Markets
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Groupon stock hits another low after 2Q resultsAug 16, 2012 4:15 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Groupon’s stock hit another low, days after the online deals company issued a lackluster quarterly report. Groupon Inc. fell 32 cents, or 6 percent, to c...
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S&P 500 creeps near four-year highAug 16, 2012 4:00 pm - AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Encouraging earnings from Cisco and hopeful signs in a housing report lifted the stock market Thursday. The gains nudged the Standard & Po...
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Old National to sell, consolidate 27 bank branchesAug 16, 2012 1:22 pm - EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Old National Bancorp said Thursday that it will sell or consolidate 27 bank branches in Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois as part of a push to become mor...
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Markets muted despite more Chinese easing hopeAug 16, 2012 7:28 am - LONDON — Markets were muted Thursday as trading levels sank in the traditional summer lull that grips trading desks in Europe and the U.S., and as investors opted to sta...
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Oil prices top $94 on big drop in U.S. suppliesAug 16, 2012 6:00 am - LONDON — Oil remained above $94 a barrel Thursday after an unanticipated drop in U.S. crude inventories and stronger retail sales helped keep near three-month high. Benc...
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Deere earnings hit by slowing economic growthAug 15, 2012 7:47 pm - NEW YORK — The effects of a slowing global economy caught up to Deere & Co. in its fiscal third quarter, as its net income rose 11 percent but fell well short of Wall St...
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State fair’s ‘Sale of Champions’ breaks recordAug 15, 2012 6:41 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The “Sale of Champions” at this year’s Illinois State Fair was a record-breaker. Acting Agriculture Director Bob Flider says buyers at Tuesday’s sale paid ...
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Stocks mostly higher on signs of economic growthAug 15, 2012 4:02 pm - NEW YORK — Signs that the U.S. economic recovery is advancing, albeit slowly, sent stocks bouncing up and down in narrow ranges for much of the day Wednesday. The Dow Jo...
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EPA to approve grain sorghum for cleaner ethanolAug 15, 2012 3:49 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. — The federal government is on the verge of approving a grain mainly used as livestock feed to make a cleaner version of ethanol, a decision officials say...
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Stocks mostly higher on signs of economic growthAug 15, 2012 10:00 am - NEW YORK — Signs that the U.S. economic recovery is advancing, albeit slowly, sent stocks bouncing up and down in narrow ranges for much of the day Wednesday. The Dow Jo...