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Also tagged baxter, biggest, broadway-street, democrats, elections-reminiscent, party-faced, president, reagan, tough-midterm, vancouverReuters – The U.S. government on Thursday proposed to fine American Airlines $24.2 million for alleged maintenance violations that led to thousands of flight cancellations two years ago.
Also tagged 24-2-million, business, government-on-thursday, thursdayReuters – Cuba plans to drill seven exploratory oil wells in its Gulf of Mexico waters over the next two years, according to a U.S. organization that visited the Communist-ruled island to discuss energy development.
Also tagged communist, communist-ruled, discuss-energy, drill-seven, mexico, oil-wells, visited-the-communist, waters-over, worldAP – Home sales in Southern California plummeted 21.4 percent last month from July 2009, the largest year-over-year drop in more than two years, as federal tax credits expired, a tracking firm reported Tuesday.
Also tagged business, credits-expired, federal-tax, largest, percent-last, southern, southern-california, the-largest, tracking-firmReuters – There is a “significant” chance the U.S.
Also tagged business, few-months, francisco, francisco-federal, reserve, reserve-bank, said-on-mondayReuters – Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac on Monday said it would need another $1.8 billion in aid from taxpayers, bringing its total request since it was taken over by the government two years ago to more than $64 billion.
Also tagged 2008-file, business, finance-giant, freddie, government, jason-reed, mortgage, mortgage-lender, the-government, total-requestReuters – Time Warner Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday and it raised its outlook after revenue grew at its fastest pace in two years on strong ad sales.
Also tagged business, columbus, columbus-circle, its-fastest, profit-on-wednesday, quarterly-profit, revenue-grew, timeReuters – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) reported its best operating profit in two years on Wednesday, beating market estimates, and lifted its cautious forecasts despite a sluggish U.S. recovery and a stronger yen.
Also tagged beating-market, best-operating, business, forecasts-despite, its-cautious, reported-its, toyota, toyota-motor, years-on-wednesdayAFP – The oil-rich Gulf economies are recovering along with crude prices nearly two years after the global financial crisis hit the region, but Dubai, stricken by its debt, is still picking up the pieces.
Also tagged after-the-global, business, crisis-hit, gulf, its-debt, karim-sahib, pieces, region, still-picking, tallest-tower, the-region, the-world, walk-past, worldAFP – Business and consumer confidence in the 16-nation eurozone jumped in July to its highest level in more than two years, driven by regional powerhouse German, the European Union said Thursday.
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