Business Stories from October 23, 2011 (Change date)
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Obama to promote new steps to help housing woesOct 25, 2011 12:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Seeking to circumvent congressional opposition, President Barack Obama will promote a series of executive branch steps aimed at jumpstarting the economy thi...
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Vatican urges major economic reformOct 25, 2011 7:28 am - VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has called for a radical reform of the world's financial system, including the creation of a global political authority to manage the economy....
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Oil near $88 amid signs of Asia economic strengthOct 25, 2011 7:03 am - Oil prices rose to near $88 a barrel Monday amid signs of resilience in the economies of Japan and China and optimism about a plan to handle the European sovereign debt ...
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World stocks up on hopes of debt crisis resolutionOct 25, 2011 7:28 am - MILAN — World markets rose Monday as European leaders worked their way toward a long-awaited plan to fight the continent's 2-year-old debt crisis and China and Japan pos...
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Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehiclesOct 25, 2011 6:54 am - TOKYO — Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world's No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles by 2017 with alliance partner ...
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Sara Lee sells foodservice coffee and tea businessOct 25, 2011 6:54 am - Downers Grove-based Sara Lee Corp. said Monday it sold a chunk of its North American foodservice coffee and tea operations to The J.M. Smucker Co. for $350 million. It's...
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Wal-Mart ups the ante in holiday price matchingOct 25, 2011 6:54 am - NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, announced a new holiday price-matching strategy that aims to pull in procrastinators early by giving them ...
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Rustling costs ranchers millions in poor economyOct 25, 2011 7:38 am - ST. LOUIS — Even with cattle theft rampant in much of the nation's midsection, Oklahoma rancher Ryan Payne wasn't worried about anyone messing with his cows and calves. ...
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The IPO market, an engine of job growth, stallsOct 25, 2011 7:03 am - NEW YORK — Two companies with quirky names, Ubiquiti Networks and Zeltiq Aesthetics, made their public debuts earlier this month with listings on the Nasdaq Stock Market...
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Religion claims its place in Occupy Wall StreetOct 25, 2011 7:38 am - BOSTON — Downtown Dewey Square is crammed with tents and tarps of Occupy Boston protesters, but organizers made sure from the start of this weeks-old encampment that the...
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