June 20, 2013
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Associated Press A car drives past the Forum Business Center where two of the businesses linked to Liberty Reserve are located on Tuesday near Pozos de Santa Ana. Costa Rican police raided three homes and five businesses related to Liberty Reserve and seized papers and digital documents that will be turned over to U.S. authorities.
7 face charges in biggest laundering scheme in US
NEW YORK — Calling it perhaps the biggest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that han...
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EU leaders sound alarm on youth unemployment
PARIS — European leaders sounded the alarm on youth unemployment Tuesday and called for businesses to help solve a problem that has left nearly one in four young people in Europe without a job. ...
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World markets mixed after Japan interest rates rise
AMSTERDAM — With U.S. markets closed, world stocks were mostly higher Monday, with Japan the notable exception as the Nikkei sold off sharply for the second time in a week. The decline came afte...
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Germany’s top-selling tabloid to introduce paywall
BERLIN — Europe’s top-selling newspaper said Monday it will introduce a paywall for part of its online offerings starting next month. Main news stories will remain free of charge online, but a s...
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Associated Press North Koreans work at a factory bottling apple juice in 2012 on the grounds of a communal apple farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. A North Korean economist said that the government introduced new economic management methods in April 2013 that relax state control of workers' salaries
Korea relaxes controls on salaries
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea relaxed state control of salaries last month, a government economist said, outlining a change in policy intended to boost production by giving companies latitud...
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Canadian drugmaker to buy Bausch & Lomb
Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Monday that it will pay $8.7 billion to buy Bausch & Lomb, one of the world’s best-known makers of contact lenses, in a massive expansion of Valeant’...
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Schumer urges look at security in Sprint acquisition by Softbank
NEW YORK — Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to “use extreme caution” when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan’s Softbank, saying the Japanese compan...
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US durable goods orders rebound in April
WASHINGTON — U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. The gains suggest economic growth may be holdin...
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Jobs
From May 16 to Wednesday, the Office of Employment and Training added 65 jobs to its database for regional employers. More than 50 are listed below (in Paducah unless noted otherwise): cashier, mai...
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Associated Press A sign's lettering reads in Spanish "This is my family" above an effigy of a worker on May 23 at the entrance of the Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project facilities in northern Chile. Chile's newly empowered environmental regulator confirmed nearly two dozen violations of Barrick's environmental impact agreement on Friday, blocking all other construction on the $8.5 billion project until the Canadian company keeps its promises to prevent water contamination.
Natives take on gold miner
EL CORRAL, Chile — The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world’s highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they’ve drunk straight from ...
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