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MONTREAL (AP) -- Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law Friday that will shut some universities and impose harsh fines on protesters blocking students from attending classes as the government looks to end three months of demonstrations against tuition hikes....
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Shareholders have struck out with two of their lawsuits over the decline of MGM Resorts International’s stock price between 2007 and 2009. Six suits were filed in the fall of 2009, and four remain active in federal court.
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Top forecaster says Britain would face long recession as key Greek politician frames crisis as people v capitalismA Greek exit from the single currency threatens to plunge Britain into a second recession equal in ferocity to the record postwar slump of 2008-09, according to the expert...(more)
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(Reuters) - The Japanese government and private sector bank officials are considering asking the Bank of Japan (BOJ) for help in settling Iranian oil transactions, the Nikkei reported.
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China, the world's biggest producer of rare earths, will allow more companies to export it, after they met environment standards.
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(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co named Yvette Hollingsworth as its chief compliance officer, replacing Tim Marrinan who announced his retirement last year.
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(Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as chairman after he failed to tell the board that a former chief executive had an improper relationship with a female employee, the electronics retailer said on Monday.
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Stratosphere hotel-casino owner American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC on Friday reported continued improvements in business with a smaller quarterly loss on higher revenue.
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ESPN and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority begin a new television and digital promotion for Las Vegas today which includes a contest that will send three people to play golf with “SportsCenter” anchor Jay Harris.
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SLOWDOWN: China's economy is slowing further, defying hopes it may have "bottomed out," with data for April showing sharper than expected declines in investment and industrial production....
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The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on the Strip has reported a smaller first-quarter loss than last year with a big jump in nongaming revenue. The Cosmopolitan lost $23.4 million in this year’s first quarter vs. a loss of $56.8 million in the first quarter of 2011....(more)
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Advisers to government health regulators have recommended that that they approve sales of what would be the first new prescription weight-loss drug in the U.S. in more than a decade, despite concerns over cardiac risks....
