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         <title>Rx Needed For Rite Aid</title>
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         <description>The drug store chain decided to pursue a reverse stock split in order to stay in the game.</description>
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         <title>Quick Hits: Dell Can't Call It a Comeback</title>
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         <description>Michael Dell's promise to create 'brand lust' with new products appears to be a bust - at least for now.Dell (DELL) reported increased profit margins -Â but the gains came from cost-cutting including layoffs. The company isn't investing in new produ</description>
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         <title>Market Report -- In Play (MSO)</title>
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         <description>Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Chief Financial Officer Howard Hochhauser to step down Co announced that Howard Hochhauser has tendered his resignation as the Company's Chief Financial Officer,</description>
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         <title>Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. to Present</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) today announced it will present at the JP Morgan Small/Mid Cap Conference in New York, NY on Friday,</description>
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         <title>Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Chief Finan</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) announced today that Howard Hochhauser has tendered his resignation as the Company's Chief Financial</description>
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         <title>U.S. working on affordable mortgage plan: sources</title>
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         <description>The Treasury Department is developing a plan to try to reduce mortgage rates on home loans to 4.5 percent on typical mortgages by expanding its purchases of mortgage backed securities, sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.</description>
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         <title>President Of Home Depot China Resigns</title>
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         <title>Early Glance: Biotechnology companies</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:</description>
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         <title>Market Report -- In Play (FARM)</title>
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         <description>Farmer Brothers confirms it will acquire Sara Lee's direct-store delivery; expects acquisition to contribute incremental positive cash flow within six to 12 months after the closing &amp;nbsp</description>
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         <title>Farmer Bros. to Acquire Sara Lee's Direct-Store</title>
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         <description>Farmer Bros. Co. (Nasdaq: FARM) announced a definitive agreement to acquire from Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) its U.S. direct-store delivery (DSD) Foodservice coffee business. The $45-million</description>
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         <title>SaraÂ Lee Announces Sale of Its Foodservice Direc</title>
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         <description>Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) announced a definitive agreement to sell its U.S. Direct Store Delivery (DSD) Foodservice coffee business to Farmer Bros. Co. (Nasdaq: FARM). The $45 million sale is</description>
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         <title>Farmer Bros. Reports Net Loss per Share of $0.42</title>
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         <description>Farmer Bros. Co. (NASDAQ: FARM) today reported a net loss for its first fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008 of $6.1 million or $0.42 per share, compared with a net loss in last year's first quarter</description>
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         <title>Early Glance: Food companies</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top food companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:</description>
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         <title>Joseph A. Bank profit rises 31 percent in 3rd qtr</title>
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         <description>HAMPSTEAD, Md. (AP) - Joseph A. Bank Clothiers Inc. on Wednesday said its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 31 percent on a 14 increase in sales, handily beating analyst estimates.</description>
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         <title>Final Glance: Insurers companies</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top insurers companies were mixed at the close of trading:</description>
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         <title>Market Report -- In Play (CPRT)</title>
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         <description>Copart beats by $0.01, misses on revs Reports Q1 (Oct) earnings of $0.44 per share, $0.01 better than the First Call consensus of $0.43; revenues rose 4.2% year/year</description>
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         <title>7 Highly Rated Stocks on Sale</title>
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         <description>Highly rated stocks that have seen a big price cut in the past month.</description>
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         <title>Early Glance: Health Care Equipment companies</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top health care equipment companies are down at 10 a.m.:</description>
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         <title>Cerner to Present At Piper Jaffray 20th Annual He</title>
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         <description>KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 25, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner (Nasdaq:CERN) invites you to listen to the live broadcast of the company's presentation at the Piper Jaffray 20th Annual Health Care Conference in New York Dec. 3, at 11:30 a.m. ET. The prese</description>
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         <title>Movers roundup: Halliburton, AbitibiBowater</title>
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         <description>(AP) - Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, Dec. 3, from AP Financial News:</description>
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         <title>Guess?, Inc. Announces Participation at the 9th A</title>
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         <description>Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the 9th Annual Wedbush Morgan Securities California Dreamin' Conference in Santa Monica, CA on Tuesday, December 9,</description>
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         <title>Movers roundup: Bank of New York, XenoPort</title>
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         <description>(AP) - Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, Dec. 3, from AP Financial News:</description>
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         <title>Danny Gans and His Cast of Characters to Take Sta</title>
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         <description>Tickets on Sale NowLAS VEGAS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- He has been named Las Vegas' Best All Around Entertainer 11 times and he's bringing his award-winning show to the Encore Theater</description>
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         <title>Analyst starts Wynn Resorts with 'Sell' rating</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Wynn Resorts Ltd. sagged Wednesday as a Citi Investment Research analyst initiated the casino operator with a 'Sell' rating, citing potential pitfalls in both the Las Vegas and Macau gaming markets.</description>
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         <title>UPDATE 1-RESEARCH ALERT-Citigroup starts Wynn Res</title>
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         <title>Profit in Casino Management, Not Casinos</title>
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         <description>The gaming sector has been under a lot of pressure this year. Hotel rates have fallen due to aÂ drop in demand along with numerous capacity additions. Las Vegas in particular has never seen such a dramatic reversal of fortune. I've been in Vegas this</description>
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         <title>Market Report -- In Play (PHM)</title>
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         <description>Pulte Homes' founder and Chairman filed a Form 144 with SEC covering 5 mln shares of company stock and intending to sell up to that amount through a prepaid variable forward contract William J. Pulte,</description>
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         <title>Disney, EA expand Asian gaming presence</title>
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         <description>Two media giants are expanding their videogame presence in Asia. Disney has signed a deal with Chinese developer NetDragon to make a multiplayer online game based on Mouse House characters. Electronic Arts, meanwhile, has acquired Korean developer J</description>
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         <description>Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS), an award-winning developer of analog and digital-signal processing integrated circuits for audio and energy applications, was recently named as one of the Best</description>
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         <description>Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq:CRUS),a leader in high-precision analog and digital-signal processing components, today announced that the company now expects revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2009</description>
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         <title>$ Cirrus Logic Cuts Q3 Revenue Outlook</title>
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         <title>Clues point to Jan. 13 release of Windows 7 beta</title>
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         <description>Microsoft will have a beta of Windows 7 available shortly after the first of the year, the company has hinted on its website. MORE Feature Microsoft will have a beta of Windows 7 available shortly after the first of the year, the company has hinted o</description>
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         <title>Microsoft does ad deal with Guitar Hero maker</title>
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         <description>icrosoft off-shoot Massive will provide ads for Activision titles under a new deal. Games Mirror's Edge NEW YORK - Microsoft's video game advertising unit, Massive, has signed deals with Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft publisher Activision Blizzard</description>
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         <title>Microsoft releases next wave of Windows Live services</title>
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         <description>Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services. MORE Feature Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to</description>
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         <title>Microsoft dona 11,2 millones de dólares a Latinoamérica</title>
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         <description>El gigante del software Microsoft don el mircoles 11,2 millones de dlares como parte de una iniciativa que impulsar el acceso tecnolgico a comunidades pobres de Latinoamrica y el Caribe. Akhtar Badshah, director ejecutivo de Asuntos Comunitarios de</description>
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         <title>Analysts: Top Five Things Microsoft Got Right</title>
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         <description>Virtually any technology analyst will tell you that Microsoft has made a lot of mistakes and just plain dumb decisions over its 33 year history. So how did it get to be the largest software company in the world? Some would argue by conniving, cheatin</description>
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         <title>Microsoft Plans Windows 7 Beta for Mid-January</title>
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         <description>After Vista's chronic development delays, Windows chief Steve Sinofsky appears to be making the trains run on time for Windows 7's release. Share this Article DiggDel.icio.us furl StumbleUpon BlinkList Newsvine Magnolia Facebook Tailrank Slashdot</description>
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         <title>Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: The Hershey Compan</title>
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         <description>Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.</description>
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         <description>By John Crawley and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearin</description>
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         <description>SOMERSET, Pa. - The head of the largest automaker in the United States took perhaps the most important car ride of his life Wednesday, travelling more than 800 kilometres, mostly over highway through four states, to Washington, D.C., where he will as</description>
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         <description>TORONTO ? Toyota Canada?s sales ploughed ahead again in November and Ford Canada also gained ground for a change but General Motors, Chrysler and Honda all had double-digit declines from the same month last year. Overall, it was a tough month for</description>
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         <description>SOMERSET, Pa. - The head of the nation's largest automaker took perhaps the most important car ride of his life Wednesday, traveling 500 miles, mostly over highway through four states, to Washington, D.C., where he will ask Congress for a second time</description>
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         <description>By John Crawley and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearin</description>
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         <description>By John Crawley and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearin</description>
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         <description>By John Crawley and Kevin Drawbaugh Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearing on Thursday on a $34</description>
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         <title>Not just another car ride for General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner</title>
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         <description>SOMERSET, Pa. - The head of the largest automaker in the United States took perhaps the most important car ride of his life Wednesday, travelling more than 800 kilometres, mostly over highway through four states, to Washington, D.C., where he will as</description>
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         <title>GM Says It Needs $12 Billion to Survive</title>
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         <description>General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it needs $12 billion in government loans to keep operating, telling Congress in a bluntly worded report that its collapse could have 'severe, long-term consequences to the US economy.' GM said it would seek up to $18</description>
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         <title>General Motors' Fiscal Plight Will Drain $600m from US Ad Economy</title>
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         <description>DETROIT: As the crepitus of recession amplifies a decade of commercial snafus by Motown's big three automakers, the rattle of begging bowls is heard loud in the land. The ill-starred trio have also filed specifics as to how they plan to extract</description>
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         <title>GM November sales down 41%</title>
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         <description>General Motors has reported that its sales decreased 41.3% to 154,877 vehicles in November 2008, compared to 263,654 vehicles in the same period of 2007. For the year-to-date, the company's sales decreased 22.1% to 2.76 million units, compared to 3.</description>
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         <description>By John Crawley and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearin</description>
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         <title>Not just another car ride for GM CEO Wagoner</title>
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         <title>Powerful auto union agrees to help Big Three</title>
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         <description>Tom Krisher and Kimberly S Johnson Chrysler LLC and General Motors are so perilously low on cash that the companies may not be able to pay all their bills by the end of the year. Photo / AP DETROIT - Worried about their jobs and warned that the cost</description>
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         <title>For $18 Billion, Rick Wagoner Is Not Above Groveling</title>
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         <description>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearing on Thursday on a $34 billion (23</description>
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         <description>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearing on Thursday on a $34 billion bailo</description>
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         <description>Saab's chief executive has said there are a number of companies interested in buying the Swedish car maker after owner General Motors announced it was up for sale. Opposition urges state car industry takeover (2 Dec 08) General Motors gears up for Sa</description>
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         <description>By John Crawley and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearin</description>
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         <title>General Motors Worse Off Than Expected on Eve of Bailout Request</title>
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         <description>With congressional hearings set Thursday and Friday of this week in advance of a vote on lending money to the beleaguered U.S. auto industry, General Motors says it needs money almost immediately. VOA's Barry Wood has more on the controversy over</description>
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         <description>Survey shows that Americans think federal aid for the Big Three is unfair and won't help the economy.  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A majority of Americans oppose a bailout of the troubled U.S. auto industry, according to a poll released Wednesday. The</description>
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         <description>BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday it called off plans to spin off its biotechnology division into an independent company focusing on developing cancer treatments.</description>
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         <description>NEW YORK (AP) - A possible dip in sales at established Burger King Corp. locations in November led a UBS analyst to trim his price target Wednesday.</description>
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         <description>While many businesses struggle during the recession, a handful of U.S. and global companies  from health care giant Abbott Laboratories (ABT) to retail king Wal-Mart (WMT) are riding out the financial storm in good shape. And executives aren't shy ab</description>
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         <description>NEW YORK (AP) - A day after CIT Group Inc. said it is increasing the size of a debt exchange offer, its shares surged as investors took it as a sign the financial firm is closer to becoming a bank holding company, an analyst said.</description>
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         <description>CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The parent company of United Bank is seeking shareholder permission to issue preferred stock, which would allow it to participate in the U.S. Treasury Department's economic rescue plan.</description>
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         <description>Exxon Mobil Corporation says its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited, has signed an agreement with Petrom SA to help explore deepwater portions of the Neptun Block offshore Romania. The Petrom agreement is ExxonMobilâ??s</description>
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         <description>? A legal team headed by Nexsen Pruet's Marguerite Willis secured a $3 million verdict against Exxon Mobil Corporation on behalf of a Darlington company that claimed the global oil giant had illegally conspired to drive it out of the Mobil lubricant</description>
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         <description>Jet engine maker Pratt &amp; Whitney laid off about 350 employees across the U.S. on Wednesday amid concerns that airlines may delay or cancel orders as the global economy slows. The cuts will affect less than 1 percent of the company's work force of mor</description>
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         <description>Stay on top of the news and stay ahead of the game?sign up for e-mail newsletters now! Layoffs Part of $500M Cost Cutting Plan NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- NBC Universal has begun cutting staff amid a faltering economy, people familiar with the matter sai</description>
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         <description>Shares of Indo Tech Transformers jumped by 9 per cent to close at Rs 271.50 on reports that global power major, General Electric is planning to acquire a stake in the company. However, Indo Tech clarified (after market hours) that these media reports</description>
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         <description>Sure, you can celebrate getting a Christmas bargain or paying $2 for a gallon of gas. But experts fear those price cuts could be the start of a deflationary spiral. That's a very bad thing.</description>
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         <description>Sure, you can celebrate getting a Christmas bargain or paying $2 for a gallon of gas. But experts fear those price cuts could be the start of a deflationary spiral. That's a very bad thing.</description>
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         <description>NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - Priceline.com Inc. said Wednesday that it promoted Chief Financial Officer Robert J. Mylod Jr. to the new position of vice chairman and head of worldwide strategy and planning.</description>
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         <description>NEWTOWN, USA: Vantage Communications, the leader in business class managed services, announced today that it is further expanding its suite of cloud computing based solutions for small to medium-sized businesses to include a new Customer Relationship</description>
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         <description>Selects to Gain a Holistic View of Supporters and Enhance Disaster Response By BusinessWire CHARLESTON, S.C., BUSINESS WIRE -- Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced that (TSAS) has chosen as its centralized database to support the sharing o</description>
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         <description>Australian researchers said on Wednesday that a study of Merck &amp; Co Inc's cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil found that allergic reactions were uncommon and most young women can tolerate subsequent doses. The study closely examined 25 Australian girls</description>
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         <description>The candidate vaccine is based on Vical's DNA gene delivery technology and encodes human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). hTERT is the subject of separate licensing agreement. Vijay Samant, president and CEO of Vical, said: 'The breadth of</description>
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         <description>McDonald's (MCD) is busily remodeling its U.S. locations, accessorizing interiors with flat-panel televisions and plush chairs (BusinessWeek, 5/15/06). Now the Oak Brook (Ill.) chain is turning to its packaging. In early November the king of cheap ea</description>
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         <description>WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, a group that includes retailers, manufacturers, publishers and advertisers, spent $300,000 in the third quarter lobbying the federal government, according to a recent filing.</description>
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         <description>A former Boeing employee filed suit against the company in Seattle, claiming he was fired for speaking to reporters about ethical violations. Boeing told former internal auditor Mathew Neumann he was fired for unauthorized contact with the media, the</description>
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         <description>European aviation giant Airbus has compiled a surprisingly comprehensive dossier detailing every aspect of archrival Boeing's work on the 787 Dreamliner, using information gleaned from Boeing's own suppliers and proprietary documentation to assemble</description>
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         <description>MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's largest banking group, Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, a unit of Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBV), sees commercial loans and mortgages underpinning its growth next year, a top company executive said</description>
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         <description>How Citigroup became a Chinese Communist policy bank By An indication of the kind of irresponsible financial institution that tends to prevail in a system of socialist finance is Citigroup ($2.1-trillion in assets), which was bailed out and partially</description>
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