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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Ukraine corporate raids stifle foreign investment
Yuri Leshchinsky spent more than a decade transforming an ailing Soviet-era factory into a leading candy maker. When a board meeting drew him to the plant from his New York home, he was in for a shock: Black-clad security guards armed with rubber batons were there to meet him, blocking his way.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Gail MarksJarvis: Card debt still choking low, middle incomes
Americans have been successful at getting some of their debts off their backs, but many still have a long way to go.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Spending Smart: Disability insurance can save family finances
What would you say is your most valuable financial asset: your house, your car, your retirement account?
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid
The president of Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives (EURO)23.5 billion ($29.5 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest-ever bank bailout.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Austrian finance minister: No to eurobonds
Austria's finance minister is rejecting the idea of introducing jointly issued eurobonds any time soon and says that running up new debts to finance growth is "nonsense."
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Embittered Facebook investors ponder next move
To say that Facebook's debut as a public company was bungled is something like saying Facebook is a website you might have heard of.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
For something so simple, pasta is serious business
They twirled, they sniffed, they slurped, they chewed.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
IMF chief Lagarde: Little sympathy for Greece
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures.
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BUSINESS
Hard liquor getting scarce in Bellingham as privatization transition continues
For five days next week, the only place to buy hard liquor inside the Bellingham city limits will be at a state-run store in the Barkley area.







