Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Berlin Monday for a special joint session of the German and Israeli governments, a symbolic visit highlighting the two nations’ bond six decades after the Holocaust. It is the first time an Israeli government…

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Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time. There isn’t a farm within miles of where she grew up on Chicago’s west side, but she’s set to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in crop sciences…

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The holidays may be a little less sweet this year. Nestle – which sells nearly all the canned pumpkin in the United States – says poor weather hurt its harvest, creating a potential shortage of its Libby’s pumpkin pie products through the holidays. In a…

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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ central bank set up a facility on Sunday to support liquidity in the banking system Dubai’s government sought to delay debt payments from two of its flagship firms, sending global markets lower.

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MORRISTOWN — It was easily the worst holiday season Bill Braunschweiger experienced in his retail career. One of the oldest retailers in Morristown, Braunschweiger Jewelers on South Street saw a 30 to 40 percent drop in sales last year from…

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A powerful Muslim clan accused of staging a massacre last week of 57 civilians, including dozens of journalists, denied any involvement in the killings in a rare news conference Sunday. Thousands of followers rallied outside while Zaldy Ampatuan, governor of…

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday restated China’s long-standing position that the yuan’s exchange rate should be kept at a reasonable, balanced level.

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NANJING, China (Reuters) – The euro zone’s top economic officials pressed China on Sunday to let the yuan resume its gradual rise but said they were not counting on immediate results.

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GENEVA (Reuters) – Swiss bank UBS is threatening to move its headquarters out of Switzerland if the authorities impose too many new regulations in the wake of the global financial crisis, Swiss weekly paper Sonntag CH said.

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Iran’s parliament passed a law on Sunday earmarking $20 million to support militant groups opposing the West and investigate alleged U.S. and British plots against the Islamic Republic. The legislation is widely seen as a response to Western criticism of Iran’…

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A Dubai World official says the conglomerate dismissed the possibility of selling some of its assets at a discounted price to cover some of the $60 billion in debts coming due. Al-Itihad newspaper on Sunday quoted a company source as saying over past months…

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AMANDA BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGERDavid Knights, Hopewell Borough council president, and Michele Hovan, Hopewell’s borough administrator, are trying to prevent losing tax revenue from Verizon’s equipment. If parks in Hopewell Borough fall into disrepair, if fewer shade trees are planted, if property…

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China should allow its currency to strengthen against the euro and other major currencies, for its own sake as well as that of the global economy, top finance officials of the single-currency euro zone said Sunday. The plea to Chinese Prime Minister Wen…

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GENEVA (Reuters) – European businesses, growing frustrated at slow progress in the World Trade Organization’s Doha round, called on Sunday for the WTO to tackle the negotiation at next week’s conference.

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NANJING, China (Reuters) – A gradual, orderly rise in the yuan against all major floating currencies is in the interest both of China and of the world economy, senior euro zone officials said on Sunday.

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