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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — A weaker dollar and better-than-expected data on the housing market sent investors moving back into stocks Monday after a three-day losing streak.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Home sales far exceeded expectations last month, surging to the highest level in 2½ years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation\'s economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching — instead of mall-hopping — on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday a hefty impairment charge in its beef business left it with a loss for the fourth quarter, but said its sales rose and its chicken business was profitable for the second straight quarter.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Campbell Soup Co., the world\'s largest soup maker, said Monday its first-quarter earnings rose 17 percent as lower costs and more efficient supply chain offset the impact of a decline in soup sales.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday on reports that another rival, Switzerland\'s Nestle SA, may make a takeover bid.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Oil prices rose above $78 a barrel Monday as Iran\'s war games, aimed at protecting its nuclear plants, deepened tensions in the oil-rich region.
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