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Breaking News Thu, 2 Sep 2010
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.
Business   Economy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Retailing  
 The New York Times 
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
| Back-to-school season started off on sale, with retailers receiving new merchandise in August, and then marking it down to get it out the door. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press | Shoppers at Macy’s ... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)
Skype
Computer   Health   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Skype  
 CBC 
Skype surges as TV interview tool
Barbara Walters, shown on screen at back, gave a health update to her View co-hosts via Skype earlier this summer. Shown from left are Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselb... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Eggs  Post-Bulletin 
Egg recall benefits smaller producers
Tweet | 9/2/2010 7:00:07 AM By Laura Horihan | The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN | Egg recall recap | • No deaths have been reported due to the contaminated eggs, but the number of illnesses - whic... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Food   Health   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: Egg (food)  
Passers-by are reflected on an electronic market board of a private securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average ended Monday morning session, up 203.20 points to 8,120  Breitbart 
Asia stocks gain on brighter US manufacturing data
| Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange... | Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange... | TOKYO (AP) - Asian stock markets... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Asia   Photos   Stock   Trading   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
Top Stories
US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the United States Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, on Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, as a new US military mission in Iraq was launched ending seven years of combat. The Star
Biden says Iraq close to forming government
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in Iraq to mark the end of U.S. combat operations, said on Wednesday he believed Iraqis were close to forming a ne... (photo: AP / Jim Watson Pool)
Iraq   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
A New York City police officer stands outside the Armed Forces recruitment center, Sunday, May 2, 2010 in New York's Times Square. The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the failed car bomb attack in Times Square in New York City. The Star
U.S. adds Pakistan Taliban to terror list
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday formally added the Pakistani Taliban to its blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations subject to travel and eco... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
Pakistan   Photos   Taliban   US   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
The headquarters of Lehman Brothers is shown in this, June 11, 2007 file photo in New York. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the No. 4 investment bank, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007 said third-quarter profits fell less than expected, as strength in stock trading and investment banking offset losses from the struggling mortgage m The New York Times
Fuld Says Lehman Was Denied the Help Its Rivals Received
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal regulators did not give the investment firm Lehman Brothers the same assistance as its competitors, knocking out the possibility of... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan, file)
Company   Financial Crisis   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers  
An unidentified person looks at job postings at the Northeast WorkSource Center in East Los Angeles on Friday, April 17, 2009. Asia Times
Jobs deficit lays bare failure of Obamanomics
|      Sep 2, 2010 Jobs deficit lays bare failure of Obamanomics | By Peter Morici | With thousands of young college graduates moving in with parents ... (photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes)
Economy   Jobs   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Jobless claims  
This aerial view of the river entrance of the Pentagon shows some of the ongoing renovation that will continue for several more years. Asia Times
Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit
|      Sep 2, 2010 Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit | By Pratap Chatterjee | WASHINGTON - Military auditors failed to complete an audit of the bu... (photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway.)
Finance   Military   Pentagon   Photos   Wikipedia: The Pentagon  
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Mayflower Hotel after his arrival in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The New York Times
Stop the War Talk
| The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, purportedly to be part of the Obama administration’s relaunch of peace negotiations. But the urgen... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Iran   Israel   Photos   War   Wikipedia: IranIsrael relations  
A businessman looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, showing the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged 413.14 points, or 5.22 percent, to 8,323.93 Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. Breitbart
LEAD: Tokyo stocks rise as U.S. manufacturing data eases economic worries+
worries+ (AP) - TOKYO, Sept. 2 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) | Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning, bolstered by an overnight jump on Wall Street, as stron... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Manufacturing   Nikkei   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
A man walks past an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gained 207.75 points, or 2.7 percent, to close at 7,910.79 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, after losing nearly 7 percent the day before. Breitbart
Tokyo stocks rise as U.S. manufacturing data eases economic worries+
TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning, bolstered by an overnight jump on Wall Street, as stronger-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data ea... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Manufacturing   Nikkei   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
In this July 15, 2010 photograph, trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange m&c
Wall Street up on economic growth, manufacturing data
| New York - Stocks rose Wednesday on Wall Street, following world markets higher on economic growth in Australia and US manufacturing data. | The Institute for Supply Ma... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Economy   Manufacturing   Photos   WallStreet   Wikipedia: New York Stock Exchange  
Dave Vail with Kellogg Capital Markets LLC works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 16, 2010, before the closing bell in New York Newsvine
Markets start September with a bang; Dow up 255
| NEW YORK — The fear that has been hanging over markets for most of August lifted on Wednesday. For how long remains anyone's guess. | The stock market started Sep... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle)
Markets   Photos   Stock   WallStreet   Wikipedia: New York Stock Exchange  
Ford Motors - Car - Vehicle - Car Sale - Automaker Fresno Bee
August 10 best-selling vehicles in the US
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/09/01/2062324/august-10-best-selling-vehicles.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) |... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Automakers   Consumers   Photos   Sales   Wikipedia: Automotive industry  
Vegetable - Pests - Insect Breitbart
Pest makes first US appearance at S. Calif. port
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal agriculture inspectors at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have found a destructive pest in a shipment of pineapples that's never been s... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Agriculture   Calif   Photos   Port   Wikipedia: Pest  
Tax Issues Finance & Investments
- Dell seeking $2.5M state tax incentive
- White House economist calls for more spending, less taxes
- Jessamy's $225k a year tax payer funded salary allows he
- Airport, library pitch local sales tax projects
Smoking - Cigarette - Tobacco
NY's reservation cigarette tax case back in court
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- U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
- No Spill at Mariner Energy Platform
- Summary Box: Signed contracts to buy US homes rise 5.2 perce
- Report: Arkansas revenues in August beat expectations, last
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
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Currency Banking
- Rupee ends stronger against dollar
- Euro edges up vs dollar, US jobs report awaited
- Pound to coast vs dollar, strengthen against euro -poll
- Rupee higher on stocks, dollar; US data eyed
Japanese Yen - Currency
Dollar, yen recover losses; ECB eyed
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- Farm Credit Bank issues preferred stock
- Smarting Spending: 7 tips for learning a hobby or new sport
- Police respond to Tulsa bank robbery
- Cops: Conn. man threatens bank workers with knife
Tiger Woods
Deutsche Bank Championship not a guarantee for wayward Tiger Woods
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Finance Oil & Energy
- U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
- Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
- Rent rises making single mothers homeless
- Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
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- Oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico
- Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes
- Oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico
- Oil rig explodes along Gulf Coast
Two U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters take off shortly after Hurricane Rita made landfall.
Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes
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Industries Technology
- U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
- Danish life sciences co. expands here
- Advanced Disposal buys Georgia waste company
- Kansas City Southern's Mexican rail network rebounds aft
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
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- Chinese government funds research based on stolen U.S. trade
- Oil Rig Explodes In Gulf Of Mexico
- Canadian to command space station
- Skype becoming popular tool for network news telecasts
Skype - Internet - Social Networking
Skype becoming popular tool for network news telecasts
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