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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 38 min 47 sec ago

AP - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.


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Bernanke recouped personal losses in 2009 (Reuters)

Yahoo Business News - 42 min 58 sec ago
Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's personal finances recovered in 2009, disclosure forms released by the central bank on Friday showed.
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Imports slow Q2 growth as business spending surges (Reuters)

Yahoo Business News - 1 hour 2 min ago
Reuters - U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter as companies invested heavily in equipment from abroad and the pace of consumer spending eased, raising concerns about the recovery in the rest of 2010.
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Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car (AFP)

Yahoo Business News - 1 hour 11 min ago

AFP - President Barack Obama took to the wheel of a new electric car Friday on a Detroit-area tour of the revitalized auto industry, touting his economic policies but urging the need to do more.


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Wall Street marks best month in a year in July (Reuters)

Yahoo Business News - 1 hour 23 min ago

Reuters - U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday, but Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results that offset the impact of poor economic data.


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Chrysler to add 900 jobs to midsize-car plant (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 1 hour 27 min ago

AP - Chrysler Group LLC said Friday that it will add nearly 900 jobs at a factory in suburban Detroit and spare it from a planned closure. The decision is a show of optimism that consumers will embrace the company's refurbished midsize sedans.


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Chevron 2Q income triples on higher energy prices (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 1 hour 51 min ago

AP - Chevron's second-quarter earnings tripled on better refining margins and higher prices for oil and natural gas, the company said Friday.


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IMF lowers Spain growth forecast, warns of 'fragile' rebound (AFP)

Yahoo Business News - 3 hours 13 min ago

AFP - The IMF on Friday lowered its 2011 growth forecast for the Spanish economy to 0.6 percent from the 0.9 percent it foresaw in April and warned the recovery "is likely to be weak and fragile."


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GM hikes production capacity for Volt by 50 pct (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 3 hours 23 min ago
AP - General Motors said Friday that it is boosting production capacity for its new Chevrolet Volt due to strong public interest in the electric car that goes on sale this year.
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US rig count increases by 1 (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 3 hours 29 min ago
AP - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by one this week to 1,586.
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Greece turns to military to restore fuel supplies (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 3 hours 31 min ago

AP - Greece said Friday it will use military trucks, navy vessels and commandeered fuel tankers to restore gasoline supplies cut by a strike that has hurt the country's industry and vital tourism trade at the height of vacation season.


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Cuomo widens insurer probe with 6 more subpoenas (Reuters)

Yahoo Business News - 3 hours 36 min ago

Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed six more insurers as the state widens a probe into whether life insurance companies have defrauded families of deceased members of the military.


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Chrysler profitable, no rush to IPO: CEO (Reuters)

Yahoo Business News - 3 hours 40 min ago

Reuters - Chrysler, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, would be profitable on a net basis if it were not for the interest costs of loans remaining from its bailout, the automaker's chief executive said on Friday.


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Digimarc reports wider 2Q loss on joint venture (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 3 hours 57 min ago
AP - Digimarc Corp., which develops digital watermarking technology for images, reported a wider second-quarter loss on Friday as it booked development costs for joint venture investments with The Nielsen Co.
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Arch Coal 2Q profit surges on global sales (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 4 hours 29 min ago
AP - Arch Coal Inc. said Friday it reversed losses from a year ago during the second quarter, handily beating Wall Street's expectations on the strength of global markets and a nearly 40 percent jump in sales.
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Glimcher offering raises $96M after costs (AP)

Yahoo Business News - 4 hours 32 min ago
AP - Real estate investment trust Glimcher Realty Trust said Friday a recently completed public offering of 16.1 million common shares generated about $96 million, after commissions, discounts and expenses.
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Goldman employees still enamored with firm and CEO (Reuters)

Yahoo Business News - 4 hours 37 min ago
Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is the bank many Americans love to hate, but one group just plain loves it: its employees.
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Cuomo widens insurer probe with 6 more subpoenas (Reuters)

Yahoo Business News - 5 hours 32 sec ago
Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed six additional insurers as the state widens a probe into possible fraud in the life insurance industry.
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IMF warns France on deficit (AFP)

Yahoo Business News - 5 hours 4 min ago

AFP - The IMF warned France on Friday that it would fail to meet its goal of reducing the public deficit to 3.0 percent of output in 2013 unless it made "further efforts" to curb spending.


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IMF warns France on deficit (AFP)

Yahoo Business News - 5 hours 4 min ago

AFP - The IMF warned France on Friday that it would fail to meet its goal of reducing the public deficit to 3.0 percent of output in 2013 unless it made "further efforts" to curb spending.


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