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NEWS: Business and Financial
Stocks hover near break even
Stocks recovered from earlier losses Friday to trade in a narrow range near breakeven as investors weighed reports on U.S. economic growth, consumer confidence and regional manufacturing activity.
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Carlyle Sets First Close of China Fund
The U.S. private-equity firm announced the first closing of a yuan-denominated fund after raising the equivalent of $350 million.
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Recovery spin wars: White House vs. business
The Obama administration gave a positive spin to second-quarter economic numbers released Friday, with the administration's chief economist saying they show a "steady recovery from the recession continues."
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U.S. recovery sputters
The U.S. economy continued to grow during the second quarter, the government reported Friday. But the pace slowed more than economists were expecting, raising concern about growth - or even another recession - in the months ahead.
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Consumers not spending like drunken sailors
The economy is heading nowhere fast. That's the bad news. But the good news is that it still seems like consumers may have actually learned a lesson or two about reckless fiscal behavior.
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States go deeper into debt
The states are broke, and like many consumers, they're borrowing big time to get out of their fiscal binds.
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Congress Passes Lean Airline Safety Bill
U.S. legislators, deadlocked over a comprehensive airline-safety bill, have compromised on a slimmed-down measure to enhance pilot training and airline safety.
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Honda, Mazda Improve Bottom Lines
Japanese auto makers Honda and Mazda said that sales was growing strong in Asia and North America as both reported improved earnings on the quarter.
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Chrysler to keep Michigan plant open, add jobs
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will add a second shift to the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant near Detroit in early 2011 and keep that plant open beyond 2012, when it had been planned to shut, the company said on Friday.
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EU May Broaden U.S. Biodiesel Tariffs
The EU is moving to open an investigation into whether U.S. biodiesel producers are routing their product through third countries to avoid tariffs the EU imposed on U.S. shipments last year.
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Wall Street pares losses, recovery stays anemic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks eased slightly on Friday, but for the second day in a row major indexes bounced off session lows, this time on a positive report on Midwest manufacturing activity.
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Let's fund every entrepreneur
There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator's AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham's comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington's comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I'll join in now.
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Researchers show how criminals can attack edges of secure Web traffic
LAS VEGAS — Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.
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Cell phone shipments continue to recover
NEW YORK — The number of cell phones shipped worldwide rose 14.5 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, with much of the growth coming from smaller challengers like the iPhone and BlackBerry, according to research firm IDC.
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BP's Hayward Defends Tenure, Spill Response
Tony Hayward, the departing chief executive of BP, is unrepentant about how the energy giant responded to the U.S.'s largest offshore oil spill.
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Aon quarterly profit rides high on acquisitions
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Aon Corp , the world's largest insurance brokerage, reported a market-beating quarterly profit, driven by recent acquisitions that offset a drop in commissions.
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Six More Insurers Subpoenaed by Cuomo
Genworth Financial Group, Unum Group and New York Life Insurance were among life insurers subpoenaed by New York Attorney General Cuomo in his probe of payouts to policy beneficiaries.
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BA, Virgin Sound Optimistic
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic signaled that the pace of recovery is picking up after one of the toughest economic downturns in decades.
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Hitachi returns to profit as demand in Asia fuels turnaround
TOKYO — Hitachi, a maker of everything from home appliances to nuclear reactors, returned to profit last quarter as strong Asian demand fueled recovery in the auto and electronics sectors.
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Samsung says quarterly profit surges 83 percent
SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung's quarterly profit surged to a record high as sales of semiconductors, flat panels and TVs climbed, but the electronics giant warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters.
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