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Pension Agency Says AMR Will Seek to End Worker Pensions

The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp, which has responsibility for insuring certain benefits under private defined benefit pension plans, said on Tuesday it believes American Airlines will seek to terminate employee pensions in bankruptcy.

US agency: AMR will seek to end worker pensions

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The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp, which has responsibility for insuring certain benefits under private defined benefit pension plans, said on Tuesday it believes American Airlines will seek to terminate employee pensions in bankruptcy.
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Generics Take Toll on Pfizer, Lilly Profits

Competition from low-cost generic drugs squeezed quarterly profits at Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. but the drugmakers were able to somewhat weather those declines with help from other medicines.
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German Court Upholds Ban of Samsung's Older Tablet

Samsung Electronics lost a bid to overturn a ruling barring its local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Germany, handing a symbolic legal victory to Apple Inc in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market.
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Jon Voight Endorses Mitt Romney in Florida Primary, Claims Gingrich 'Falls Short'

Actor Jon Voight offered his support to Mitt Romney for the 2012 GOP presidential bid in front of a crowd of hundreds at a Pensacola, Fla. seafood restaurant Saturday. Rallying alongside Romney and Sen. John McCain, the academy award winning actor claimed Newt Gingrich falls short of Romney in many ways, in hopes that Romney will win the Fla. primary.
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UPS profit tops Street view, sees 2012 growth

United Parcel Service posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and forecast 9 percent to 15 percent growth this year as solid U.S. demand and growing e-commerce activity offsets an uneven global economy.
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China rare earths safe from WTO ruling on export curbs

A World Trade Organisation ruling against China's restrictions on raw material exports could force changes to some of its rare earth policies but is unlikely to yield the boost in exports of the metals that consumers want to see.
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Roche Skin Cancer Drug Approved by FDA

U.S. health regulators on Monday approved Roche's pill to treat an advanced form of the most common form of skin cancer, known as basal cell carcinoma.
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UPS sees 2012 profit up 9 to 15 percent

United Parcel Service said on Tuesday it expects profit to rise 9 percent to 15 percent this year, as solid U.S. demand and growing e-commerce activity offsets an uneven global economy.

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