Business Stories from December 30, 2013 (Change date)
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Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year endDec 30, 2013 5:42 pm - WASHINGTON — In an almost annual ritual, Congress is letting a package of 55 popular tax breaks expire at the end of the year, creating uncertainty — once again — for mi...
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Holiday shutdown unsettles coal minersDec 30, 2013 3:51 pm - FARMERSVILLE, Ill. — Just days before Christmas, Jeremy Jones was out of work — along with nearly 200 of his co-workers at a central Illinois coal mine. The timing was m...
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Stocks barely budge in quiet end-of-year tradingDec 30, 2013 3:22 pm - NEW YORK — The stock market ended a quiet Monday mostly where it began as investors shut their books for what has been an extraordinary year on Wall Street. Traders had...
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Feds announce test sites for drone aircraftDec 30, 2013 1:03 pm - LAS VEGAS — The Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanne...
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Home electricity use in US falling to 2001 levelsDec 30, 2013 1:01 pm - NEW YORK — The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels last seen more than a decade ago, back when the smartest device in people’s pock...
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Mondelez sells Snackwell’s brand; no termsDec 30, 2013 12:57 pm - NEW YORK — Oreo and Ritz cracker maker Mondelez is selling its Snackwell’s cookies and snacks business to Back to Nature Foods, a company controlled by private equity fi...
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Federal health care sign-ups pass 1 million markDec 30, 2013 6:00 am - The government's rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark, the Obama administrat...
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The world braces for retirement crisisDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of all ages. Spawned years before the Great Recession and the 2008 financial meltdown, the crisis was significantl...
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The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind SloveniaDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - Back in the 1970s, Americans typically lived longer than people in other countries. Not anymore: A new report out from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Deve...
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Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stampDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — For more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images...
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