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Bars, restaurants must clear the air SaturdaySanford HeraldChelsea Grooms (left) smokes a cigarette at Applebee's restaurant in Sanford on Thursday as Tyson McCoy looks on. North Carolina's smoking ban in bars and restaurants becomes effective Saturday. — Ashley Garner SANFORD — Tobacco may …Smoking ban might go even furtherCharlotteObserver.comSmoking, Animal Shelter, Ethics Rules Arrive in NCABC NewsBusinesses, Patrons Prepare For Smoking BanWSOCtv.comRoanoke Rapids Daily Herald -Kansas City infoZine -StarNewsOnline.comall 582 news articles »

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Goldman Sachs Helps YRC Avert Bankruptcy Following Hoffa's PleaBusinessWeekJan. 1 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. helped YRC Worldwide Inc. complete a debt swap to avert bankruptcy after the Teamsters union said the bank was trying to profit from a failure of the largest US trucker …YRC Worldwide reaches deal with bondholdersMarketWatchUS truck stocks slide as YRC sees new lifeReutersYRC Worldwide says it will be open for business after debt-swap deadlineBizjournals.comPress-Enterprise -Wall Street Journal -TheStreet.comall 467 news articles »

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Time Warner Cable, News Corp., Wells FargoMarketWatchBy MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the shares expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Time Warner Cable, News Corp., and Wells Fargo. Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) said it has agreed to a 30-day cooling-off period and …No Resolution on Time Warner's Fox FeesNew York TimesFCC Urges Fox, Time Warner to Settle DisputeWall Street JournalFCC suggests cable TV dealTampa TribuneReuters -Los Angeles Times -Myrtle Beach Sun Newsall 2,329 news articles »

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China factories boom in Dec, demand lifts Korea exportsReutersBEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China's economic growth looks set to accelerate into the new year, with booming factories driving a December manufacturing survey to a 20-month high while South Korea's exports to the country surged on strong demand. …China PMI hits 20-month highMarketWatchCFLP China December PMI 56.6 Versus November 55.2Wall Street JournalChina Manufacturing Growth Increases to 20-Month HighBusinessWeekMarket News International -Forexyardall 35 news articles »

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UTStarcom settles bribery case for $3 millionSan Francisco ChronicleAn Alameda telecommunications company will pay $3 million in criminal fines and civil penalties to settle government accusations that it bribed officials in China and other Asian countries, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday. …UTStarcom to Pay Fine for China BriberyWall Street JournalUTStarcom pays $3M to settle bribery chargesBusinessWeekUTStarcom to pay $3 mln to settle bribery chargesReutersBizjournals.com -PC World -AFPall 55 news articles »

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Wells Fargo's top 4 execs to get stock grantsSan Francisco ChronicleWells Fargo & Co. said Thursday that it would award its chief executive and three other company leaders performance-based stock grants together worth about $25 million, one week after it repaid a multibillion-dollar government loan that had restricted …Wells Fargo execs denied cash bonusesWinston-Salem JournalWells Fargo Grants Stock Awards to Top ExecutivesWall Street JournalWells Fargo Pays $25 Million in Stock BonusesNew York TimesBusinessWeek -FOXBusiness -MarketWatchall 377 news articles »

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China PMI hits 20-month highMarketWatchBy MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A key measure of Chinese manufacturing reached a 20-month high in December, according to media reports Friday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) jumped to 56.6 in December from 55.2 in the previous month …China's official PMI hits 20-month high in DecReutersCFLP China December PMI 56.6 Versus November 55.2Wall Street JournalChina Dec official PMI hits 56.6 vs 55.2 in NovForexyardChina.org.cnall 23 news articles »

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Rising mortgage rates will test housing marketLos Angeles TimesThe interest rate for a 30-year loan ticks up to 5.14%, the fourth consecutive weekly increase. By E. Scott Reckard Mortgage rates are continuing their creep upward in a trend that well may choke off a recent refinancing boom and provide a test of the …Mortgage Rates in US Rise to Highest in Four MonthsBusinessWeekFixed mortgage rates march higherMarketWatchUS 30-yr mortgage rate hits 4-mth high -Freddie MacReutersChristian Science Monitor -FreeRateUpdate.com -ABC Newsall 141 news articles »

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As estate tax drops to zero, Congress should take actionBoston GlobeTHE RICH and ailing might want to post guards outside their hospital doors this year. Thanks to a provision of the Bush tax cuts, the tax on inherited estates will phase out completely in 2010 before springing back to life in 2011 at its old, …

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Unemployment claims fall unexpectedlyLos Angeles TimesLast week's decline, to the lowest level since July 2008, nurtures hope for continued improvement in the job market. Job seekers crowd an employerÂ's table at a Los Angeles job fair last month organized by the Opportunities Industrialization Centers. …US Jobless Claims Drop to Lowest Level Since 2008BusinessWeekJobless Claims Fell in Latest WeekWall Street JournalJobless claims fall to 17-month lowCNNMoney.comMarketWatch -FOXBusiness -Christian Science Monitorall 705 news articles »

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Agency Drops Bloggers' SubpoenasNew York TimesBy AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday dropped the subpoenas it had issued to two Internet writers in its effort to learn who leaked an airline security directive. The latest on President Obama, …TSA Withdraws Subpoenas Against BloggersWired NewsAirline Security Tight to Start New YearNew York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TVDFW Airport checkpoint 'unsecured'Houston ChronicleThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com -CNN -Washington Postall 758 news articles »

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