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 | U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August The New York Times Back-to-school season started off on sale, with retailers receiving new merchandise in August, and then marking it down to get it out the door. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Shoppers at Macy’s in New... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast) | |
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Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption The New York Times BERGL, AUSTRIA — In 1996, Josef Zotter’s bakery business in Graz, Austria, was floundering. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to close shop and go back to his roots, a village named Bergl in... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) |
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Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas The New York Times BANGALORE, INDIA — As dusk falls, the sound of children singing fills the air at the SOS Tibetan Children’s Village in Bylakuppe, five hours’ drive from Bangalore in southern India.... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh, File) |
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Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom The New York Times FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File) |
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Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain The New York Times TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. With... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara) |
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R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain The New York Times LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) |
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Wall Street Wanders as Traders Sort Through Data The New York Times Indexes on Wall Street were tentative Thursday, with a small dip in weekly unemployment claims failing to generate any momentum. There was some hesitancy about extending... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) |
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Unemployment Filings Decline for a Second Week The New York Times WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of new requests for unemployment benefits declined for a second week, suggesting that the slowing economy has not prompted widespread... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull) |
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Dollar, yen recover losses; ECB eyed The Times of India LONDON: The dollar and yen recovered losses on Thursday as risk-taking sentiment was tempered ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting later in the day and key US... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) |
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