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FDIC logs 15-year high in realty sales
148 failed lenders expand agency’s property offerings
Posted: November 22, 2009 5 a.m.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. already this year has sold the most real estate since 1994 as the regulator takes over properties held by failed lenders.
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Shale boon called into doubt
But natural gas firms say criticism misses mark
Posted: November 22, 2009 4:59 a.m.
The ability to tap into shale formations has given the country’s natural gas reserves a 35 percent bump, according to a Colorado School of Mines report.
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Vaccines injecting new life in drugmakers’ profit lines
Posted: November 22, 2009 4:58 a.m.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer’s disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinarytract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler’s ailments. The pharmaceutical industry is attempting to make vaccines to prevent all of them.
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Airline’s test turns craft into sky mall
Posted: November 22, 2009 4:57 a.m.
Air travelers in the United States are already paying for sandwiches and drinks, pillows and headsets. So, as airlines look for more ways to help their bottom lines, they have started asking the next logical question: Why not sell limousine services or even tickets to Broadway shows?
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Retailers lining up Black Friday deals
Season’s prospects far from rosy
Posted: November 22, 2009 4:52 a.m.
A 50-inch Sanyo plasma television for $598 (Wal-Mart ).
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Employers seeing payoff potential in wellness programs
Posted: November 22, 2009 4:52 a.m.
Free smoking cessation programs. Cash credits for workers taking selfassessment health surveys. Onsite vaccinations and fitnesstraining classes. Nutritional counseling. Subsidized gym memberships.
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Ford earns most safety awards
Automaker gets 6; tougher roof standards shrink list
Posted: November 22, 2009 4:51 a.m.
Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the insurance industry’s annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms.
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Economic group raises forecast
30-nation organization doubles growth prediction for ’10
Posted: November 22, 2009 4:51 a.m.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development doubled its growth forecast for the leading developed economies next year and predicted a further acceleration in 2011 as China powers a global recovery.
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Jobless rate up to 7.6% in state
Level is highest since fall 1988
Posted: November 21, 2009 4:04 a.m.
Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose half a percentage point to 7.6 percent in October, the highest joblessness rate in more than 21 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
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Bank capital Fed’s top concern
Officials heighten scrutiny of risks lenders taking, sources say
Posted: November 21, 2009 4:02 a.m.
Federal Reserve officials are stepping up scrutiny of the biggest U.S. banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Lack of demand shuts oil refineries
Posted: November 21, 2009 4:02 a.m.
Refineries from New Mexico to New Jersey are under severe economic pressure because of falling demand for fuel, with a number of facilities shutting down in recent months.
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Deflation could hurt revival, Japan warns
Falling prices plagued nation during ’90s
Posted: November 21, 2009 4:01 a.m.
Japan’s government highlighted the danger of deflation for the first time in three years Friday, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labor market could drag on the weak recovery.
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Dealer’s quarter profit up by 60%
Car-Mart: 5 new lots revved sales
Posted: November 21, 2009 4:01 a.m.
An official with America’s Car-Mart Inc. on Friday said the 60 percent increase in its second-quarter 2010 profit represented business as usual for the Bentonvillebased business.
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Texas court to rehear Exxon plugged-wells case
Posted: November 21, 2009 4 a.m.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.
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New bug moves in, has taste for beans
Posted: November 21, 2009 3:58 a.m.
Researchers recently found an insect in north Georgia that has never before been reported in the Western Hemisphere, and its arrival could be a mixed blessing.
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