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ADAM SHULL | The Sun Robbie Kelley, foreground, bends metal piping to make it ready to be part of the electrical system at the new Midtown Market on Broadway Thursday. Kelley is an electrician for Jay's Electric in Benton. In the background, Jack Dannenmueller works on some dry wall.
Market plans
Where unpainted boards were nailed together, Andy Carloss saw checkout counters. Where construction workers cut plywood and bent metal poles, Carloss saw a line of customers waiting on a fresh s...
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Nasdaq cracks 3,000, but stocks fall
The Nasdaq composite index briefly broke through 3,000 on Wednesday for the first time since the collapse in dot-com stocks more than a decade ago. Stocks ended lower, but it was still the best Feb...
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Budgets balancing gasoline hikes
NEW YORK — The price of gas has jumped 45 cents since Jan. 1 and is the highest on record for this time of year, an average of $3.73 a gallon. On Wall Street, talk has turned from the European debt...
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Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook posts NEW YORK — Messages from brands such as Walmart and Starbucks may soon be mixed in with your Facebook status updates and baby photos from friends and ...
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Gas rises again even as signs point to slow demand
Associated Press NEW YORK — Gas prices rose for the 22nd straight day on Wednesday, even as evidence grew that drivers are using less fuel. Drivers nationwide are now paying an average of $3....
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Dow closes above 13K, 1st time since ’08
The Dow Jones industrial average rode a surge of confidence in the economy Tuesday to close above 13,000, a threshold it last crossed four months before the financial crisis of 2008 and the darkest...
Feb 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Automakers race to keep up sales
DETROIT — Auto sales are growing so fast that Detroit can barely keep up. Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of cars and trucks are surging. Sales could exceed 14 m...
Feb 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Close but not quite for the Dow in push for 13,000
The Dow Jones industrial average narrowly missed 13,000. Again. A burst of selling at the closing bell drove the Dow lower after it hovered around the milestone for most of the afternoon. The av...
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Sales contracts for homes rose in January
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes rose in January to the highest level in nearly two years, supporting the view that the housing market is gradually coming back...
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Buffett says newspapers need to charge online
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett says newspapers need to stop giving away their product for free online, but they will have a decent future if they continue delivering information that can’t be found e...
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