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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans will have to drop their insistence on retaining tax cuts for the rich and plans to reshape Medicare before there can be a bipartisan deal on controlling federal deficits and averting a wide-scale tax increase in January, the Senate's top Democrat said.......(more)
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LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese electronics group Panasonic plans to open a European factory this year to make home appliances, a market it is targeting as sales of televisions stagnate, in a rare vote of confidence for manufacturing in the crisis-hit euro zone.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are buying more homes in every region of the country, the latest indication that the housing market could be on the mend....
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(Reuters) - Oliver Chang, head of U.S. housing strategy at Morgan Stanley, who has written more about foreclosed homes as an investment opportunity than any other Wall Street analyst, is leaving his firm to start his own buy-to-rent housing fund.
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The staff at Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas offers a behind-the-scenes look at how it uses hand-painted plates and decorated desserts to transform food into art. Becoming, and remaining, one of the best restaurants in the world takes more than exquisite food. For a restaurant to...(more)
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(Reuters) - Phone directories company Yell Group acknowledged the depth of its financial distress on Tuesday as it struggles with a dying core business and over 2 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) worth of debt, much of which it must repay in two years time.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli solar company says it has raised more than $200 million to build eight solar energy fields in the country's southern desert....
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc completed its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc and named a new chief executive for the cellphone maker, who vowed to focus on "fewer, bigger bets."
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MADRID (AP) -- Spain's National Court said Tuesday it had dropped its investigation into the country's top banker - Banco Santander chairman Emilio Botin - and 11 of his relatives over possible income and wealth tax evasion....
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MIAMI (AP) -- Restaurant chain Benihana Inc. has agreed to be taken private in a deal worth about $296 million....
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LONDON (Reuters) - Commodities trader Glencore has taken majority control of its fast-growing Mutanda copper operation in Congo with deals worth $480 million, marking the first step in a planned merger of the mine with its nearby Kansuki concession.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile operator Vodafone made a writedown of 4 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) and cut its medium-term sales target as the debt crisis squeezed customers in southern Europe, forcing them to save money on phone calls.
