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Associated Press Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks during a news conference at the Health and Humans Services Department in Washington on Wednesday about the fiscal 2014 budget. The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs.
FDA finds safety issues at pharmacies
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by...
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US declines to label currency manipulator
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday declined to label China a currency manipulator, although it said that China’s currency remains significantly undervalued. The decision came in a t...
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Associated Press A Honda Civic Hybrid cruises in Saco, Maine, in April 2002. More than 1 million vehicles in North America are part of a worldwide recall for an airbag problem affecting three big automakers. Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling vehicles because the inflator on the passenger side may burst, sending plastic pieces flying. Some of the vehicles being recalled are the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Tundra and Lexus SC built between November 2000 and March 2004.
6 automakers plan air bag recalls
DETROIT — Six automakers, including Toyota, Honda and Nissan, are recalling nearly 3.4 million older-model vehicles worldwide because of defective air bags that can send shrapnel flying into the pa...
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Unemployment aid applications plummet
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to a seasonally adjusted 346,000, signaling that the job market might be stronger than March’s weak month o...
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US home foreclosures decline to 5-year low
LOS ANGELES — The number of U.S. homes repossessed by lenders last month fell to the lowest level in more than five years, the latest evidence that the nation’s foreclosure crisis is abating amid a...
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Associated Press A woman walks past laptop computers running Microsoft Windows 8 operating system during its launching ceremony Oct. 26 in Hong Kong. Research firm IDC says PC global shipments of PCs fell 14 percent in the first three months this year.
Research firm: Tablet sales up, PCs plunge as Windows 8 flops
SAN FRANCISCO — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it’s starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use t...
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Paper company takes on conservation
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — International Paper Inc. and a forest conservation group announced a plan Wednesday to protect endangered forests in key paper-producing areas of the South. The Memphis-based pa...
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Minutes show Federal Reserve supports stimulus
WASHINGTON — A majority of Federal Reserve policymakers want to continue extraordinary bond purchases to help boost the U.S. economy at least through the middle of the year, according to minutes fr...
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Research firm: Tablet sales up, PCs plunge as Windows 8 flops
SAN FRANCISCO — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it’s starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use t...
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Bernanke notes ‘stress tests’ show banks now healthier
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s annual “stress tests” of major U.S. banks have become better able to detect risks, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday night. He said the tests show that the bankin...
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