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Congress Looks for a Culprit for Rising Oil Prices
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:35pm EDT by By JAD MOUAWAD
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A pre-eminent energy expert is to testify on Wednesday before lawmakers that the suspicion that investors are a large cause for skyrocketing oil prices is misguided.
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Service From Google Gives Crucial Data to Ad Buyers
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:30pm EDT by By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
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Google’s new service will allow media buyers to identify sites where their display advertisements might work best, judged on criteria like demographics and traffic.
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Hidden Sex Scenes Draw Ho-Hum, Except From Lawyers
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:28pm EDT by By JONATHAN D. GLATER
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Few plaintiffs joined a class action suit brought against the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which contained sex scenes buried in its software.
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Approval Is Near for Bill to Help U.S. Homeowners
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:26pm EDT by By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
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Congress is poised to pass a huge package of housing legislation, including a refinancing plan aimed at rescuing homeowners in danger of foreclosure.
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Florida Buying Big Sugar Tract for Everglades
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:26pm EDT by By DAMIEN CAVE
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The dream of a restored Everglades moved a step closer to reality when the nation’s largest sugarcane producer agreed to sell all of its assets to the state.
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In Overhaul, Disney.com Seeks a Path to More Fun
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:25pm EDT by By BROOKS BARNES
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The Walt Disney Company, concerned that its main Web site is too corporate and not fun enough, is moving once again to overhaul Disney.com.
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Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:24pm EDT by By PETER S. GOODMAN
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Skyrocketing energy prices are inflating the costs of living on the distant edges of metropolitan areas.
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Economic Scene: High Medicare Costs, Courtesy of Congress
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:24pm EDT by By DAVID LEONHARDT
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Medicare pays $110 for a walker that Wal-Mart sells for $60, and medical equipment makers like it that way.
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Brazil Seizes Livestock to Protect Rain Forest
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:23pm EDT by By ANDREW DOWNIE
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Officials seized cattle that they said were being raised on an ecological reserve, a warning to other ranchers raising cattle on illegally deforested land in Amazonia.
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Consumer Confidence Declines to a 16-Year Low
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:20pm EDT by By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
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A consumer confidence survey recorded its worst reading in 16 years, and home prices in April suffered their worst annual declines in two decades.
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Illinois Sues Countrywide
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:19pm EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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The state says the lender defrauded borrowers by selling mortgages that soon went into foreclosure.
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Low Mexican Gas Prices Draw Americans
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:18pm EDT by By ADAM B. ELLICK
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Government subsidies in Mexico keep gasoline and diesel prices low, leading to a surge of American “gas tourists.”
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Dow Chemical Raises Prices for Second Time in a Month
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:13pm EDT by By ABHA BHATTARAI
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Dow said that it was raising prices for the second time in a month, as well as introducing freight surcharges and reducing production to offset ever-rising energy costs.
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Bid for Australian Energy Company Turns Hostile
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:10pm EDT by By DAVID JOLLY
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The BG Group, the British gas utility, took its $13 billion bid for Origin Energy directly to shareholders, saying the Australian giant was overplaying its hand by demanding a larger takeover offer.
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Investor, a Socialite, Is Charged With Fraud
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:06pm EDT by By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
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Raffaello Follieri, 29, the former boyfriend of the actress Anne Hathaway, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with fraud and money laundering.
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A Tentative Pact for Pilots of Merging Airlines
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:55pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Negotiators for pilots at Delta and Northwest said they had a tentative agreement with Delta management on a joint contract to cover both pilot groups when the companies merge this year.
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NYSE Buys 25% of Qatar Securities Market
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:55pm EDT by By JULIA WERDIGIER
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The deal gives NYSE Euronext a lead in the race against its British and German rivals to become a truly global stock exchange at a time when growth has slowed in their home markets.
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Advertising: Citigroup Considers Repealing a Pledge, and the Slogan With It
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:54pm EDT by By ERIC DASH
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The financial giant had promised that it would no longer reserve the right to raise interest rates on already-issued credit cards.
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U.S. High Tech Said to Slip
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:54pm EDT by By ERIC A. TAUB
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A report said that the U.S. is in danger of losing its high-tech edge as jobs go unfilled, in part a consequence of too few green cards or work visas available to talented foreign students.
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Obama Assails Remarks by McCain on Offshore Oil Drilling
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:54pm EDT by By MICHAEL POWELL and MICHAEL COOPER
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Barack Obama took a poke at John McCain on Tuesday, saying that for him to talk of a “psychological benefit” from expanded offshore drilling is to define that policy as a gimmick.
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Nokia to Open Access to Mobile Software
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:54pm EDT by By KEVIN O'BRIEN
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Nokia said that it would make the software that runs its phones available to outside developers, as the company tries to head off competition and stimulate the use of mobile music, video and e-mail.
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Korean Court Clears Firm of Stock Manipulation
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:23pm EDT by By REUTERS
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A South Korean high court cleared the American private equity firm Lone Star of manipulating the share price of the former credit card unit of the Korea Exchange Bank.
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Kroger’s Earnings Surpass Forecasts
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:20pm EDT by By REUTERS
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The grocery chain was helped by an emphasis on lower prices, gasoline discounts and other efforts to appeal to money-conscious consumers.
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Kodak to Repurchase $1 Billion in Shares
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:16pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Eastman Kodak’s move to buy back about a quarter of its outstanding stock sent its shares up sharply.
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Auctions Are Aiding Sales in a Weakened Market
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 10:06pm EDT by By ALISON GREGOR
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Real estate auctions by property developers were thought to be a thing of the past — but they are back.
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Community Demands a Voice in a Landmark’s Revival
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 9:49pm EDT by By TERRY PRISTIN
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Residents of the northwest Bronx are reaching out to the private developer who will transform the Kingsbridge Armory into retail space, asking that labor standards and community space be included.
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Waning Confidence Sends Shares Lower
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 9:49pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Wall Street ended an erratic session moderately lower Tuesday as concerns grew about corporate profits and the effect of high fuel costs on consumers.
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Olive Garden Helps Its Parent to Higher Profit
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 9:21pm EDT by By REUTERS
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Darden Restaurants, parent of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurant chains, posted a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday.
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Chrysler Taps a $2 Billion Credit Line
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 9:18pm EDT by By DOW JONES
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The credit line was a condition of its sale last year from Daimler to Cerberus Capital Management.
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Charter Won’t Track Customers’ Web Use
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 8:56pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The pilot information-gathering program, meant to offer advertisers the ability to tailor ad placement based on individual viewing habits, is being dropped on customer concerns.
