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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
Houston Chronicle
Patrick Semansky AP James Lee Witt, right, listens to BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley as he speaks at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as an advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., ...
BP's Dudley: Time for 'scaleback' in Gulf cleanupUSA Today
New BP boss vows to stay the course in Gulf clean-upAFP
BP cuts back oil spill clean-up as it prepares to 'kill' leakTelegraph.co.uk
TIME -BBC News -Financial Times
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Democrats Call on Republicans to Return Wyly Brothers' Donations
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Dallas billionaire brothers accused of fraud became part of a Washington tug-of-war Friday over political donations. Democratic organizations called for Republicans to return hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations ...
SEC's Wyly brothers charges may depress donationsMarketWatch
SEC Charges Billionaire Brothers With FraudBenzinga
SEC Charges Wyly Brothers With Illegal Stock TradingInformationWeek
Washington Post (blog) -Sacramento Bee -AOL News
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US Small-Cap Stocks Nearly Flat Friday, Up For July
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US small-capitalization stocks traded in a tight range and the benchmark indexes narrowly diverged Friday, though both closed out July with gains of more than 6% and posted their first ...
Stocks: Best monthly gain in a yearCNNMoney
Stocks narrowly mixed as economic growth slowsThe Associated Press
US Stock Futures Gain, Boosted By Earnings, Jobs DataWall Street Journal
Columbia Daily Tribune -Boston Herald -Newsday (subscription)
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FOREX-Dollar falls to 8-month low vs yen on US data
Reuters
NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - The dollar hit its lowest since November against the Japanese yen on Friday as data showed growth in the world's largest economy is slowing, reinforcing expectations for low US interest rates into 2011. ...
WORLD FOREX: Dollar Up Vs Euro, Down Vs Yen After US GDP ReportWall Street Journal
Stocks cheer a benign July; gold, dollar sufferMarketWatch
Dollar sinks to 8-month low vs yen as growth slowsThe Associated Press
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Northwest to Pay $38 Million Fine
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Northwest Airlines has agreed to plead guilty to fixing prices on air-cargo shipments and will pay a $38 million criminal fine, the Justice Department announced Friday. The department said Northwest Airlines Cargo engaged in ...
Delta fined $38M for Northwest cargo price-fixingThe Associated Press
Union files for another election in Delta's mergerAtlanta Journal Constitution
S. Africa Says BA, Lufthansa Fixed Fuel, Cargo RatesBusinessWeek
Atlanta Business Chronicle -Financial News USA (press release) -Consumer Affairs
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SEC Gets FOIA Foil in Financial Law
Wall Street Journal
Regulatory Revamp Gives Agency Greater Rein to Deny Document Requests; 'Is That a Good Thing?' By KARA SCANNELL WASHINGTON—A provision in the new financial-regulation law that limits public access to documents collected by the Securities and Exchange ...
SEC to Public: 'Trust Us'FOXBusiness
SEC tells Congress new law doesn't block FOIAWashington Post (blog)
New Wall Street rules pit SEC vs. the mediaCNNMoney
FortBendNow -Benzinga -FierceFinance
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Consumer Metrics Institute News: July 30, 2010 – Inside the New GDP Numbers
Benzinga
Bureau of Economic Analysis ('BEA') released its "advance" estimate of the annualized growth rate of the US Gross Domestic Product ('GDP') during the 2nd quarter of 2010. Per their report, the GDP grew during the quarter at an annualized rate of 2.4%, ...
What Today's GDP Report SaysTheStreet.com
After Revisions, Real GDP And PCE Even Farther From Previous PeakThe Business Insider
Four things to learn from new GDP dataChristian Science Monitor
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Cuomo widens insurer probe with 6 more subpoenas
Reuters
NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed six more insurers as the state widens a probe into whether life insurance companies have defrauded families of deceased members of the military. ...
CORRECT: UPDATE: Six More Life Insurers Subpoenaed By CuomoWall Street Journal
MetLife Says Clients Love Accounts Probed by CuomoBloomberg
Cuomo probes six more life insurersLegal News Line
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Chevrolet Volt Fatigue Setting In
BusinessWeek
The Chevrolet Volt may be wearing out its welcome. General Motors has been hyping the gasoline-electric car ever since the company showed it off to the public 1300 days ago. The company has let countless reporters into its battery labs and given ...
Obama takes the wheel of a Chevy VoltUSA Today
GM hikes production capacity for Volt by 50 pctThe Associated Press
Interest spurs GM to boost Volt production 50% in 2012The Detroit News
KETV Omaha -AutoWeek -PC Magazine
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Facebook Said to Put Off Share Sale Until 2012 to Buy More Time for Growth
Bloomberg
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., could push for a stock sale at any time. Photographer: Antoine Antoniol/Bloomberg July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Douglas MacMillan talks about the likelihood Facebook Inc. will put of its ...
Facebook looking to buy more time for IPOMarketWatch
Facebook 'postpones' float until 2012 to allow growthTelegraph.co.uk
Biz Break: Facebook IPO? Maybe not until 2012San Jose Mercury News
CNET -BayNewser -Washington Post
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