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Dole recalls bagged salad for salmonella
MONTEREY, Calif. — Dole Food Co. said late Saturday that its fresh vegetables division is recalling 756 cases of bagged salad, because they could be contaminated with salmonella. The bags of Sev...
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Associated Press Sen. Max Baucus (left) reaches across the table to shake hands with Rep. Fred Upton, after bi-partisan House and Senate conferees signed a compromise agreement on the payroll tax cut extension. Democrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this week in April 2012 on competing tax plans that they know are doomed from the start. But little does that matter to either party.
Political fights ahead over dueling tax plans
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this coming week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smaller businesses, and they know the proposals are doomed ...
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China’s economic growth nears 3-year low
BEIJING — China’s declining economic growth fell to its lowest level in nearly three years in the first quarter, but analysts said it should rebound in coming months. The world’s second-biggest ...
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun Scott Jones, a sales professional, plugs an extension cord into a 2012 Chevrolet Volt at Country Chevrolet in Benton.
Car sales not so electric
Through March, the recovery in the American auto industry didn’t include a surge of electric car sales. In western Kentucky, electric cars such as the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf have been slow t...
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Bank reports point to a healing housing market
NEW YORK — Earnings reports from two major banks Friday painted a picture of a healing housing market, with more Americans taking out mortgages, paying them on time and taking advantage of low inte...
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Associated Press A group of nearly 50 people look on as the town of Buford, Wyo., is auctioned for $900,000 to Vietnamese businessman Pham Dinh Nguyen on April 5.
Vietnam man buys little piece of American dream
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese businessman Pham Dinh Nguyen flew to the U.S. for the first time, drove to a tiny, frigid trading outpost and bought his own piece of the American dream: Buford, Wyoming...
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Best Buy’s departed Dunn joins list of troubled CEOs
NEW YORK — Innocent until proven guilty? Maybe not if the defendant is a CEO and the jury is a company’s board of directors. Best Buy’s CEO Brian Dunn resigned this week after the retailer’s boa...
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Detroit sees Whole Foods as proof of city progress
DETROIT — A city infamous for its unemployment, decay, crime and population loss would seem an odd place for an upscale natural and organic grocery chain to plant roots, but yuppie favorite Whole F...
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Associated Press JPMorgan Chase, the nation's biggest bank, earned more in the first three months of the year than Wall Street analysts were expecting as mortgage lending increased.
Wells Fargo beats earnings expectations
NEW YORK — Wells Fargo’s profit jumped 13 percent in the first three months of the year, thanks to strong mortgage lending and a drop in delinquent loans, the bank said Friday. Net income availa...
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