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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday it is selling its Diners Club North American franchise to BMO Financial Group as it continues to shed noncore assets and streamline operations.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — Hormel Foods says its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 50 percent, helped by lower ingredient costs even as sales slipped on lower meat prices and a continuing pullback in consumer spending.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PITTSBURGH (AP) — H.J. Heinz Co.\'s second-quarter profit dropped 16 percent from last year, when the company\'s results were boosted by currency shifts.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) — Merck & Co. on Tuesday said a U.S. district court dismissed claims against the company in a second key case alleging the osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes painful jaw bone destruction.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccine for fear it may trigger life-threatening allergies.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission conceded Tuesday the agency \"hasn\'t been acting as quickly as it should\" on crib safety problems.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Medical device maker Medtronic says its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 59 percent on higher sales of implantable heart devices and stents, while costs fell.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — BMO Financial Group said Tuesday that it will buy the Diners Club North American franchise from Citigroup Inc., more than doubling its corporate card business.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are little changed ahead of Tuesday\'s opening as investors await a report that is expected to show the economic recovery in the third quarter was not as fast as initially estimated.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — General Motors Co. will present to unions on Wednesday its restructuring plan for the Opel unit, expected to include up to 9,500 job cuts, the carmaker\'s top official in Europe said Tuesday.
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