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Judge Throws Out Toyota Bellwether Case

Toyota Rolls Out Planned Job Cuts on Melbourne Plant
A U.S. federal judge dismissed on Thursday the first scheduled bellwether case in nationwide litigation alleging Toyota Motor Corp made defective vehicles that accelerated unexpectedly.
U.S. Banks: Dividend hikes, M&As on their way

U.S. Banks Woo California in Mortgage Settlement

The largest U.S. banks, eager to get legal protection after widespread evidence emerged of foreclosure shortcuts, are trying to convince California to be part of a multi-state mortgage settlement and not pursue its own aggressive deal.
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Rare, Deadly Listeriosis Outbreak: Factsheet

As of Sept. 27, 72 people from 18 states have been infected with a rare illness called listeriosis stemming from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A sign at the entrance to the headquarters of bankrupt Solyndra LLC is shown in Fremont

Solyndra Bankruptcy: Company Violated Loan Terms, But Got More Federal Money

In December, the U.S. Department of Energy learned that Solyndra was violating its federal loan deal, technically defaulting on its $535 million loan; the department, however, changed the loan terms in order for the solar company to continue receiving taxpayer funds, federal officials confirmed Wednesday.
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Blackout Probe Seeks California Market Information

The group that oversees the power grid serving the Western United States has requested potentially sensitive market information as it investigates the Sept. 8 power outage that left 7 million people in the dark in California and Arizona, the California grid operator said on Wednesday.
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UC Berkeley Bake Sale: Opposition Building

UC Berkeley's provocative bake sale by Republican students, a poke in the eye of the university's politically correct establishment that recalls the school's free speech legacy, has sparked top-down opposition from university officials and student government leaders.
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Mourners Pay Tribute to Michelle Le in Memorial Vigil

About 150 people, Tuesday, attended the memorial vigil of slain nursing student Michelle Le at Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, where Le had studied an intensive one-year nursing program, paying tribute to the 26-year-old girl.
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Yahoo Profit View Lowered at Global Equities Research

Global Equities Research has reduced its profit and estimate of Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), saying the internet firm is still losing advertising dollars on display and search properties to Google and other sites.
An online coupon sent via email from Groupon is pictured on a laptop screen in Los Angeles

Groupon Daily Deal Left Customers Stranded in Las Vegas

Internet bargain hunters from Southern California who bought discounted round-trip bus tickets through Groupon and Voice Daily Deals to visit Las Vegas on the cheap were left stranded when the buses never showed up, broke down or were hours late, according to media reports.
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Childless Men More Likely to Die of Heart Disease

A decade-long study of 135,000 men found that those who did not have children had a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who did, raising new questions over the links between fertility and overall health, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Merrill Hires from Wells Fargo, MSSB

Bank of America (BAC.N) Merrill Lynch has recruited three former Wells Fargo advisers and one former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney adviser to join its California, Connecticut and Wyoming offices, the firm said late on Monday.
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Bake Sale's Racial Pricing Rocks Campus

Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.

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