The surgery on David Beckham’s torn Achilles’ tendon has been completed. A person familiar with the operation tells The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the operation was successful. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an…

AC Milan – David Beckham – World Cup – Achilles tendon – sport

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AP source: David Beckham’s surgery completed

The surgery on David Beckham’s torn Achilles’ tendon has been completed. A person familiar with the operation tells The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the operation was successful. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an…

AC Milan – David Beckham – World Cup – Achilles tendon – sport

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AP source: David Beckham’s surgery completed

What Wall Street economists and strategists had to say about key developments on Mar. 15

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Experts Talk FOMC Meeting, Industrial Production

Five of the six biggest U.S. credit-card lenders, led by Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., said late payments fell or held steady in February, signaling a retreat from record industry losses.

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Bank of America, JPMorgan Lead Improvement in Late Card Loans

U.S.-traded shares of Baidu Inc. jumped Monday following media reports that rival Google Inc. is nearing a decision to close its search engine in China. China has the world’s largest Internet population. Google holds about 35 percent of the country’s search…

Google – Baidu – China – Web search engine – United States

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Baidu up on reports Google may end China search

Munich Re and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. are among reinsurers reporting a third straight quarterly increase in policyholders’ surplus as capital markets improve and earnings rise.

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Munich Re, Berkshire Reinsurers Post Gains in Surplus (Update1)

European finance ministers sparred over an aid package for debt-ridden Greece, banking on the Greek government’s budget cuts to make a bailout unnecessary.

EU Spars Over Aid for Greece, Bets on No Need for Bailout

Colombian presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos’s La U party led in congressional elections held yesterday, consolidating his position as the front-runner to succeed Alvaro Uribe.

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Colombia Congress Vote Aids Santos Presidential Bid (Update3)

The U.S. housing market is poised to withstand the removal of government and Federal Reserve stimulus programs and rebound later in the year, contributing to annual economic growth for the first time since 2006.

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Housing Real-Estate Recovery Signaled as Fed Unwinds (Update1)

Eurozone finance ministers on Monday debated ways to help Greece if it can’t borrow from bond markets wary of the country’s shaky finances. Greece says it is only looking for “political” support _ a pledge of aid should it be faced with default _ instead of…

European Union – Greece – Finance – Austerity – Eurozone

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EU finance ministers in talks on help for Greece

French energy company Toreador Resources Corp. said Monday that its fourth-quarter loss narrowed to $5 million as rising oil prices partially offset falling production. Toreador said the average price of oil rose 34 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter,…

Energy – Business – Oil and Gas – Oil Prices – Operating Companies

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Toreador 4Q loss narrows as oil prices rebound

In a story March 12 about Medco Health Solutions, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date on which CEO David Snow’s stock options were awarded. The grant date was Feb. 27, not Feb….

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Correction: Medco Health executive compensation

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown waded into the acrimonious dispute between British Airways PLC and its cabin crew on Monday, calling a planned strike “deplorable” and risking a major fallout with key union backers ahead of a general election. Brown’s rare…

British Airways – Easter – Strike action – Occupational safety and health – Business

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UK’s Brown wades into BA industrial dispute

Politicians’ claims that credit- default swaps are responsible for a jump in government borrowing costs is “flawed and inconsistent,” according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

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Government Criticism of Credit-Swaps Market ‘Flawed,’ ISDA Says

Mobile-phone outfits may be the big winners in an FCC plan for more high-speed Internet service

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Broadband Winners: AT&T, Verizon