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Stocks higher as Europe nears budget
A deal to forge stronger ties between most of Europe’s economies sent stocks sharply higher Friday as hopes grew that the region is close to resolving its debt crisis. The Dow Jones industrial aver...
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Business Briefs
To thwart porn, colleges buying up .xxx sites ST. PAUL, Minn. — The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a ...
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Europe forges fiscal union, sees way out
BRUSSELS — Working almost to exhaustion and persuading countries one by one, European leaders agreed Friday to redefine their continent — hoping that by joining their fiscal fortunes they might sto...
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Borrowing increases as economy turns upward
WASHINGTON — Americans stepped up their borrowing in October to buy cars and attend college, and they also charged a little more to their credit cards. The second straight monthly gain in overall b...
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New year may bring big decrease in mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures
NEW YORK — If the U.S. economy does not suffer more setbacks, the rate of mortgage holders behind on their payments should decline significantly by the end of next year, according to credit reporti...
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Shoppers say ‘ho-hum’ to holiday sales
Sale, schmale. Used to be, customers would come running when stores cut prices. But these days, more Americans are becoming blasé about bargains. Jennifer Beasley recently left a Toys R Us in...
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Traders look to European summit
Optimism about a European debt-crisis summit this week rose and fell on Wednesday, but U.S. stock indexes barely budged. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 46 points higher; the Nasdaq composi...
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Nation Briefs
Verizon blocking Google’s new phone NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless is blocking Google’s new flagship phone from supporting Google’s attempt to make the smartphone the credit card of the future. ...
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Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail
WASHINGTON — Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40 years, elimina...
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Wary first-timers holding back depressed US housing market
WASHINGTON — This should be a great time to buy a first home. Prices have sunk to 2002 levels. Sellers are waiting anxiously as homes languish on the market. Mortgage rates are their lowest ever. ...
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