Strong dollar good for economy? 12/30/2008
NEW YORK - Would the U.S. economy be better off if the mighty dollar weren't so mighty?
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Lean holiday season will have long-term effects 12/30/2008
NEW YORK - The fallout from the horrific holiday season for retailers has begun, with the operator of an online toy seller filing for bankruptcy protection and more stores are expected to do the same - meaning more empty storefronts and fewer brands on store shelves.
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Conflict affects stocks down 12/30/2008
NEW YORK - Wall Street retreated Monday as continuing violence in the Middle East and a resulting jump in oil prices reminded investors that the market could face problems beyond the recession. The collapse of a Dow Chemical Co. joint venture, meanwhile, intensified Wall Street's economic worries.
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Turning Japanese 12/29/2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The time it takes to get a complaint decided at Ohio's Bureau of Workers' Compensation has plummeted from an average of 142 days to 34. Licensing a snowmobile in Iowa involves 90 percent fewer steps today than it did two years ago.
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Euro celebrates 10th anniversary 12/29/2008
FRANKFURT, Germany - Ten years ago, Europe launched its grand experiment with a shared currency - and watched it plunge in value before recovering.
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Chicago's two newspapers fight to survive 12/29/2008
CHICAGO - A little more than a century ago, Chicago boasted 11 daily English-language newspapers.
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Dungeness crab, salmon fishermen fall on hard times 12/29/2008
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific chinook salmon fishery.
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Ailing hospitals 12/28/2008
TRENTON, N.J. - Gainesville's first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago.
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States consider selling off roads, parks 12/28/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota is deep in the hole financially, but the state still owns a premier golf resort, a sprawling amateur sports complex, a big airport, a major zoo and land holdings the size of the Central American country of Belize.
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GMAC quiet on bailout hurdle 12/28/2008
GRAND BLANC, Mich. - Even after a crucial deadline came and went, the financing arm of General Motors Corp. remained silent Saturday on whether it cleared a final hurdle to become a bank holding company and gain access to billions in federal bailout money.
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