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Unemployment inched up in August
Philadelphia Inquirer
The nation's unemployment rate inched up to 9.6 percent in August as public and private employers, for the third straight month, laid off more people than they hired, the Department of Labor reported Friday. ...
Economy 101: Jobless rate widens for black workersThe Associated Press
For Labor Day, some slightly upbeat employment numbersSarasota Herald-Tribune
Jobless rate hits 9.6%; 54000 jobs lostPittsburgh Post Gazette
Palm Beach Post -Boston Herald -Forbes
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Oil platform fire is a disaster, but mainly for PR
Los Angeles Times
Thursday's fire caused no leak or injuries; its cause is still being investigated. But the incident resounds through the oil-dependent region, and on Capitol Hill. By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times Louisianans expressed relief Friday that another ...
Gulf platform 'not leaking oil'BBC News
US offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill banReuters
US Probes Mariner Fire in Gulf of Mexico That Sparked BP Spill Deja VuBloomberg
The Associated Press -TIME -MarketWatch
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Google Search Probed by Texas AG for Antitrust
eWeek
Google said Sept. 3 that the Texas Attorney General is conducting an antitrust investigation of complaints that Google harms competition with its search engine. Foundem and Microsoft have popped into the picture again. Google said Sept. ...
Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankingsThe Associated Press
Texas watchdog reviews Google's practicesFinancial Times
Texas opens antitrust investigation of GoogleCNET
Times LIVE -Computerworld -RTT News
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Not-so-dire jobs report gives stocks a boost
Washington Post
The stock markets topped off their best week in a month Friday as the latest jobs report calmed fears that the sputtering economy is headed toward a double-dip recession. The major stock indexes climbed more than 1 percent Friday ...
Dow Finishes 128 Points Higher on Jobs ReportTheStreet.com
Stocks Rally as Jobs Data Spurs OptimismABC News
US Stocks Up On Jobs Data;DJIA's Best Pre-Labor Day Run Since 1990MarketWatch
The Associated Press -FOXBusiness -CNNMoney
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Goldman to Close Prop-Trading Unit
Wall Street Journal
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has decided to close its principal-strategies unit, which does proprietary trading, in the wake of financial-overhaul regulation passed by Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter. ...
Goldman shutting prop trading desk: reportReuters
Goldman Sachs Said to Shut Principal Strategies UnitBloomberg
Goldman Sachs Shuttering Principal Strategies GroupCNBC
DailyFinance -FOXBusiness -TheStreet.com
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Review & Outlook: The Diviner of System Risk
Wall Street Journal
After two more days of hearings this week about the 2008 credit meltdown, the lid on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's black box remains shut and locked. Testifying Thursday before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Mr. Bernanke made ...
Government regulators slow to act on triggers of crisis, Bernanke saysWashington Post
New Book: How Lehman Lost Its WayCNBC
Bernanke EmpoweredBloomberg
National Mortgage Professional Magazine -Financial Times -ABC News
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HP to buy 3Par as Dell pulls out of race
Financial Times
Hewlett-Packard won the bidding battle for data storage company 3Par on Thursday after rival computer maker Dell balked at raising its offer again. 3Par accepted HP's latest bid of $33 a share, or about $2.4bn, ...
HP poised to acquire 3Par as Dell bows outWashington Post
3Par boss nets �65m fortune from hi-tech bidding warThe Guardian
Owners of a Third of 3PAR Back HP BidABC News
Los Angeles Times -PC World -The Associated Press
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Jorge Paulo Lemann: the Brazilian billionaire taking a bite out of Burger King
Telegraph.co.uk
Warren Buffett has described the new owner of Burger King as a good friend. That, if nothing else, should help Jorge Paulo Lemann get a credit card in the US if he ever wanted one. By Richard Blackden, US Business Editor Not that the 71-year old would ...
Analysis: Burger King sale may stoke restaurant dealsReuters
Burger King Agrees to $4 Billion Private Equity OfferNew York Times
What went wrong at Burger KingCNNMoney
TheStreet.com -Bloomberg -BusinessWeek
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Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested
The Associated Press
HONOLULU ? The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on US farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in US history Los ...
Indictment Accuses Firm of Exploiting Thai WorkersNew York Times
Federal grand jury indicts associates of Beverly Hills firm in human ...Los Angeles Times
Human trafficking suspect surrendersHawaii News Now
CNN -BBC News -AFP
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