October 17th, 2011
Home-improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. said Monday it will close 20 underperforming stores in 15 states and cut 1,950 jobs in order to focus on more […]
Filed under: marketing, reports by Fred
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October 1st, 2011
Angela Malerba, who works in public relations in Boston, carries a debit card because she likes to know when she buys something that she has […]
Filed under: finance, reports by Fred
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September 26th, 2011
Forecasters say Hurricane Hilary continues to kick up rough surf and rip currents along the coast of Mexico.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday that […]
Filed under: legal, reports by Fred
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September 24th, 2011
Boeing delivers its first 787 jet on Sunday. It’s been a long time coming.
The new jet, which was supposed to be flying passengers three years […]
Filed under: lenders, reports by Fred
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August 21st, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting that introducing eurozone-wide government bonds wouldn’t solve the current debt crisis.
Merkel also said in an interview with ZDF television […]
Filed under: lenders, reports by Fred
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July 26th, 2011
As stock markets digested news of Research in Motion
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July 23rd, 2011
Lumber producer West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is eager to boost its wood sales to China after coming off the highest export shipments in the […]
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July 7th, 2011
Better news on jobs is driving stocks higher at the opening of trading.
The government reported Thursday that the number of people making first-time claims for […]
Filed under: lenders, reports by Fred
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June 30th, 2011
The Senate has abandoned plans for a July 4 break and instead will work next week as lawmakers race the clock in an attempt to […]
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June 21st, 2011
Nokia unveiled new devices for consumers at both ends of its range Tuesday as it fends off rising competition from both cheap unbranded handsets and […]
Filed under: legal, reports by Fred
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