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GOODBYE FREE FOOD: Continental Airlines is launching a food-for-sale program on flights in the fall. DETAILS TO DIGEST: Continental is ending free hamburgers, barbecue and sandwich rolls for many of its passengers. Continental passengers on some international…

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UBS AG of Switzerland said Monday that authorities in Britain, Canada and Australia are investigating the bank’s offshore business in the wake of revelations that it helped U.S. customers evade their taxes for years. The Zurich-based bank said its branches in…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Monday as investors worried the Chinese government may tighten credit, potentially slowing the global economy, and waited for a revised financial regulation bill in the Senate.


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Wall St. lower on China, jitters over bank bill

Industrial production unexpectedly rose in February, due in part to gains in demand for computers and semiconductors that signal the pickup in U.S. business investment is being sustained.

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Production Gain Points to Investment Pickup

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several former American International Group Inc employees might sue the insurer after it gave them less retention bonus money than they should have received, their lawyers said on Monday.


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Ex-AIG employees might sue over lower payouts

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Consol Energy Inc agreed to buy Dominion Resources Inc’s Appalachian natural gas properties for $3.48 billion in cash, giving Consol a leading position in the growing Marcellus Shale field.


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Consol to buy Dominion gas assets for $3.48 billion

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Boston Scientific Corp said it has suspended sales of its implantable heart defibrillators after failing to notify regulators of changes in how it manufactures the devices. It said patient safety was not at risk.


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Boston Scientific suspends ICD sales; shares slump

As the dot-com celebrates its 25th anniversary, Rob Atkinson looks forward to the next 25 years of the commercial Internet

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New York state stalled this month.


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Snowstorms curb industrial output, rebound seen

Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerFile photo of Continental Airlines planes at Newark Airport as a snow storm hit on February 9, 2010 Continental Airlines will have to end its light-hearted television commercials showing hungry passengers on other airlines greedily staring at food-shaped…

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One of Deutsche Bank AG’s top executives in Asia is in discussions about joining Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world’s largest lender by market value, said people with knowledge of the matter.

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Boston Scientific Corp. fell the most in 17 months in New York trading after the company halted sales of heart-rhythm devices because of a documentation error with its U.S. regulatory filings.

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Boston Scientific Plunges on Defibrillator Sales Halt (Update4)

Continental Airlines is ending free hamburgers, barbecue and sandwich rolls for many of its passengers in favor of a food-for-sale program that mirrors what other carriers are already doing. A spokesman said Monday that the airline, based in Houston, expects…

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Rebels in Nigeria set off two car bombs in the southern city of Warri and threatened to step up attacks against oil companies operating in the region.

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Nigeria Oil City Hit by Explosion After Rebel Warning (Update1)