Business Stories from May 19, 2012 (Change date)
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Smaller sports firms rely on informal endorsements to compete at OlympicsMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON - Provexis, vying for a sliver of the $42 billion sports-drink market, is counting on a lift from unsolicited athlete endorsements on the eve of the Summer Olympi...
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New grads find accounting beats psychologyMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Accounting student Anne Rose will already have a job waiting when she receives her degree next week. Psychology major Echo Presgraves won't be so fortunate. Rose, 22, c...
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India gets onto mutual fund investors' radarsMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - BOSTON - Investors who see opportunity in Asia's growth typically think of China first. That's one reason why there's no shortage of options for U.S. investors looking t...
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Got story? Hollywood builds tales on famous brandsMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Hollywood is known for snatching up best-selling books and turning them into big-screen blockbusters: "Twilight," "Harry Potter," "The Hunger Games," "The ...
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Farmland values surging as U.S crop-price gains spur incomeMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Farmland values surged during the first quarter from Kansas to Indiana as gains in crop prices during the past two years bolster income, according to a survey of lenders...
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Boomers' love of pets could change as both ageMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Hazel the schnauzer and Wrigley the black lab mix mean everything to Harriet Buscombe. The dogs protect her on her pre-dawn runs around her Champaign, Ill., neighborhood...
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Avoiding marriage's No. 1 pitfall: money troublesMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Newlyweds and couples moving toward marriage, take note. Love, as it turns out, is not all you need. Not if your goal is to avoid the No. 1 reason marriage...
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Can you really pick the world's best beer?May 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Every February, the superlimited release of Russian River Brewing Company's Pliny the Younger sends beer lovers swarming to bars like ants to crusts of bread. All of thi...
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China faces pressure to reverse economic slumpMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Gao Runping, who makes mechanical components for the oil industry, founded his business in the central city of Taiyuan with equipment bought from failing compa...
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Career advice for blushers and job huntersMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Q: I have a co-worker in another office who often scolds me via email and adds additional names to the “cc:” line. It is not as embarrassing as it is annoying. How do I ...
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