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Businesses Can Give Workers A Break In Heat Waves

NEW YORK (AP) - The searing heat this summer is giving small business owners a...

5 Employers Offer Incentives For Detroit Living

DETROIT (AP) - About 16,000 employees at five Detroit-based companies will be offered $4 million...

Clorox Says No To Icahn's $10.2B Buyout Bid

NEW YORK (AP) - Clorox Co. is turning down billionaire investor Carl Icahn's offer to...

Assets Frozen Of 3 Firms Accused Of Inside Trades

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has frozen assets of three Swiss-based investment firms accused...

Amazon Says Gets OK For Calif Sales Tax Referendum

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. says the California Attorney General's Office has approved its...

Arbiter Says Kodak Didn't Infringe Apple Patents

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - The U.S. arbiter for trade disputes has rejected Apple's claims that...

Hershey Asking $58M For Part Of Chocolate Plant

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) -The Hershey Co. is selling off part of its original chocolate plant...

BofA Reports $9.1 Billion Loss In 2Q On Settlement

NEW YORK (AP) - Things keep getting worse for Bank of America....

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Becomes Official Consumer Cop

For everyday people who know what it means to be snookered financially, July 21 was...

Verizon Wireless and Phonebooks.com Announce Joint Commitment to Minimize Privacy Concerns

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. -- Verizon Wireless, owner and operator of the nation's most reliable wireless...

Whirlpool Corporation Inducted Into the Made in the USA Foundation's Hall of Fame

BENTON HARBOR -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR...

Mercedes-Benz Reports Best June on Record With Sales of 22,563

MONTVALE, N.J., -- Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported June sales of 22,563 vehicles, an 18.8%...

Murdoch Drops Bid for British Sky Broadcasting

LONDON (AP) - In a stunning retreat, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire dropped its...

Quinn Signs Bill To Streamline Permits

CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn went to a Chicago chocolate factory to sign a...