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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — World markets rose sharply Monday amid further hopeful signs about the economic recovery. Commodity stocks led the charge, particularly in London, after gold hit another record high amid renewed dollar weakness.
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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('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('FRANKFURT (AP) — Germany warned fellow European governments on Monday against offering financial aid to General Motors Europe in exchange for job guarantees, hours ahead of a meeting in Brussels to discuss the future of the company.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — British oil exploration company Heritage Oil PLC said Monday it has agreed to sell its stakes in two Ugandan fields to Italy\'s Eni SpA for up to $1.5 billion.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are pointing to a higher opening as investors try to snap a three-day losing streak.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('HEGANG, China (AP) — Grieving family members demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.
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