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Florida becomes 4th state to sue BP over deepwater oil disaster
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth state to seek da...
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Simpson and Bowles offer modified budget plan
WASHINGTON — The chairmen of President Barack Obama’s 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington’s budget wars with a revised, somewhat milder plan to rein in intractable federal defici...
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Judges’ lawsuit claims disability system ‘in crisis’
WASHINGTON — Social Security’s disability program is overwhelmed by so many claims that judges sometimes award benefits they might otherwise deny just to keep up with the flow of cases, according t...
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World finance leaders issue sober assessment
WASHINGTON — World finance leaders issued a somber assessment on Saturday of the global economy, saying the recovery remains uneven with growth and jobs in short supply. The steering committee f...
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Suitors back away from Dell bids amid PC slump
Buyout specialist Blackstone Group LP is dropping its effort to acquire Dell, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly unlikely to follow through on his preliminary acquisition offer, as s...
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Did you know a simplified home office tax deduction is on the way for 2013 tax returns? How about the additional Medicare tax? Preparing for 2013 tax returns the same month you receive your 2012 refund can feel like tax overload, but the preparation may land you more money in a year, according to two local Certified Public Accountants.
Mind your Ps and Qs on tax returns
This is going to feel like eating your vegetables first. Or perhaps it will feel like doing all of your homework and chores on Friday evening to have the weekend free. Whatever anti-procrastinat...
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Airlines battle furlough
WASHINGTON — Predicting a nightmarish air travel snarl that will stretch from coast to coast, the airline industry and the nation’s largest pilots union joined forces Friday to sue the Federal Avia...
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Associated Press People fill out applications at the Green Mountain Flagging table at the Central Vermont Job Fair in Montpelier, Vt., on April 3. The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week increased.
US jobless aid applications rise
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits increased just 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 352,000. The slight gain kept applications at a level consistent with soli...
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Associated Press Christian P. Illek, manager of Microsoft Germany, talks at the world's largest computer expo in Hanover, Germany, on March 4.
Microsoft beats Street, readies mobile devices
NEW YORK — Microsoft is working with manufacturers to produce a line of small touch-screen devices powered by Windows, apparently intended to compete with 7-inch tablets like the iPad Mini and Amaz...
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Associated Press A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck at the Spring Creek coal mine near Decker, Mont on April 4. From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel's price is marked up five times or more, offering a lucrative emerging market for the companies that ship it overseas. As the federal government investigates whether companies are unfairly bilking the treasury by paying royalties based on a far lower coal price, one of the industry's main players, Cloud Peak Energy, is defending the practice.
Coal exports at record levels
DECKER, Mont. — From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana’s wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocea...
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