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Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress.
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Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose...
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Representatives from Boeing Co. and the Machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-day contract extension after union...
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A year after orchestrating a takeover of H&R Block Inc.’s leadership, Richard Breeden gave shareholders an update Thursday on efforts to rejuvenate the tax...
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SeaChange International Inc. said it expects to be profitable in the second half of its fiscal 2009 year and predicts revenue for the year will be about 10 percent...
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SeaChange International Inc. reported fiscal 2009 second-quarter results that beat Wall Street’s estimates late Thursday.
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TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. named a new chief operating officer Thursday as the company prepares for Fred Tomczyk to become CEO next month.
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Gold prices extended their losses for a fourth session Thursday as the dollar pushed higher against the euro, prompting traders to pull money out of precious metals and...
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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange:
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Oil prices closed at their lowest level in five months Thursday as a lower-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies gave traders more reason to believe that a...
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Agriculture futures traded mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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The Federal Reserve says banks borrowed more over the past week from its emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass for the fifth week in a row.
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Even as thousands of workers returned to their posts in the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Gustav’s mild blow, other storms traveling across the Atlantic...
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Jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, while companies responded to the slowing economy by producing more with fewer workers.
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Online giant eBay announced Wednesday it was launching an ethically sourced marketplace selling
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Prices of single-family homes fell in the second quarter, but at a slower rate than in the previous three-month period, an economic analysis company said Thursday.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. _ Ethanol’s wild ride has brought it quickly from political golden child to scapegoat for everything from soaring food prices and world hunger...
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Earnings results announced Wednesday by major Chinese oil companies were in line with expectations, with industry leader PetroChina’s first-half net profit...
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Companies that are considered Worldwide Olympic Partners for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which means they can use Olympic images and the Olympic name to advertise...
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Companies collected tens of millions of dollars in government contracts by claiming to have main offices in poor neighborhoods that were actually empty duplexes,...
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Companies that make recreational vehicles should not be blamed for high levels of formaldehyde in FEMA trailers, according to a report by House Republicans.The partisan...
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Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and...
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Companies that were sued over contaminated pet food linked to the deaths of perhaps thousands of dogs and cats have agreed to pay $24 million to pet owners in the...
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Companies suffered $9.5 billion in damage in last week’s quake in central China, the government said Monday.Some 14,207 companies in Sichuan province and...
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Legislation that would require prescription drug makers to disclose payments to doctors got a boost Tuesday when Eli Lilly and Co., broke ranks with the industry and...
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Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person’s predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job...
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Companies could not use genetic information to make employment or insurance decisions under legislation approved almost unanimously by Congress and headed to the White...
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In industry after industry, companies have created growth by following–explicitly or implicitly–the patterns of disruptive innovation. These...
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Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, recently wrote to 15 drug and medical device makers, asking them to disclose how much money they spend on medical education programs for...
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For years, the nation’s largest drug and medical device manufacturers have courted doctors with consulting fees, free trips to exotic locales and by sponsoring...
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Companies that borrowed money during the boom times to finance takeovers, share buybacks and other adventures are discovering that what they thought was cheap debt is...
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