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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — AllergEase is moving its headquarters and distribution operations from Arlington to Danville. The city said Thursday in a news release that AllergEase plans to invest $7.5...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A well-known firm that advises big shareholders on how to vote in elections for company directors is paying a $300,000 fine to settle federal civil charges of failing to...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of commerce is facing scrutiny in the Senate for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and as a beneficiary...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
DENVER (AP) — Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
BACK TO COURT: Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Ally Financial Inc. has agreed to pay $2.1 billion as part of a settlement plan to resolve potential financial claims stemming from its mortgage division, Residential Capital...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend...
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Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages — a proposal the government...
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