Finance
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Japanese craft beer industry returningJun 08, 2013 6:37 pm - TOKYO — Naoyuki Ide is betting that a weaker yen will drive more Japanese people to drink his locally made craft beers. The president of Yo-Ho Brewing Co. is boosting pr...
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Buffett charity lunch sold for $1 million-plusJun 08, 2013 1:56 pm - OMAHA, Neb. — A private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett has been sold for more than $1 million at auction. Compared to past years, that’s a bargain. An an...
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French president says eurozone crisis is overJun 08, 2013 1:56 pm - TOKYO — French President Francois Hollande sought reassure Japanese business leaders Saturday that the eurozone debt crisis is over but acknowledged that steps to boost ...
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Nuclear plant closures illustrate industry’s strugglesJun 08, 2013 1:50 pm - LOS ANGELES — The decision to close California’s San Onofre nuclear plant is the latest setback for an industry that seemed poised for growth not long ago. In Wisconsin,...
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IRS agents say Washington bosses directed targeting effortsJun 07, 2013 7:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are starting to see cracks in the Internal Revenue Service argument that a small group of agents in the Cincinnati office solely...
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Nicaragua fast-tracks huge projectJun 07, 2013 4:04 pm - MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua is trying to revive a centuries-old dream of building an inter-ocean canal, a project experts say could take 11 years to build, cost $40 b...
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Consumer borrowing up $11.1 billion in AprilJun 07, 2013 3:29 pm - WASHINGTON — Americans borrowed more in April to attend college and buy cars and were a little less cautious with their credit cards than the previous month. The Federal...
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Sotomayor gets another $1.9 million for memoirJun 07, 2013 3:28 pm - WASHINGTON — Being a Supreme Court justice has not only been good for Sonia Sotomayor’s legal career, it’s also helped her bank account. The justice reported Friday that...
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Sun-Times cuts back on Savage, SteinbergJun 04, 2013 12:31 pm - Wrapports-owned Chicago Sun-Times Media has been chipping away at its columnist ranks, dropping financial expert Terry Savage and reducing the frequency of a column ...
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Are Master Limited Partnerships for you?Jun 02, 2013 6:36 am - NEW YORK — Investors searching for income-generating investments are finding opportunities in the oil and gas pipelines that crisscross the country. Many of the pipeline...