Business Stories from May 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Maid’s NY suit vs. Strauss-Kahn can proceedMay 01, 2012 10:19 am - NEW YORK — A hotel maid’s sexual assault lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in New York City can go forward to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, r...
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Facebook to make it easier to become organ donorMay 01, 2012 10:00 am - Facebook wants to help you share your organs. Users in the United States and the U.K. can enroll as organ donors via links to official registries on the world's biggest...
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Ford, GM report weaker April auto salesMay 01, 2012 10:00 am - DETROIT — General Motors and Ford reported weaker April sales, hurt by lower demand for compact and subcompact cars. Chrysler, however, posted a 20-percent rise in sales...
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Groupon bolsters board With AmEx’s Henry, Deloitte’s BassMay 01, 2012 9:11 am - Chicago-based Groupon Inc. said Daniel Henry, the finance chief of American Express Co., and Robert Bass, a vice chairman of Deloitte LLP, will become directors, undersc...
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Wal-Mart sees neighborhood leading U.S. same-store salesMay 01, 2012 9:11 am - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s bribery probe in Mexico poses a potential threat to growth in its international operations, putting more pressure on the company to execute its na...
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Illinois lowers yields on $1.8 billion general-obligation bondsMay 01, 2012 9:11 am - Illinois lowered yields on its $1.8 billion general-obligation deal by five basis points, with debt maturing in 10 years set to price 180 basis points above benchmark AA...
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Food stamp use falls for second straight monthMay 01, 2012 9:11 am - U.S. food-stamp use, which Republicans have cited as evidence of a failing economy, dropped 0.3 percent in February from the previous month, the government said. About 4...
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U.S. manufacturing grows at fastest pace since JuneMay 01, 2012 9:00 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturing grew last month at the fastest pace in nearly a year. New orders, production and a measure of employment all rose. The Institute for Sup...
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World workers express anger, gloom on May DayMay 01, 2012 9:00 am - MADRID — Banging drums and waving flags, hundreds of thousands of workers marked May Day in European cities Tuesday with a mix of anger and gloom over austerity measures...
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Nikkei down sharply as many markets take holidayMay 01, 2012 7:12 am - BANGKOK — Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell Tuesday amid a stronger yen, but elsewhere markets headed up in holiday-thinned trading amid data showing factory output in China growi...