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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The top Republican in the Michigan Legislature said he wants to set up a special appropriations committee to help determine how the state spends its share of federal stimulus money.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop of Rochester s..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street gave up an early gain and turned lower Friday as the severity of U.S. job losses began to register with investors.
While the February jobs report was worse than analysts' estimates, many market participants had braced for eve..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street has given up early gains and has turned lower as the severity of U.S. job losses began to register with investors.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The dollar fell broadly Friday after data showing the U.S. economy cut more than half a million jobs again last month and the jobless rate soared, which reinforced worries of a deepening U.S. recession.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The news this week that Blockbuster Video has hired advisors to explore "restructuring" options, which analysts say could include a bankruptcy filing, is bittersweet to the movie rental business's remaining indie stores.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Treasurys turned mixed Friday as investors responded to a grim February jobs report and stocks abandoned an early rally.
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LONDON (Reuters) -- Oil rose above $44 a barrel Friday, after sinking 4% in the previous session, gaining support from a weaker dollar and expectations that a meeting of OPEC later this month might cut output further.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The dollar fell broadly Friday after data showing the U.S. economy cut more than half a million jobs again last month and the jobless rate soared, which reinforced worries of a deepening U.S. recession.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks erased early gains Friday and turned lower, as a bleak February jobs report exacerbated worries about the economy, sending Wall Street to fresh 12-year lows.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) lost 35 points, or 0.5..
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Supplier of Highly Engineered Heat and Cooling Management Systems For Severe Service Applications in Energy and Defense Markets
ROSELAND, N.J., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW - News) announced today that it has acq..
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BANGALORE (Reuters) - Fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services (Bombay:SATY.BO - News) won regulatory approval to sell a majority stake in itself, but potential suitors said there was still uncertainty about the Indian company's accounts a..
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MUMBAI, India, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUN PHARMA, BSE: 524715) today announced its subsidiary, Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group Ltd. (Alkaloida), has extended the Exp..
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT - News) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a stock repurchase of up to $100 million of its common stock. Any stock repurchases may be made through open market..
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HOUSTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. (TSX-V: EOR - News) today announced the activation of the Crossroads # 202 well at the Company's wholly owned Crossroads Siluro-Devonian Unit in Lea County, New Mexico. The Crossroads #..
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lenco Mobile Inc. (Pink Sheets: LNCM - News) announced today that it had completed the previously announced purchase of the online advertising arm of Superfly Advertising Inc. (Pink Sheets: SPFL - News). Announcing..
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CHULA VISTA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:FPTB - News), the holding company for Pacific Trust Bank, announced results for the year and fourth quarter of 2008.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, First PacTrust Bancorp..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers axed 651,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest in 25 years, as companies buckled under the strain of a recession that is showing no signs of ending, according to a government report.
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Howard La waited 90 minutes on line for the chance to spend three minutes with a recruiter from Charles Schwab.
La, who lost his human resources job at Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs in November, had prepared his spiel. The Hoboken, N.J., resident told t..
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The U.S. economy continued to hemorrhage jobs in February, bringing total job losses over the last six months to more than 3.3 million, and taking the unemployment rate to its highest level in 25 years.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers axed 651,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest in 25 years, as companies buckled under the strain of a recession that is showing no signs of ending, according to a government report.
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