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ThinkstockThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has traded lower all day since tumbling about 0.7% in mid-morning. The index got a downward push thanks to McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) which has dropped...
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Chinese regulators have closed down a local meat supplier following a TV report that the company was mixing meat that had passed its expiration date with fresh meat and using other unsanitary...
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ThinkstockSaying that the status quo does not meet the “need for action,” the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday issued a decision on what the agency will look for in permit...
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The speeding tractor-trailer big rig owned by Walmart that last month collided with a limo occupied by comedian Tracy Morgan was equipped with a collision-avoidance system that allegedly failed to...
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Citigroup reported better-than-expected second-quarter results before markets opened Monday -- not including a big settlement related to residential-backed mortgage securities and collateralized...
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ThinkstockWhen it comes to estimating how much the U.S. Department of Defense is going to spend on fuel, we all might be better off if the DOD planners used a dart board. That’s not quite the...
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ThinkstockThe United States is slowly reversing course on banning marijuana. Colorado led the way in passing laws that allow recreational use of marijuana and cannabis products, and now the opening...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve released the minutes of the June meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday afternoon. The minutes indicate that the FOMC plans to end its monthly...
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thinkstockThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named its investigative teams to review whether or not the massive media mergers that have been announced are actually in the public interest...
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The Boeing Co.The Tea Party wing of the Republican party has declared that it will not support the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank when the bank’s charter comes up for...
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Target said that beginning July 2 the stores will "respectfully request that guests not bring firearms into Target -- even in communities where it is permitted by law."
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ThinkstockAn audit report from the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General warns that Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is “significantly behind schedule” in meeting the September...
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ThinkstockT-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) may have won over many new wireless customers as portraying itself as the ‘uncarrier’ for wireless subscribers. Now it turns out that a Federal Trade...
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General Motors will pay millions of dollars, at least, to survivors and victims of crashes related to defective ignition switches in the company's vehicles. Kenneth Feinberg to administer the program.
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After markets closed last Friday, MannKind announced that the FDA had approved Afrezza, a rapid-acting, inhaled insulin powder that improves glycemic control in adults with diabetes.
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