NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Patchwork Retirement Plan Adds to Greece?s Debt Woes
Greece?s retirement plan, which lets 14 percent of its work force retire early, has become divisive in Europe.
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NYT > Business
03/12/2010
Lehman Brothers Hid Borrowing, Examiner Says
The Wall Street bank used accounting gimmicks to hide its financial weakness in the months before its bankruptcy, according to a 2,200-page report.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Janet Yellen Is Said to Be Picked for a Fed Seat
Janet L. Yellen, chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers, is thought to favor keeping interest rates low.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Dodd to Press Ahead on Financial Regulation Bill
Senator Bob Corker, a Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, called Senator Christopher J. Dodd?s announcement on Thursday ?very disappointing.?
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NYT > Business
03/12/2010
U.S. Retail Sales Topped Forecasts, Rose 0.3% in February
The 0.3 percent increase, the biggest since November, provided hope that the recovery was gaining momentum.
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NYT > Business
03/12/2010
Avastin Fails Clinical Trial for Prostate Cancer
The miss in prostrate cancer follows a similar disappointment with Avastin in gastric cancer but success in ovarian cancer.
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03/12/2010
European Shares Rise After Strong Industrial Report
Industrial production in the euro zone rose 1.7 percent in January, raising hopes that the recovery may be stronger than previously thought.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny
A Justice Department antitrust investigation of the seed industry is apparently focused on Monsanto.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Dysport Takes On Botox With Aggressive Rebates
Medicis has started a new marketing campaign that pits its wrinkle-smoother, Dysport, directly against Botox. It makes bioethicists squirm.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Advertising: Instant Ads Set the Pace on the Web
Companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft let advertisers buy ads in the milliseconds between the time someone enters a site?s Web address and the moment the page appears.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
N.H.T.S.A. Studying ?Black Box? for Cars
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering whether data recorders similar to those on planes should be required on all new cars and trucks.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Lexus, a Toyota Brand, Avoids Taint From Recalls
The brand?s sales and reputation have held up, analysts say, because Lexus has not been included in Toyota?s most serious recalls.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Luxury Cars Lift BMW and Volkswagen to Profits
The carmakers said that sales stabilized in established markets and grew in emerging economies in 2009, but the companies did struggle in certain areas.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Lutz Says G.M. Won?t Profit From Toyota Recalls
Robert Lutz, a General Motors vice chairman, said it was too early for his company to convert many people who have been driving Japanese cars.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Obama Outlines Drive to Raise U.S. Exports
The administration?s announcement came as America?s trade deficit narrowed in January, largely because of a drop in spending on oil.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
The E.U. and U.S. Quarrel Over Hedge Funds
The European Union rebutted criticism by the U.S. of its plans to tighten the rules on hedge funds.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
F.C.C. Considers Changes on Cable Fee Disputes
The agency wants to ensure that customers do not lose TV access because of fee disputes between broadcasters and cable companies.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Cost of F-35 Said to Have Risen 60% to 90%
While the military is trying to address the problems, congressional auditors said the program will probably become even more expensive and suffer more delays.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
BP to Buy Licensed Oil Blocks From Devon Energy
The deal would give BP access to an area off the coast of Brazil that analysts expect to have great potential for oil discoveries.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
HSBC Says Data of 24,000 Clients, Not Just a Few, Was Stolen
HSBC?s private banking unit initially said that records on 10 or fewer clients were taken when the theft occurred three years ago.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
China?s Consumer Prices Rose 2.7% in February
Analysts said the economy was not overheating and that interest rates would probably increase to keep inflation in check.
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03/11/2010
A.I.G.'s Sale of Its Taiwan Unit in Regulatory Limbo
Officials are investigating whether the buyers are funded by China, a historical foe of the island nation.
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03/11/2010
Smithfield Foods Reports a Profit
Losses in its hog production segment hurt the company, but those diminished in the third quarter.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Profit at the Apparel Retailer Gymboree Tops Forecasts
Gymboree said profit in its current quarter was likely to top expectations as well.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Airline Group Lowers Loss Forecast for 2010
The International Air Transport Association predicted $2.8 billion in losses, down from the $5.6 billion predicted late last year.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Initial Jobless Claims Fall for 2nd Straight Week
A new report on weekly filings for first-time jobless claims was the latest indication of a slow recovery in the labor market.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Pink Floyd Wins Court Battle With EMI Over Downloads
The court ruling prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Japan Revises Fourth-Quarter G.D.P. to Show Smaller Growth
Japan?s economy grew less than initially estimated in the fourth quarter, and a measurement of price trends hit a record low, adding to pressure on the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Bank of China Plans New Share Offering
Bank of China said it wants to issue more shares in Hong Kong soon, an offering that could strengthen its balance sheet by some $7.7 billion.
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03/11/2010
Board Extends Deadline for Everglades Land Deal
A vote kept alive a deal to pay $536 million for land from United States Sugar, but officials said they continued to struggle with whether the agency could afford it.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
Reuters Breakingviews: Mortgage Bonds Make a Comeback
The market for private-label mortgage bonds in the United States might be ready for revival. A handful of firms are working on deals that could hit the market by June.
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NYT > Business
03/11/2010
High & Low Finance: Dealing With Financial Fraud by Denying It
Investors in CMKM Diamonds are suing the S.E.C. for $3.87 trillion for knowing about a fraud at the tiny firm but not stopping it.
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NYT > Business
03/06/2010
Corner Office: Meridee Moore: I?ll Skip the Private Office
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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