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Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient toward nonbank companies, but some advocates say that would hurt consumers.
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Customers who try to make purchases with their debit cards without enough money in their accounts will simply be declined.
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The multiple, and at times seemingly conflicted roles, of investment banks like Goldman Sachs have also drawn scrutiny.
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As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.
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DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.
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Gordon Brown’s plan to provide free care for the growing elderly population faces opposition at a time of record deficits.
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The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement.
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The Federal Reserve has ended nearly all of the lending programs it created in 2007 to combat the credit crisis, but in the coming months it must decide when and how to tighten monetary policy.
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Backers said Northwest Florida Beaches International would bring new businesses and residents to the Florida Panhandle; critics said it would also bring environmental problems.
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Only about 100 of 790 buildings that are eligible for hourly prices have opted for the Con Ed service.
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Two drivers reported problems with Priuses that they said were not related to a sticking mat.
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European Aeronautic Defense and Space said part of its profit plan is to win more American contracts, a strategy some analysts questioned.
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The combined business would jointly control about 29 percent of the $19 billion-a-year global market for medicines for pets and livestock.
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With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in need of repair.”
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Mattel is planning versions of Barbie and Ken styled after four “Mad Men” characters in a promotion for the television series as well as for Barbie.
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The oil giant also said that it would sell some of its overseas operations, like the Pembroke refinery in Wales..
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The Securities Investor Protection Corporation issued a warning about a group masquerading as another investor protection group in an apparent attempt to lure victims of Bernard L. Madoff.
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The social networking site plans to roll out features next month that will give its 400 million users the option of sharing their location with friends as part of their news feeds.
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The company, which claimed it could protect against identify theft, will pay $12 million and change its marketing campaign.
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Robert Christie, who joins the Times Company after seven years with Dow Jones, will fill a position left vacant since August.
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The complaint accuses Variety of contractual breach, negligence and unfair business practices in connection with the film, “Iron Cross.”
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Zhang Hong’s dismissal is a fresh warning that journalists who challenge government policy too directly can face retribution.
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The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood was evicted after pressuring the Walt Disney Company into offering refunds to buyers of its Baby Einstein videos.
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Net earnings were down 96 percent as the economy weakened cargo transportation and a breakdown of Eurostar trains disrupted year-end holiday travel.
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Investors remained reluctant to make significant moves without a clear sense of the recovery’s strength.
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When Germans think they’ll have to bail out Greeks, centuries of bad feelings on both sides come out of hiding. Can a new Europe put them back in their cage?
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Tehran is playing its hand as if its untapped oil reserves give it a trump card. But the longer the nuclear stalemate drags on, the more that strategy is in doubt.
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President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag, but it may be the only program passed.
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Meridee A. Moore of Watershed Asset Management, a hedge fund, likes the back-and-forth of working in an open space. Private offices, she says, are lonely.
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