Business Stories from August 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Markets in wait-and-see modeAug 02, 2012 6:45 am - LONDON — Financial markets were in a tentative mood Thursday as investors waited to hear what the European Central Bank plans to do to get on top of the continent's cri...
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Oil rises a second day as u.S. Inventories declineAug 02, 2012 6:19 am - Oil rose for a second day in New York as the European Central Bank meets to discuss the bloc’s debt crisis, while U.S. fuel stockpiles shrank. Futures advanced as much a...
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Mass.-based Hologic plans to close Wis. plantAug 02, 2012 6:18 am - MADISON, Wis. — A Massachusetts company that makes medical devices says it plans to close a Wisconsin manufacturing plant in the next few years, eliminating 130 jobs. Ho...
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Immigrants prove big business for prison companiesAug 02, 2012 6:18 am - MIAMI — The U.S. is locking up more illegal immigrants than ever, generating lucrative profits for the nation’s largest prison companies, and an Associated Press review ...
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Bank of England holds off new economic stimulusAug 02, 2012 6:16 am - LONDON — The Bank of England has held its key lending rate at the all-time low of 0.5 percent for the 42nd month and announced no new investment in its economic stimulus...
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Gov’t report: Tax cheats getting paid by MedicaidAug 02, 2012 6:13 am - WASHINGTON — Thousands of Medicaid health care service providers still got paid by the government even though they owed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal taxes,...
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Sony’s loss grows, cuts earnings forecastAug 02, 2012 6:12 am - TOKYO — Sony’s red ink worsened in the April-June quarter and it lowered its full-year earnings forecast as it battles a strong yen and declining sales of liquid crystal...
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In Senegalese shoe capital, Chinese not welcomeAug 02, 2012 6:10 am - NGAYE MEKHE, Senegal — It has taken generations for cobblers in this village to perfect the pointy-toed slippers once favored by local kings, and now considered an indis...
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