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Phila.-area gas prices down 1 cent
Prices at the pump have leveled off or declined overnight, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. The average for a gallon ... Continue
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Court battle widens divide between United, pilots
Why and how they came to do so is central to the legal drama that is scheduled to play out ... Continue
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Builder Profits Come Tumbling Down
8:31am UK, Wednesday August 27, 2008 Britain's largest housebuilder has announced a 96% drop in profits for the first half of ... Continue
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Hold your nerve and be bullish
Investors in the UK stock market currently stand at something of a crossroads. From 2003 to last year the market ... Continue
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M&S suspends redundancy plan ‘whistle-blower’
A worker at Marks & Spencer (M&S) who “blew the whistle” on the high street giant’s plans to slash redundancy ... Continue
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FDIC may borrow money from Treasury: report
(Reuters) - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) might have to borrow money from the Treasury Department to see it through ... Continue
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US interest rates ‘not too low’
A flagging housing market and rising unemployment were behind a decision to peg US interest rates, according to the Federal ... Continue
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Heineken battles to maintain profit (Reuters)
A Reuters poll of 12 analysts had forecast, on average, operating profit before exceptionals of 965 million euros, up ... Continue
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Number of uninsured drops; poverty holds steady (AP)
But seen over a longer period of time, the health insurance numbers are not reassuring. The number of uninsured ... Continue
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Fed saw weak growth, financial stress: minutes (Reuters)
"A number of participants worried about the possibility that core inflation might fail to moderate next year unless the ... Continue
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On the Road Again
In the early 1990s, all three major American automakers started building clean and efficient natural gas vehicles. But when a ... Continue
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Home Prices Fell at Record Pace in June: Report
NEW YORK - Home prices fell a record annual 15.9 percent in June, but the monthly rate of decline slowed ... Continue
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Transpacific cleans up with profit leap
WASTE management and cleaning giant Transpacific Industries has reported a 70 per cent spike in annual profit and retained its ... Continue
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Rio Tinto result buoys its bidder
BHP Billiton's $150 billion tilt at Rio Tinto got a much-needed boost as the target unveiled a $US5.47 billion ($6.4 ... Continue
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Oil’s bumpy ride driven by dollar
Most Viewed Most Emailed 1 FAA computers causing delays 2 Spanish crash pilots' words taped 3 Russia recognizes independence 4 Clinton steps into spotlight 5 Python ... Continue
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Elan: Down But Not Out
After some discouraging news about two of its drugs, Elan's stock plummeted 70%. It's time to buy. Read more Continue
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Unisys-sign battle could hurt City Hall
It sounds so simple. Unisys Corp. wants to hang its corporate logo on its new Center City headquarters. ... Continue
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Unisys turned down on Center City signs
Unisys Corp. cannot put up its signs on the city's iconic Two Liberty Place skyscraper, the Zoning Board ... Continue
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Home prices tumble 16%
NEW YORK (AP) _ A widely watched index released Tuesday showed home prices dropping by the sharpest rate ever in ... Continue
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