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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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Report: Virgin America best US airline last year
WASHINGTON — Virgin America did the best job for its customers among leading U.S. airlines last year, a report said Monday, as carriers overall had their second best performance in the more than th...
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Associated Press Elena Baptista (left) serves a meal to her daughter Vania, 12, son Joao, 7, and husband Pedro (partially seen on the right) in their house's kitchen/living room on March 29 in Loures, outside Lisbon. The Baptista family counts itself among the casualties of an unrelenting financial crisis that is squeezing the life out of some European Union economies, including Portugal.
Pain bites into Portuguese life as crisis deepens
LISBON, Portugal — Serving a frugal lunch in their kitchen not much bigger than a bathroom, Pedro and Elena Baptista spoon stewed chicken feet onto their boiled potatoes and leave the slightly meat...
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Earnings reports begin as stocks edge higher
NEW YORK — Investors are having a hard time making up their minds. The stock market extended its longest period of indecision in nearly 15 years Monday. For nearly three weeks, the Dow Jones ind...
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