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CANNES, FRANCE

Filed under: economics, marketing by Fred
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U.S. builders spent slightly more in September on home construction, partially offsetting losses in public schools, roads and government offices.
Construction spending rose 0.2 percent in […]

Filed under: USA, management by Fred
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Drugmaker Merck & Co. says its third-quarter profit soared from results a year-ago quarter that were weighed down by huge acquisition and legal charges.
The maker […]

Filed under: mortgage, online by Fred
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OTTAWA

Filed under: Credits, lenders by Fred
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi has summoned his Cabinet to discuss growth measures demanded by the European Union to help save the eurozone from its debt crisis.
The […]

Filed under: Uncategorized, economics by Fred
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Union Pacific says its third-quarter earnings rose 16 percent as the railroad charged higher prices to offset slower growth in shipments and higher fuel costs.
The […]

Filed under: UK, lenders by Fred
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As soon as the last pitch was thrown Sunday night, screen printers on stand-by around St. Louis sprung to action.
They pulled all-nighters in the race […]

Filed under: finance, mortgage by Fred
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A Libyan spokesman said Wednesday that revolutionary forces have captured some fighters close to one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons in the fugitive leader’s hometown but […]

Filed under: legal, marketing by Fred
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Stocks are closing with a late afternoon rally on reports that European officials were working on a plan to prop up the region’s struggling banks.
The […]

Filed under: business, technology by Fred
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Only about one-third of chief executives of the nation’s largest companies expect to hire or spend more in the next six months, down sharply from […]

Filed under: USA, economics by Fred
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