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Minnesota lawmakers have approved a budget deal that will end a 20-day state government shutdown as soon as Gov. Mark Dayton signs it.
The state House and Senate approved the budget during a special session, with the last vote coming early Wednesday morning after lawmakers worked through the night. The session began Tuesday afternoon.
It wasn’t clear […]

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Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. plans to raise menu prices, the latest in a stream of companies saying they will pass along higher costs for the ingredients in their products.
The fast-food giant on Tuesday blamed the rising prices of beef, bacon and cooking oil. It also said it had already raised prices late last year and in […]

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One of three wives living with Osama bin Laden told Pakistani interrogators she had been staying in the al-Qaida chief’s hideout for five years, and could be a key source of information about how he avoided capture for so long, a Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.
In its first confirmation of bin Laden’s death, al-Qaida warned […]

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The proliferation of tablets from Apple, Motorola, Samsung and Research in Motion is making for a crowded market — and it’s one that will be worth tens of billions in four short years.
Research firm Strategy Analytics said in a study released Tuesday that the global tablet market will grow to $49 billion in revenue […]

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Almost half of the budget cuts, some $18 billion, in the budget pact between President Barack Obama don’t involve cuts to agency operating accounts spending hawks like to target. They involve cuts to so-called mandatory programs whose budgets run mostly on autopilot. Such cuts officially “score” as savings that could be used to pay for […]

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Drivers looking to make car rental reservations on the popular travel online agency Orbitz soon won’t be able to book car rentals with Enterprise Holdings, the country’s largest rental car company.
Clayton-based Enterprise announced Wednesday that effective Friday, none of its three brands - Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo or National - will be available on Orbitz.com or […]

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Protesting contract workers are occupying Athens’ City Hall, disrupting municipal services, to protest at continued cuts in state-paid jobs.
The protesters, whose contracts have expired but are fighting for permanent jobs in court, staged a peaceful occupation Tuesday. Police did not intervene.
Mayor Giorgos Kaminis promised to give the protesters priority when hiring new workers. But government […]

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Stocks reversed earlier losses and edged higher in midday trading Thursday, as investors weighed an unexpected jump in jobless claims against a strong manufacturing report.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose 25,000 from the previous week. That was more than economists expected.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia […]

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Angela Merkel’s spokesman says the head of Germany’s central bank will meet with the chancellor amid speculation that he will not pursue the European Central Bank’s top job.
Steffen Seibert told reporters that Merkel and Axel Weber would meet later Friday behind closed doors in Berlin and then issue a written statement.
Weber, who has reportedly pulled […]

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