2008 AP FILE PHOTOIn this photo, the company logo is seen on the doors of a building at Merck & Co. headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. Merck and one of its drug development partners parted ways today. In a filing…

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Interest rates have barely budged in the bond market ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting on interest rates. Policymakers aren’t expected to raise the Fed’s benchmark rate from record low levels at their meeting Tuesday. Traders will be looking for any hint…

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Investors turned cautious Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting on interest rates. Major stock indexes closed narrowly mixed after trading lower for most of the day. An analyst upgrade of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. helped lift the Dow Jones industrial…

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Shares of Interactive Brokers Group Inc. fell Monday after an analyst downgraded the automated electronic broker, citing its exposure to market volatility. Keefe Bruyette & Woods analyst Niamh Alexander lowered his rating on the company to “underperform” from…

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Oil prices settled below $80 a barrel Monday, dragged down by a stronger dollar and increasing investor concerns about energy demand. Energy prices fell across the board, with benchmark crude contracts for April delivery sliding $1.44 to settle at $79.80 a…

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Oil settles below $80 as demand worries persist

The Obama administration’s pay czar is reducing 2010 compensation for top executives at GMAC Inc. because the auto finance giant continues to lose money and has no strategy for repaying its $16.3 billion taxpayer bailout, according to people familiar with the…

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Police escorted convoys of flatbed trucks carrying piles of sandbags into neighborhoods along Fargo’s Red River on Monday as residents began preparing to keep the looming flood waters away from their homes. The cities of Fargo in eastern North Dakota and…

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Chelsea’s search for a stadium naming rights deal is being led by an American sports agency that recently hired the Premier League club’s former chief executive. Creative Artists Agency, whose European operation is headed by Peter Kenyon, is tasked with…

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Harsh winter weather and competition from deeply discounted foreclosures are putting a damper on sales prospects for homebuilders. The National Association of Home Builders said Monday its housing market index, which tracks industry confidence, slipped this…

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Homebuilder sentiment index falls in March

The United Auto Workers and Toyota have agreed on terms to shut down the Nummi plant that employs 4,600 workers. It is California’s sole remaining auto plant. The terms weren’t disclosed Monday but include a pay package when the plant is shut down on April 1….

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Toyota, UAW reach tentative agreement on Nummi

The United Auto Workers and Toyota have agreed on terms to shut down the Nummi plant that employs 4,600 workers. It is California’s sole remaining auto plant. The terms weren’t disclosed Monday but include a pay package when the plant is shut down on April 1….

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A coalition representing governors of 29 states is urging the federal government to take steps to boost wind energy, such as requiring utilities to produce at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2012. The bipartisan Governors’ Wind…

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A coalition representing governors of 29 states is urging the federal government to take steps to boost wind energy, such as requiring utilities to produce at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2012. The bipartisan Governors’ Wind…

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L.L. Bean hopes to attract more younger customers through its Signature line. The Signature label, which launched Monday, is aimed at taking L.L. Bean’s classic style elements and give them a modern look that’s meant to be slimmer and hipper. Creative…

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LL Bean kicks off Signature brand

L.L. Bean hopes to attract more younger customers through its Signature line. The Signature label, which launched Monday, is aimed at taking L.L. Bean’s classic style elements and give them a modern look that’s meant to be slimmer and hipper. Creative…

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LL Bean kicks off Signature brand