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Peanut costs adding up for food companies
05 Feb 2009 23:32:16 PSTCHICAGO, Feb 5 - Kellogg Co, the first company to report the financial costs of a sweeping U.S. peanut product recall caused by an outbreak of salmonella, said on Thursday the withdrawals will likely cost...
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Flash is out for U.S. wealthy on Valentine's Day
04 Feb 2009 23:42:55 PSTNEW YORK, Feb 5 - Flashiness is out and subdued celebration is in among wealthy Americans on Valentine's Day. As the economic crisis spreads and conspicuous consumption loses its luster, hedge fund millionaires and oil...
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Still have a job? Say bye to perks, bankers told
02 Feb 2009 19:13:59 PSTLONDON, Feb 2 - "How about McDonald's for lunch?" Only a year ago top London restaurants buzzed with high-earning bankers but the money-saving quip from one financial recruiter sums up the new mood of austerity....
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FEATURE-Asian migrant workers face abuse, debt from recession
02 Feb 2009 19:10:09 PSTSINGAPORE, Feb 3 - Ship welder Mohammad Ali came to Singapore to earn money to support his family in Bangladesh. Little did he know that an economic storm brewing continents away would kill his humble...
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RPT-FEATURE-"Half-price" fashion models tighten their belts
02 Feb 2009 01:35:11 PSTPARIS, Feb 2 - Free designer dresses, an army of admirers and $15,000 to stroll down a catwalk: no wonder thousands of teenage girls aspire to being a top model. But at the haute couture...
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FEATURE-"Half-price" fashion models tighten their belts
01 Feb 2009 18:45:50 PSTPARIS, Feb 2 - Free designer dresses, an army of admirers and $15,000 to stroll down a catwalk: no wonder thousands of teenage girls aspire to being a top model. But at the haute couture...
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UPDATE 1-China says Internet crackdown to be "long-lasting"
23 Jan 2009 01:25:21 PSTBEIJING, Jan 23 - China sought on Friday to portray its Internet crackdown as a campaign to protect youth from filth and nothing to do with stifling political dissent, with an official promising long-lasting action...
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China parents press demands in wake of milk sentences
23 Jan 2009 01:21:55 PSTBEIJING, Jan 23 - Chinese parents of children stricken by toxic milk pressed compensation demands on Friday, a day after a court sentenced two people to death and jailed 19 over the scandal in which...
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U.S. House panel approves stimulus tax package
22 Jan 2009 19:04:40 PSTWASHINGTON, Jan 22 - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Thursday approved a $304 billion package of business and individual tax breaks and aid to the unemployed that is to be part of the...
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Reid says he will have votes to confirm Geithner
22 Jan 2009 19:03:34 PSTWASHINGTON, Jan 22 - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Thursday he expects to have the votes to confirm Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary next week. Reid said it would be "unwise" for...
Tag: finance , government body , lifestyle , banks , financials , debt markets , tax issues for individuals , economy , energy , politics
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