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- China's Trade Surplus Narrows
- Brazil Economy Slows in Third Quarter
- Asia Mixed as China Eyed
- Borders Loss Widens as Sales Drop
- Beckman Coulter Up for Sale
- Roark to Purchase Atkins Diet Company
- Pfizer's New CEO Challenged Overseas
- BofA Restarts Some Foreclosures
- World Trade Center Bond Offer Delayed
- Repeal of Gay Ban Defeated in Senate
- Community Health Makes Bid for Tenet
- U.K. Vote on Student Fees Sparks Protests
- Probes Lead Bank to Reconsider 'Expert' Unit
- How the Fed's Crisis Aid Got Tested
- FAA Steps Up Boeing Checks
- Carlyle Jumps In Off the Sidelines
- J&J Recalls Rolaids
- China Property Prices Continue to Rise
- AFL-CIO, Steelworkers Oppose Korea Trade Deal
- Democrats 'Say No' in Symbolic Tax Vote
| Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:24 PM PST China's trade surplus narrowed in November from October, but beat forecasts by economists, adding to rising inflationary pressures.       |
| Brazil Economy Slows in Third Quarter Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:49 PM PST Brazil's pace of growth eased from earlier this year, an indication that interest-rate hikes and the expiration of tax cuts are working their way through the broader economy.     |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2010 06:51 PM PST Asian stock markets were mixed, with many investors on the sidelines amid heightened speculation of an imminent rate hike from Beijing. The Nikkei fell 0.5%.     |
| Borders Loss Widens as Sales Drop Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:33 PM PST Borders's fiscal third-quarter loss widened sharply as the bookseller's sales continued to slide and margins declined.     |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:59 PM PST Beckman Coulter, which makes diagnostic instruments used in clinical testing, has put itself on the block and could fetch more than $5 billion in a sale.     |
| Roark to Purchase Atkins Diet Company Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:16 PM PST Atkins Nutritional Holdings Inc., the company behind the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet that has drawn both devotees and derision, is being sold to private-equity firm Roark Capital Group.     |
| Pfizer's New CEO Challenged Overseas Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:02 PM PST Just a few days into the reign of Pfizer's new CEO Ian Read, several events are creating challenges in fast-growing emerging markets—an area vital to the drug giant's future as it faces the loss of its top-selling product     |
| BofA Restarts Some Foreclosures Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:57 PM PST Bank of America said it restarted 16,000 foreclosure cases across the U.S. on Monday.     |
| World Trade Center Bond Offer Delayed Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:17 PM PST Facing a choppy municipal-bond market, the developer of three office towers at the World Trade Center decided Thursday to pull back on a scheduled $1.3 billion bond sale.     |
| Repeal of Gay Ban Defeated in Senate Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:59 PM PST Senate Republicans blocked an effort to allow gays to serve openly in the military, leaving the drive to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in considerable doubt.     |
| Community Health Makes Bid for Tenet Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:39 PM PST Hospital chain Community Health Systems made a $3.3 billion unsolicited offer for smaller rival Tenet Healthcare.     |
| U.K. Vote on Student Fees Sparks Protests Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:29 PM PST The U.K.'s coalition government narrowly won a vote to raise the cap on tuition fees, against a backdrop of large-scale and sometimes tense student protests outside Parliament. A car carrying Prince Charles was attacked by protesters.     |
| Probes Lead Bank to Reconsider 'Expert' Unit Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:48 PM PST An investment bank's pioneering "expert network" business linking doctors to hedge funds could shut down next year amid heightened government scrutiny of the industry, according to a firm executive.     |
| How the Fed's Crisis Aid Got Tested Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:19 PM PST The same Fed liquidity-injection program that helped borrowers from General Electric to Harley-Davidson during the financial crisis revived an obscure investment vehicle that was shut out of the commercial-paper market long before the program was launched.     |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:11 PM PST Aviation regulators are poised to order stepped-up inspections of more than 600 Boeing 757 jetliners, prompted by a recent in-flight incident that left roughly a one-foot hole in the fuselage of an American Airlines plane.     |
| Carlyle Jumps In Off the Sidelines Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:36 PM PST As other private-equity players fret about high takeover prices and a weak economy, Carlyle is in the midst of one of the biggest deal splurges in its 23-year history.     |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2010 03:05 PM PST Johnson & Johnson recalled more than 13 million packages of Rolaids after consumers complained of finding metal and wood particles in the heartburn product.     |
| China Property Prices Continue to Rise Posted: 09 Dec 2010 03:42 PM PST Property prices in 70 of China's large and medium-sized cities rose 0.3% in November from the previous month, the third consecutive monthly rise.     |
| AFL-CIO, Steelworkers Oppose Korea Trade Deal Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST The AFL-CIO and United Steelworkers Thursday said they oppose a proposed U.S.-South Korea trade pact, despite new provisions negotiated by the Obama administration to protect U.S. auto workers.     |
| Democrats 'Say No' in Symbolic Tax Vote Posted: 09 Dec 2010 06:55 PM PST House Democrats held an unusual vote within their caucus to demand changes in the tax-cut deal struck by Obama and Republican lawmakers.     |
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