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Wal-Mart set to unveil healthier food options
Reuters
A Wal-Mart cart is seen at the parking lot of a Wal-Mart market in Miami, Florida May18, 2010. By Jessica Wohl CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is headed to Washington to unveil its plan to promote healthier and more affordable food options at ...
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US Stock Futures Pare Drop After Jobs Data; DJIA Off 14
Wall Street Journal
By Donna Kardos Yesalavich NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stock futures were mostly lower Thursday morning on concerns that strong growth in China would lead to more tightening measures, although better-than-expected jobs data in the US helped pare the ...
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Initial Jobless Claims in US Fell to 404000 Last Week
Bloomberg
By Alex Kowalski - Thu Jan 20 13:52:16 GMT 2011 People check the jobs board at a Denver Workforce Center, part of the Denver Office of Economic Development, in Denver, Colorado. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg The number of Americans filing ...
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Morgan Stanley commodities risk down on quarter, up on year
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's commodities risk fell in the fourth quarter as it faced trading woes similar to the rest of Wall Street, but the No. 2 US investment bank still pipped top rival Goldman Sachs with a higher risk year-on-year. ...
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GM Names New Product Chief
Wall Street Journal
By SHARON TERLEP DETROIT—General Motors Co. selected a new head of product development, a move aimed at shoring up what Chief Executive Dan Akerson has identified as a key trouble spot. The car maker on Thursday named Mary Barra, an engineer who had ...
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Traffic Cost US $114.8 Billion in 2009, Texas Institute Says
BusinessWeek
By Carol Wolf Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Traffic congestion cost the US $114.8 billion in time and fuel in 2009 as the average urban driver spent the equivalent of four work days waiting in cars, according a report by the Texas Transportation Institute. ...
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Union Pacific's Profit Climbs
Wall Street Journal
By TESS STYNES And MATT JARZEMSKY Union Pacific Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings rose 41% as the US railroad operator's bottom line benefited from higher volume and revenue per carload. Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific on Thursday posted a profit of $775 ...
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Freeport McMoRan Rides Copper's Rise
TheStreet.com
By Scott Eden 01/20/11 - 09:21 AM EST PHOENIX (TheStreet) -- Freeport McMoRan(FCX) exceeded Wall Street expectations with its fourth-quarter results as copper prices surged to record highs amid an all-around boom in commodities. ...
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Boeing Cutting 900 Jobs in Long Beach
ABC News
AP The Los Angeles Times reports that the company announced the layoffs Wednesday, citing declining orders for its C-17 cargo planes. Boeing said the Long Beach cuts would be part of the 1100 C-17-related jobs being dropped nationwide. ...
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Forex: Euro Struggles To Hold 1.3500, British Pound To Consolidate
Daily FX
By David Song, Currency Analyst The Euro pared the overnight decline against the greenback and the rebound in the single-currency may gather pace throughout the North American trade as the European Central Bank retains a hawkish outlook for inflation. ...
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