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News Corp. approves plans to split business
LOS ANGELES — News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-r...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Bank teller Ali Wright counts out money for a customer at the drive through window Thursday at Paducah Bank's Southside location on Bridge Street. Although new changes in online banking and mobile banking options may be cutting into the need for bank tellers at branches in larger markets, banks in the area haven't seen that trend.
Bank teller positions secure
Mobile remote deposit capture — which allows a bank customer to put money into an account by taking a picture of a check — is already available for Independence Bank customers. Mobile apps for s...
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Agriculture: Tops nation’s most perilous profession list
MILWAUKEE — Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family’s dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the mil...
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Urban renewal: US cities showing strong growth
WASHINGTON — Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation’s largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year. ...
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Associated Press People line up for entry to a job fair on April 4 in Montpelier, Vt. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday.
Applications for national unemployment aid drop
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth. The less volatile four-w...
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New home sales rise 2.3 percent for April
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering....
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Average credit card debt, late payments fall in 1st quarter
LOS ANGELES — Americans got better about paying their c redit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday se...
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Associated Press Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs permanent subcommittee on investigations. The hearing examined the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code.
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook faces Senate questions
WASHINGTON — The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries hel...
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People and Business
Stacy Thomas was named youth service center coordinator at McCracken County High School. Thomas has worked as director of education and workforce development for the Paducah Area Chamber of Comm...
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Tableau Software soars in trading debut
NEW YORK — Tableau Software shares soared in their trading debut Friday after the company and some of its investors raised about $254.2 million in its initial public offering. Seattle-based Tabl...
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