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'); document.write(''); document.write('HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday while the euro weakened after Greece said it might seek international assistance to resolve its debt crisis.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — The union that represents workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., known as Nummi, have voted in favor of a proposed severance package for the 4,600 workers about to lose their jobs when the plant closes, according to a United Auto Workers official.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SYDNEY (AP) — Australia expressed disappointment Thursday that charges of stealing business secrets against one of its citizens would be tried in a closed court in China, and some lawmakers doubted the mining executive involved would get a fair hearing.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices fell toward $82 a barrel Thursday in Asia, paring two days of gains that were fueled by signs U.S. crude demand may be improving.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('TOKYO (AP) — Toyota\'s training of workers to maintain quality control failed to keep up with the company\'s rapid growth, its president Akio Toyoda said in an interview with a major Japanese business daily.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Two former employees accused of helping fraudulent Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff (MAY\'-dawf) program an old computer to generate false records have been indicted.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('EL CAJON, California (AP) — A California Highway Patrol report released Wednesday said an officer saw brake lights flashing after arriving to help slow a speeding Toyota Prius on a Southern California freeway.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three dozen current and former Hooters workers are suing over work and wage violations, saying they were forced to buy their own uniforms and work without pay.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Wednesday that the agency is investigating several companies\' actions in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008.
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