NEW YORK - The U.S. commercial paper market expanded for a third straight week in another sign that the economy may be growing again as a two-year credit crunch eases, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday.
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Sep 03, 2009
American Apparel Inc will dismiss 1,500 factory workers who could not prove their U.S. immigration status or rectify problems with their employment records, the Los Angeles Times said on Thursday.
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Sep 03, 2009
U.S. airlines must replace speed sensors on some of their Airbus planes, parts that have come under scrutiny since the crash of an Air France jetliner three months ago.
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Sep 02, 2009
U.S. copper futures slumped to a 1-1/2 week low Wednesday morning, as further losses in global equity markets overnight continued to undermine confidence in the economic recovery and weak U.S. jobs data added to the weight of the move.
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Sep 02, 2009
Japan's Nikkei stock average slid 2.5 percent on Wednesday, dragged down by exporters hit by a stronger yen amid renewed worry about the health of the U.S. financial system.
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Sep 02, 2009
Toyota Motor Corp plans to raise production of its Tacoma and Tundra pickups to meet expected demand for trucks, and increase production of fuel-efficient vehicles through the end of the year, executives said on Tuesday.
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Sep 01, 2009
China, India, the United States and Germany are looking to replace old coal-fired energy plants, helping make up for slack overall global demand, Hitachi Power Europe's business development manager said.
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Sep 01, 2009
NEW YORK - A U.S. ethanol industry group is pushing lawmakers to craft legislation requiring fuel companies to inform customers what country their fuel came from in hopes of increasing awareness about money spent on oil imported from overseas.
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Sep 01, 2009
The U.S. Energy and Treasury Departments on Tuesday announced $503 million in government cash grants to companies developing renewable energy projects.
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Sep 01, 2009
DETROIT - Chrysler Group LLC's U.S. sales fell 15 percent to 93,222 units in August due to inventory shortages related to extensive summer shutdowns during its bankruptcy restructuring, a source briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.
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Sep 01, 2009
NEW YORK - Strong economic data on the manufacturing sector helped boost U.S. industrial shares in early trading on Tuesday, amid optimism the sector's earnings bottomed out in the second quarter and are set to improve.
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Sep 01, 2009
NEW YORK - U.S. copper futures headed higher at the open on Tuesday, recovering a portion of the prior session's steep losses, as equity markets regained their footing and manufacturing and housing data suggested the economic recovery was on track.
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Sep 01, 2009
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday as ongoing concerns over the strength of an economic recovery looked set to eclipse a report expected to show U.S. manufacturing expanded in August.
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Sep 01, 2009
U.S. consumers satisfaction with credit cards plummeted in 2009, driven by anger due to fees and higher interest rates, according to a J.D. Power and Associates poll released on Tuesday.
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Sep 01, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission will open an inquiry to examine the various technologies to block children from watching programs with sex and violence, the agency's chief said on Monday.
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Aug 31, 2009
CHICAGO - Clinics in drug stores provide care for minor ailments on par with, or better than, other medical facilities at significantly lower costs, according to a study released on Monday.
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Aug 31, 2009
Ford Motor Co (F.N) will report a U.S. auto sales increase in August and the industry may post its first monthly year-over-year sales rise since October 2007, the automaker's chief sales analyst said on Monday.
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Aug 31, 2009
The makers of Camel and Kool cigarettes and other tobacco companies filed suit in federal court on Monday to try to block provisions of a recently enacted U.S. tobacco law they say would interfere with their right to communicate with adult smokers.
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Aug 31, 2009
Lakeside Steel was granted intervenor status in the Canadian government's lawsuit against U.S. Steel on Monday, a position the small Canadian company hopes will give it a chance to acquire U.S. Steel's operations in southern Ontario.
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Aug 31, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Former President George W. Bush's daughter, Jenna Bush Hager, is set to become a correspondent for the U.S. television news and talk show
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Aug 31, 2009
Ford Motor Cowill report a U.S. auto sales increase in August and the industry may post its first monthly year-over-year sales rise since October 2007, the automaker's chief sales analyst said on Monday.
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Aug 31, 2009
U.S. copper futures sank to a one-week low below $2.80 a lb on Monday, after a sharp plunge in Chinese equity markets raised doubts about the strength of global economic recovery.
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Aug 31, 2009