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Official: Retirement assets down $2 trillion

AP, Washington

The top congressional budget analyst says pension plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months.

Meltdown, Retirement, Business, Washington

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Ads to the rescue as distraction from root canals

AP, New York

Talk about your captive audience.

TEC, TechBit, Dental, Ads

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300 suspected illegal immigrants caught in SC raid

AP, Greenville

Federal agents detained more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday in a raid at a chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months.

Immigration, Raid, Business, Federal

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Stocks decline as Street worries about financials

AP, New York

Stocks extended their declines Tuesday as enthusiasm over the Federal Reserve’s latest efforts to inject frozen credit markets with a dose of much-needed...

Wall, Street, Business, Stocks

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Medvedev pledges $36B more for banks

AP, Moscow

Efforts by the Russian government to prop up the country’s troubled banking sector with fresh cash injections did little to lift stock markets a day after they...

EU, Russia, Markets, Business

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Bernanke: More economic pain ahead

AP, Washington

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warns that the financial crisis has not only darkened the country’s current economic performance but also could prolong the...

Bernanke, Economy, Business, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke

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New Bibles alter form _ not word _ to draw readers

AP, Portland

Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline...

Business, of, Life, Martin Luther King

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Safeway profit edges up in Q3

AP, Portland

Higher sales at its gas stations and upscale stores helped boost grocer Safeway Inc.’s profit nearly 3 percent in its third fiscal quarter.

Earns, Safeway, Business, Higher

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Safeway 3rd-quarter profit rises almost 3 percent

AP, Pleasanton

Higher gas sales and a boost from its more upscale stores helped grocer Safeway Inc. post a slight rise in profit in its third fiscal quarter.

Earns, Safeway, Business, Higher

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EU nations step up protection of private savings

AP, Luxembourg

The European Union’s 27 governments agreed Tuesday to guarantee private savings of up to euro50,000 for one year and set guidelines on how each country could...

EU, Meltdown, Business, European Union

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Oil prices rebound after falling to 8-month low

AP, New York

Oil prices rebounded slightly Tuesday, briefly rising back above $90 a barrel after some stability returned to the shaky financial system and prodded investors to put...

Oil, Prices, Business, New York

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Stocks fluctuate after Fed corporate debt plan

AP, New York

Stocks fluctuated in quiet trading Tuesday as investors appeared to adopt a wait-and-see approach to the range of options the Federal Reserve has laid out to inject the...

Wall, Street, Business, Stocks

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Credit markets ease a bit on Fed move to buy paper

AP, New York

The credit markets saw some slight easing Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it would buy commercial paper, the unsecured short-term debt that companies sell for...

Credit, Markets, Business, Federal Reserve

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Top holiday toys span from dinosaurs to robots

AP, New York

A lifelike baby Triceratops that children can ride on, a Wall-E robot that responds to your voice, a dancing game that eliminates wires and mats.

Holiday, Hot, Toy, List

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Wall Street shows modest rebound after global rout

AP, New York

Wall Street rose moderately early Tuesday, with investors getting some encouragement that the Federal Reserve’s plan to buy massive amounts of corporate debt will...

Wall, Street, Business, Wall Street

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Pfizer continues realigning with 3 new units

AP, Trenton

Pfizer Inc., continuing its drive to create more focused business units, told employees worldwide Tuesday it is replacing its current geographic divisions with new ones...

Pfizer, Realignment, Business, Trenton

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Germans move millions into state-controlled banks

AP, Berlin

State-owned savings banks in Germany are reporting a flood of new deposits as people look for security amid the global economic crisis.

Germany, Meltdown, Savings, Banks

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Wall Street struggles to rebound after global rout

AP, New York

Wall Street fluctuated sharply in early trading Tuesday, with investors getting some encouragement that the Federal Reserve’s plan to buy massive amounts of...

Wall, Street, Business, Wall Street

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Wall Street bounces back after global rout

AP, New York

Wall Street is moderately higher in early trading, with investors encouraged by a Federal Reserve plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt from companies.

Wall, Street, Business, Wall Street

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EU raises banking guarantee to euro50,000

AP, Luxembourg

The European Union said Tuesday it will raise its minimum bank deposit guarantee to euro50,000 (US$68,160) as they agreed on guidelines to deal with banks in danger of...

EU, Meltdown, Business, European Union

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