Business Stories from August 15, 2014 (Change date)
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Stores have a solid start to back-to-school seasonAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - The back-to-school shopping season is off to a promising start, but retailers may be sacrificing profit for sales. The National Retail Federation expects the average fa...
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Judge asked to stop free college's tuition planAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Students and faculty at one of the nation's few free colleges asked a judge Friday to block the school's plan to start charging undergraduate tuition, a move...
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Sentencing panel to weigh economic crime penaltiesAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON - The federal panel that sets sentencing policy announced Thursday that it plans in the coming year to consider changes to sentencing guideli...
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Renewed fighting in Ukraine rattles stocksAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Renewed fighting in Ukraine rattled markets on Friday. Reports that Ukrainian forces attacked Russian military vehicles that had crossed the border knocked st...
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GE in talks to sell historic appliance divisionAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - General Electric confirmed that it is considering the sale of its historic appliance division as part of its effort to focus on selling more complex and more ...
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Three-wheeled Elio gets closer to going on saleAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Your next commuter car could have two seats, three wheels and get 84 miles to the gallon. Elio Motors wants to revolutionize U.S. roads with its tiny ...
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Wholesale prices in U.S. Rise at slower pace as fuel dropsAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - Wholesale prices in the U.S. rose at a slower pace in July as fuel costs dropped by the most in eight months. The 0.1 percent increase in the producer price index matche...
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Dish seen as favored suitor for t-mobile after Sprint pulloutAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - Dish Network Corp.'s $26 billion worth of airwaves and national pay-TV service, if combined with T-Mobile US Inc., would create a formidable fourth player in the U.S. wi...
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USDA issues guidelines for puppy importsAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Foreign dog breeders have gone unregulated for years, shipping puppies so young and so sick that one in four died before reaching a U.S. airport, animal we...
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American airlines settles 99% of creditor claimsAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - American Airlines resolved 99 percent of about 22,000 creditor claims filed in the Chapter 11 reorganization that concluded in November in a merger with US Airways to fo...
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