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Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing the chief executive it ousted last month, Mark Hurd, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a California state court, came a day after Oracle hired Hurd as co-president to help...
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Sales of passenger cars in China — the world's biggest auto market — rose 18 percent in August from a year earlier as government subsidies and price cuts by dealers helped spur demand.
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Burger King is introducing nine new breakfast items including blueberry biscuits and pancake platters and planning a major breakfast marketing blitz — all with an eye toward eating up some of McDonald's morning business.
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Greece's statistics agency says inflation stood at 5.5 percent on the year in August, the same as in July, reflecting tax hikes as the government struggles to tackle its debt load.
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BEIJING (AP) — China rejected pressure over currency Tuesday amid a visit by two high–level U.S. envoys, saying Beijing will set the pace of exchange rate reforms.
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Stock futures slipped Tuesday to start the holiday–shortened week after some fresh concerns about the health of European banks rattled overseas markets. European markets fell after a report said the continent's major banks have more potentially...
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Predicting the U.S. stock market's direction over the next two months may be a simple exercise: Just watch how Republican candidates for the House and Senate are faring in the polls. At least, much of Wall Street is hoping it's that easy.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hallmark Cards Inc., a $4 billion empire built on a demand for printed sentimentality, enters its second century facing a weak economy and what could be an even greater challenge: a generation that has grown up posting its sentiments...
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WILLISTON, N.D. — Another area campground has been inundated with newly arrived job seekers who have nowhere else to live.
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Negotiators return to the bargaining table Tuesday to try to avoid a nurses' strike in Duluth.
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Three generations of Larsons have owned and operated Larson Hardware in Mabel for the past 100 years. The secret to the business' longevity? Perseverance and tradition, says Joe Larson.
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A legislative panel meets Tuesday for an update on Minnesota's budget.
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In rough economic times, you might expect workers to seek job security in a labor union. But that's not happening. So why aren't more people joining unions?
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Most of us have played the "what would I do if I won the lottery" game. Of course, the laws of probability mean few of us will get to play the game for real. But a new book from Minneapolis writer Heather McElhatton can give us a little closer...
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PINE ISLAND — In this quiet community, baskets overflowing with petunia blossoms hang from streetlamps made to resemble antiques. Parent push strollers along the sidewalks and residents walk their leashed dogs in relaxed fashion.