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Dow continues to sizzle, topping 15,000 for the first time
NEW YORK — Another day, another milestone on Wall Street. The red-hot Dow Jones industrial average barreled past 15,000 to close Tuesday at its highest point in history. It marked the 16th record close for the blue-chip index this year and...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Stock Market, Finance, Walter Hamilton, Coca-Cola Co.
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Harris: SEC investigating allegations of bribery by onetime Chinese unit
Investigators with the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice are looking into possible bribery activity by a Chinese health-care technology operation formerly owned by Harris Corp., the Melbourne-based company said in a...
Tags: IBM, Bribery, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice System, Fines
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Senate OKs Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday. Now the issue shifts to the more skeptical, Republican-controlled House,...
Tags: Local Government, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Small Businesses, Parties and Movements, LinkedIn Corp.
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Internet Sales Tax Bill – Backed By Obama – Expected To Pass Senate This Week
A measure to empower U.S. states to require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales tax is expected to pass the Senate this week, after winning official backing from President Barack Obama Monday. Seventy-four senators voted Monday to limit debate...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Jay Carney, Finance, Overstock.com Incorporated, Sales
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Online sales tax bill, Obama supported, heads to Senate
A bill that would give U.S. states the power to require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales tax won support from the White House on Monday and is expected to pass a legislative test vote in the Senate Monday night. If approved, the bill...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Jay Carney, Finance, Overstock.com Incorporated, Politics
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In the Inland Empire, an industrial real estate boom
Nestled on the windy plains at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, once austere stretches of agricultural land have morphed into the country's most desirable industrial real estate market, and it is growing faster than any other industrial region in...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Quaker Oats Company, Southeast Asia, Property, Building Material
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Cries for help heard at Bangladesh collapse that kills 149
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh cried out for help Thursday, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of a disaster that killed at least 149 people and reignited questions...
Tags: The Children's Place Retail Stores Incorporated, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Mangos, Clothing, Disasters and Accidents
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Senate approves Obama's budget chief
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve President Obama’s nominee for top White House budget expert, bringing a woman into a top post in an administration that critics say has been dominated by men. Sylvia Mathews...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Government Debt, U.S. Senate, Tom Coburn, Walmart
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Related Midwest president wants to dot skyline with indelible structures
Standing in a hallway of an unfinished apartment high-rise on Lake Shore Drive, sporting a dark suit and hard hat, Curt Bailey bent his head and stared. At the carpet. Then he and a group of his subordinates went to a different floor and stared down...
Tags: Culture, Public Housing, Corporate Officers, Politics, Duke Realty Corporation
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Letters: Wal-Mart and Obamacare
Re "Health sign-up plan is assailed," Business, March 7 Goal: to reach the most people possible, where they are and are more likely to accept needed services. In this case, the effort is to enroll people in President Obama's healthcare expansion....Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama
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White House to nominate new budget director
WASHINGTON – As he prepares for more spending battles with Congress, President Obama plans to nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, head of the Walmart Foundation, as his next budget director, the White House said Sunday. A former deputy budget...
Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Walmart, White House
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Wal-Mart: Tax refund delay, high gas prices to flatten sales
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. beat expectations for its most recent fiscal quarter, but the world’s largest retailer is now warning that higher payroll taxes, income tax refund delays and lofty gas prices will cause stagnant sales during the current quarter....
Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Personal Income, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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