All Stories from January 2, 2013 (Change date)
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Avis buying Zipcar in deal worth nearly $500 millionJan 02, 2013 5:38 am - PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Avis is buying Zipcar for $491.2 million, expanding its offerings from traditional car rentals to car sharing services. Car sharing has become a popu...
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Markets rally after US ‘fiscal cliff’ dealJan 02, 2013 5:37 am - LONDON — Markets breathed a huge sigh of relief Wednesday that U.S. lawmakers agreed on a budget deal that will stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax inc...
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French panel overturns 75 percent tax on ultrarichJan 02, 2013 5:30 am - PARIS — Embattled French President Francois Hollande suffered a fresh setback when France’s highest court threw out a plan to tax the ultrawealthy at a 75 percent rate, ...
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China tainted-chicken probe may hurt profitJan 02, 2013 5:30 am - New Hope Liuhe Co., China’s biggest poultry meat producer, said sales and profits may be affected after a media report said one of its subsidiaries supplied broiler chic...
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Ford brand tops 2 million sales in U.S. for second straight yearJan 02, 2013 5:30 am - Ford Motor Co.’s namesake brand will top 2 million vehicles in U.S. sales this year and its Focus compact car was the top-selling model line worldwide through September,...
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Kids ask about history of droughtsJan 02, 2013 5:14 am - “What was the biggest drought in the world?,” asked students in Jen Janik’s third grade class at Big Hollow Elementary School in Ingleside. Drought is a weather conditio...
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Paper Mario, Prof. Layton keep 3DS hummingJan 02, 2013 5:00 am - While some kids may have found the new Wii U under the Christmas tree, some of the season's most absorbing Nintendo games are available on its other system, the portable...
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Best bets: See Wheeling native Voigt in 'Les Troyens'Jan 02, 2013 5:00 am - Trojan epic Wheeling native and soprano Deborah Voigt stars as Cassandra while mezzo-soprano Susan Graham stars as Dido in the epic Berlioz opera “Les Troyens,” scr...
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Aurora murder-free for first time since 1946Jan 02, 2013 5:00 am - Aurora made it through an entire calendar year in 2012 without a murder for the first time since 1946 and police Chief Greg Thomas says it's an indication the state's se...
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Novel draws on jazz legend's musicJan 02, 2013 5:00 am - Buddy Bolden is a jazz legend whose powerful, original sound at the turn of the last century was so enthralling that some now call him the first big star of that lively ...