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US factory output rose in April on stronger autos
U.S. factory output increased in April, helped by a gain in auto production. Busier factories have driven stronger hiring this year and helped the economy grow.
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NATIONAL ECONOMY
Stocks higher on housing but Europe worries linger
Hopes that the U.S. housing market is starting to recover and the economy is on the mend sent stocks higher on Wall Street.
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NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Facebook investors to cash out more shares
Insiders and early Facebook investors will be unloading more of their shares in the initial public offering, the company said Wednesday, as they take advantage of investor demand.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
US housing starts rose to 717,000 in April
U.S. builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes. The increases suggest the battered housing market is healing.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Deere fiscal 2Q profit rises, beats expectations
Deere posted a 17 percent spike in second quarter profit Wednesday and boosted its outlook for the year, predicting record-high global demand for its signature tractors, harvesters and seeders.
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NATIONAL ECONOMY
US stock futures up, worries linger about Greece
U.S. stock futures are edging higher on strong data from the housing sector, yet worries persist that Greek debt problems could fracture the European Union and roil global markets.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way
Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal accused of 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Bangladesh announces probe into Grameen Bank units
Bangladesh has ordered a four-member commission to investigate 54 businesses linked to the pioneering microlender Grameen Bank founded by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
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BUSINESS
Your Office Coach: How to deal with a ‘Chatty Kathy’
Q: My manager has an annoying habit of talking non-stop about her family. She goes into great detail about her daughter’s clothes, her son’s sports activities, or her mother’s latest trip. Although I try to listen courteously, I have absolutely no interest in their activities...
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Boise's Burger Express v. In-N-Out: The beef is done
It started almost a year ago. The California burger giant said local Burger Express owner Larry Squillace had stolen In-N-Out’s color scheme, decor and menu. Squillace said he was bracing for a lawsuit. “This goliath company just wants to pop our bubble and take all our dreams and ...








