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AP, Detroit
Zeinab Chami planned to save money from her part-time job and get a little more from her family. But the 24-year-old graduate student ultimately couldn’t round up...
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AP, Washington
With the economy sinking faster, employers are giving more Americans dreaded pink slips right before the holidays.
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AP, Mexico City
Does it feel like your money is shrinking nowadays? In some countries around the world, it really is getting smaller.
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s Senate has approved stricter consumer credit rules, banning lending practices considered predatory.
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AP, Beijing
The United States and China will provide $20 billion in loans to finance trade by developing countries amid a global crisis that has battered credit markets, U.S....
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AP, Mexico City
A World Bank arbitration division has agreed to consider a complaint by Mexican cement giant Cemex SAB against Venezuela’s nationalization of its local cement...
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AP, Manila
Inflation in the Philippines slowed for the third straight month in November as prices of commodities, utilities and services declined, the government said Friday.
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AP, Singapore
Oil prices were steady near four-year lows below $44 a barrel Friday in Asia as more bad U.S. economic news soured the outlook for global growth and demand for crude.
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AP, Singapore
Oil prices were steady near four-year lows below $44 a barrel Friday in Asia as more bad U.S. economic news soured the outlook for global growth and demand for crude.
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AP, Sydney
The CEO of Fairfax Media Limited, the publisher of leading newspapers in Australia and New Zealand, resigned Friday after three years leading the company.
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AP, San Francisco
A once-high-flying Silicon Valley financier and former co-owner of the NHL’s Nashville Predators was charged Thursday with fraud for allegedly bilking investors...
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AP, San Francisco
If activist investor Carl Icahn is going to profit from his $1.8 billion bet on Yahoo Inc., the billionaire needs the struggling Internet company’s stock to more...
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AP, Cholula
President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said...
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AP, Santo Domingo
Roughly 900 workers at the Dominican Republic’s largest nickel mine will lose their jobs due to high production costs and a drop in the metal’s value,...
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AP, Los Angeles
Nine toy companies, including Mattel Inc., agreed to pay a total of nearly $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit over Chinese-made toys tainted with lead, California state...
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AP, Washington
If you’re looking for a mortgage, Uncle Sam may be the only game in town.
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AP, New York
Gold and other commodities prices fell Thursday investors extended their flight from the futures markets amid more signs of economic weakness.
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AP, Washington
Desperate U.S. automakers ran into fresh obstacles from skeptical lawmakers Thursday as they appealed with rising urgency _ and a new dose of humility _ for a $34...
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A round of more than 15,000 layoffs announced Thursday by AT&T Inc., DuPont and Viacom Inc. suggests a yearlong wave of job cuts is accelerating, just as the...
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AP, Zurich
The annual list of Switzerland’s richest people shows even the Alpine tax haven’s super-wealthy aren’t immune from the financial meltdown.
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AP, London
Iraq’s oil minister met 34 oil company representatives in London on Monday to set out the ground rules for foreign multinationals’ first bite at the...
made popular Oct 13 2008
AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s oil minister will meet Monday in London with representatives of international oil companies for the first round of bidding for new contracts in the country...
made popular Oct 12 2008
AP, Washington
The government wasted millions of dollars on four no-bid contracts it handed out for Hurricane Katrina work, including paying $20 million for a camp for evacuees that...
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AP, Chicago
Two U.S. servicemen and several contractors exchanged nearly $100,000 to arrange contracts worth more than $1 million at an airfield in Afghanistan, according to...
made popular Aug 27 2008
AP, Chicago
Two U.S. military personnel and four contractors have been indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges involving Department of Defense contracts in Afghanistan.
made popular Aug 27 2008
Story Brief: TRG, Corporate Responsibility, Union Busting?, and More
AT&T, Barack Obama, Canadian Law, Corporate Responsibility, India, International Politics,...
made popular Jul 31 2008
AP, Washington
The State Department on Thursday denied charges by a House committee that it inappropriately encouraged a Texas-based oil company to strike an exploration deal with the...
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The Army has 306 generals leading nearly 525,000 troops, according to Defense Department statistics.Adding more officers with stars requires approval from...
made popular Jun 23 2008
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Clemson football coach Tommy Bowden receives more than $1.8 million a year under his newly signed contract.Bowden’s basketball counterpart, Oliver Purnell, earns...
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AP, Quito
President Rafael Correa says Ecuador wants to buy out private oil companies unwilling to negotiate new deals with his government.Correa has asked companies now suing...
made popular May 17 2008
AP, Los Angeles
NASA has picked a veteran aerospace company to develop a new commercial spaceship capable of flying cargo to the international space station.The announcement Tuesday...
made popular Feb 19 2008
AP, San Antonio
AT&T Inc., the nation’s largest wireless carrier, announced plans Tuesday to ease termination fees and allow customers to more easily change contract...
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Somebody said ‘Small is Beautiful’. It seems that companies outsourcing their work have realized this and now they are moving away from multi million...
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Following the addition of small business website for women SBA has launched a portal that would procure contracts of government agencies, large business prime...
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Central Management Services Director Paul Campbell equipped the small-business owners, in a workshop, with techniques on how to win government contracts. Campbell...
made popular Feb 1 2006
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In this April 19, 2007 file photo, University of South Carolina head baseball coach Ray Tanner, right, speaks with Clemson head coach Jack Leggett prior to their game in Columbia, S.C. The university’s trustees gave a one-year extension and $25,000...
