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Asian companies and sovereigns sold no dollar-denominated bonds last week for the first time since January after yields surged on the deepening debt crisis in Europe and slowing industrial output in China.
China Petrochemical Corp., the refiner known as Sinopec Group, sold the last securities in the U.S. currency on May 10, before the slowest […]

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A private equity firm with interests in clothing, parking lots, steakhouses and other businesses will be the new owner of The Telegraph, the newspaper that has served the Alton area since 1836.
Sale of The Telegraph by Freedom Communications to an arm of Versa Capital Management is part of a four-newspaper deal the companies announced Thursday. […]

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Fierce political rivalries kept Greece from resolving its leadership crisis as an anti-bailout party refused Monday to return to power-sharing talks.
For the ninth straight day, Greek party leaders were struggling to form a coalition government, riven by differences over the harsh austerity measures demanded by international creditors in return for rescue loans. The impasse means […]

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American Airlines says it is agreeing with creditors to consider potential mergers while it is still under bankruptcy protection.
American parent AMR Corp. says that the company and its bankruptcy creditors agreed to develop “potential consolidation scenarios,” but that didn’t mean it would pursue a deal with any particular party.
Still, Friday’s announcement suggested that events could […]

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A state court judge dismissed a lawsuit today that Molina Healthcare had filed in hopes of halting Missouri’s recent award of $1.1 billion in manged care contracts.
Molina, a losing bidder on the contracts, had accused state officials of violating Missouri’s competitive bidding law in awarding the Medicaid contracts on Feb. 17 to Clayton-based Centene Corp. […]

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Surprise! The budget battles are back.
In an effort to avoid cuts to defense spending, House Republicans are pushing a bill that would shift hundreds of billions in spending cuts from the Pentagon to domestic programs, services for the poor and government regulators.

The plan would strip regulators of the ability to wind down failing […]

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There are far more jobless people in the United States than you might think.
While it’s true that the unemployment rate is falling, that doesn’t include the millions of nonworking adults who aren’t even looking for a job anymore. And hiring isn’t strong enough to keep up with population growth.

As a result, the labor […]

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Switzerland’s tax disputes with the United States and some European nations are “an economic war” putting 20,000 jobs at risk, the CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS AG has been quoted as saying.
Switzerland has recently tried to shed its image as a tax haven, signing deals with the United States, Germany and Britain to provide […]

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A Houston Holiday Inn owned by St. Louis developers Michael and Steve Roberts filed for bankruptcy today, representing the latest in a string of legal troubles for the brothers’ holdings spread across the country.
Michael and Steve Roberts are principals of St. Louis-based Roberts Cos., which owns 11 hotels, four TV stations, a radio station and […]

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