors Society 2011 national headline contest. The copy editors — who give the newspaper’s articles th...
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Sudan Halts Half Oil Output as South Sudan Tension EscalatesApr 12, 2012 10:41 am - Sudan shut down about half its oil production after South Sudan’s armed forces captured oil fields in Heglig on April 10, escalating tension over the disputed border reg...
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U.S. applications for jobless aid up to 2-month highApr 12, 2012 10:35 am - WASHINGTON — More people sought unemployment benefits last week, pushing the number of applicants to the highest level in two months. The Labor Department said Thursday ...
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FDA wants limits on antibiotics given to animalsApr 12, 2012 7:36 am - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that ...
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8 common tax-time goofs that can delay your refundApr 12, 2012 7:35 am - Waiting until the 11th hour to file your tax return suggests your main goal is just to make sure it gets done on time. But if you slip up, it may be simply a case of hur...
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Caterpillar CEO's pay package grows 42 percent in 2011Apr 12, 2012 7:00 am - The CEO of heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. saw the value of his compensation jump 42 percent to $14.8 million last year as the company's global sales grew nearly ...