CVS Caremark says it is making flu shots available starting Tuesday, which is three or four weeks earlier than usual. The company said appointments for the flu vaccine will be available at all 500 of its walk-in MinuteClinics, and at scheduled events in many…

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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil fell more than 2 percent to around $71 a barrel on Monday as a drop in China’s key stock index stoked worries about the pace of economic recovery and a revival in energy demand.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said on Monday it is too early to talk about curtailing the central bank’s long-term security purchases while the economic recovery is fragile.

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Chemical company Huntsman has offered to pay about $415 million for a chunk of titanium dioxide pigment maker Tronox’s assets. Texas-based Huntsman Inc. said Monday it has signed a “stalking horse” agreement with Oklahoma City-based Tronox Inc., which filed…

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(Reuters) – Baker Hughes Inc said it would buy oilfield services company BJ Services Co for $5.5 billion in a stock and cash deal.

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Stocks moved toward a lower opening Monday following a big drop in Asian markets. U.S. stock futures fell after China’s main index plunged 6.7 percent, adding to a nearly 3 percent drop on Friday. The selloffs in Chinese shares have been fueled by growing…

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India’s economy picked up pace in the latest quarter as government spending helped to overcome the worst of the global downturn but drought threatens to stall the recovery. Growth in gross domestic product accelerated to 6.1 percent from a year earlier in the…

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Japan’s factory output rose for the fifth straight month in July and is expected to keep climbing _ one of the few encouraging signs for a newly elected government charged with bolstering the world’s second largest economy. Industrial production climbed 1.9…

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European shares fell Monday after Chinese stocks plunged nearly 7 percent and Japanese shares weakened after the country’s opposition party came to power in a landslide victory. Germany’s DAX 30 blue-chip index fell 0.7 percent to 5,480.18, while France’s CAC-…

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European shares fall as China plunges nearly 7 pct

Regular traffic across the heavily fortified border dividing North and South Korea will be restored this week, officials in Seoul said Monday amid further signs of improved relations between the two nations. The North’s state radio station, meanwhile, quoted…

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Stocks are heading toward a lower opening following a big drop in Asian markets.

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Here are the standings in Japan’s lower house of parliament after Sunday’s elections, as compiled by the media. Official results have not been released. The number of seats held before the election are in parentheses. _____ DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN: 308 (112)…

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Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Monday that it will buy BJ Services Co. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.5 billion that the company said will allow it to drive international growth and compete for projects of companies engaged in all…

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Americans don’t appear to be giving their credit cards much of a rest. During the second quarter of the year, consumers continued to fall behind on their credit card bills, although the pace of delinquencies wasn’t nearly so alarming as…

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Oil prices fell to near $71 a barrel Monday as China’s stock market tumbled and commodities investors questioned whether the U.S. economy can recover strongly in the second half. Sinking Asian stock markets were led by a 6.7 percent fall in China’s benchmark….

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Oil near $71 as stocks sink, recovery questioned