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AP Business Headlines
BRUSSELS (AP) -- British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have offered to give away takeoff and landing slots at London and New York airports to soothe European Union antitrust worries, EU regulators said Wednesday....
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the "stuck" accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn't move....
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the government will lay out its budget plans on March 24, paving the way for a national election....
LONDON (AP) -- Nationalized mortgage lender Northern Rock said Wednesday that it returned to profit in the second half of 2009 as interest income rose and losses on loans fell....
HONG KONG (AP) -- World stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade....
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Wall Street Journal Headlines
The EU is considering a ban on speculative derivative trades, including credit default swaps, which have been blamed for worsening the crisis in Greece.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer creditors are signaling that they would rather convert their debt to equity than sell for an unsatisfactory price.
Prosecutors equipped several cooperating witnesses with recording devices to try to obtain information about targets in the Galleon insider-trading probe.
Toyota and federal investigators probed the latest report of sudden acceleration, a dramatic incident on a California highway that ricocheted around the Internet.
Bank of America plans to announce that it is eliminating $35 overdraft fees on debit-card purchases as the bank tries to stay ahead of a sweeping round of regulations.
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CNNMoney Headlines
It looks like ice -- but this ice could one day be used to heat your home.
Stocks managed gains Tuesday at the end of a choppy session as investors mulled the latest corporate deal and profit news on the anniversary of the bear-market bottom.
Federal regulators said Tuesday that LifeLock has agreed to pay $12 million to settle charges the company made deceptive claims about its ability to protect customers from identity theft.
Another big employer is hanging out the "Not Hiring" sign.
Maybe you missed your earnings target last year or your stock was crushed. But if you're a corporate executive, that might not necessarily prohibit you from earning a generous bonus.
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NY Times Business Headlines
Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient toward nonbank companies, but some advocates say that would hurt consumers.
DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.
The multiple, and at times seemingly conflicted roles, of investment banks like Goldman Sachs have also drawn scrutiny.
As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.
Customers who try to make purchases with their debit cards without enough money in their accounts will simply be declined.
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USA Today Business Headlines
The economy generated jobs at a noticeably faster pace in January, the government said Tuesday in a further sign that the labor ...


IRS Internal Revenue Service agents will be more flexible with taxpayers who have seen their incomes drop during the recession.


Q: Is it time to give up on ExxonMobil stock (XOM) and sell it?


Steep discounts are available to fliers in the next two days in what one industry analyst calls "the first big summer fare sale" ...


Consumers fell further behind on bills in 2009, causing a surge in debt charge-offs, says Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of CardHub.com.


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