All Stories from December 4, 2012 (Change date)
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Germany, France at odds over EU banking supervisorDec 04, 2012 5:30 am - BRUSSELS — Germany and France have set out sharply different visions of a new banking supervisor for Europe that they hope would better deal with future financial crises...
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Markets recover their poise as focus stays on U.S.Dec 04, 2012 5:15 am - LONDON — Markets recovered their poise Tuesday despite concerns over the progress of budget talks in the U.S. and the state of the world’s largest economy in the run-up ...
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Struggling Nokia sells headquarters buildingDec 04, 2012 5:14 am - HELSINKI — Nokia Corp. plans to sell its head office near the Finnish capital to real estate investors for $220 million as the struggling cellphone maker continues to cu...
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Saudi group sells majority stake in NY’s PlazaDec 04, 2012 5:13 am - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The investment firm headed by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says it has sold a majority stake in The Plaza Hotel in New York to a ma...
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Japan tunnel disaster shows aging of public worksDec 04, 2012 5:12 am - TOKYO — The deadly collapse last weekend of hundreds of concrete ceiling slabs in a tunnel outside Tokyo is raising calls for more spending on Japan’s aging infrastructu...
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After Sandy, New York City pins housing hope on repairsDec 04, 2012 5:11 am - NEW YORK — Facing Superstorm Sandy’s daunting toll of wreckage and displacement in the nation’s largest city, officials have put much of their hopes and hundreds of mill...
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Best bets: Lyric stages surreal 'Hansel & Gretel'Dec 04, 2012 5:00 am - Hunger games There is no gingerbread house in director Richard Jones' acclaimed and much-traveled take on Humperdinck's classic 1893 opera “Hansel & Gretel.” Instea...
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Alicia Keys goes deeper for latest CDDec 04, 2012 5:00 am - Alicia Keys will make you cry. Cry hard. That's what happened when a close friend listened to the song “Brand New Me,” a personal piano-tune from Keys' new album that sh...
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Night life events: Carlucci's warms the heart and the bellyDec 04, 2012 5:00 am - Carlucci's flaming coffee After-dinner drinks don't get much hotter than Carlucci's signature flaming coffee. It's made with Bailey's and Grand Marnier, topped off ...
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'Epic Mickey 2' builds a worse mousetrapDec 04, 2012 5:00 am - While Mickey Mouse has been the face of The Walt Disney Co. for more than 80 years, I don't think he's anyone's favorite toon. The kids in my family adore Ariel, Simba a...