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2:55AM, November 5
World markets surged Tuesday as the uncertainty about who will be the next
U.S. president neared an end and a leading
U.S. investment bank told its clients in Europe to buy stocks after the savaging they have taken in the last few weeks.
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12:00AM, November 5
NEW YORK – Do you have a confession to make about a purchase you shouldn’t have made?
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12:00AM, November 5
PHILADELPHIA – The Federal Communications Commission has opened an investigation into the pricing policies of major cable operators and Verizon Communications Inc.
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Craig
A. Dubow, chief executive of the media giant Gannett Co., is taking a 17% salary cut as the company struggles with declines in advertising and circulation that prompted staff cuts this summer.
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12:00AM, November 5
ACQUISITIONS
FCC OKs Verizon-Alltel, Sprint-Clearwire deals
The Federal Communications Commission, kicking off a new round of telephone-industry consolidation, approved Verizon Wireless’s $28.1-billion purchase of Alltel Corp.
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In a sign that financial markets remain stagnant, the struggling investment subsidiary of real estate brokerage giant
CB Richard Ellis Inc.
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After falling behind on their house payments, Eleuteria and Arthur Washington of Redlands responded to a flier they got in the mail promising to help them renegotiate their mortgage.
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Qiana Zimmerle got an early start on her Christmas shopping last week, heading to a Kmart in Burbank where she loaded up a cart with toys, clothes and a High School Musical game.
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Woodland Hills-based insurer Health Net Inc.
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Federal regulators on Tuesday approved the largest ever expansion of wireless Internet access, unanimously backing a controversial plan to allow a new generation of devices to use the empty airwaves between television channels to go online.
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