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California says toy companies to pay nearly $1.8M to resolve lawsuit over lead-tainted toys
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nine toy companies, including Mattel Inc., agreed to pay a total of nearly $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit over Chinese-made toys tainted with lead, California state and local officials said Thursday. The lawsuit filed a year...Tags: Trials, Jerry Brown, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Global Industries Limited, El Segundo
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Capital One to buy Chevy Chase Bank for $520M
The Associated PressCapital One Financial Corp. said today it will acquire Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million in cash and stock, expanding its presence in its own back yard. Fresh off receiving $3.56 billion in funds as part of the government's bank investment program and...Tags: North Fork, Loans, Chevy Chase, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Citigroup Incorporated
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Smithfield Foods 2Q profit drops on grain costs
AP Food Industry WriterPork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. on Thursday reported a 76 percent drop in its fiscal second-quarter earnings, as high feed costs linked to skyrocketing grain prices hurt its hog and Butterball turkey operations. But the nation's largest pork...Tags: Smithfield Foods, Bankruptcy, Turkey, Smithfield, Prices
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FDIC chief Bair says investors fighting loan changes could provoke backlash from Congress
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Investors in mortgage securities who are challenging home loan modification programs aimed at avoiding foreclosures could provoke a "backlash" from Congress, the head of the FDIC said Thursday. Sheila Bair, the chairman of the...Tags: Fannie Mae, Money and Monetary Policy, Trials, Mortgages, Loans
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Starbucks chief financial officer says company may miss 1Q profit estimate
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks warned Wall Street on Thursday that its profit would fall short of analysts' expectations this quarter, just hours after Chief Executive Howard Schultz tried to assuage concerns about the recession's effect on the coffee...Tags: Costco Wholesale Corporation, Starbucks Corporation, New Products, McDonald's, Corporate Officers
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Mortgage rates drop to lowest since January amid new government effort to aid mortgage lending
AP Real Estate WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Rates on 30-year mortgages plunged this week to the lowest level since January after the government launched a sweeping new effort to aid the U.S. housing market. Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that average...Tags: Fannie Mae, Money and Monetary Policy, Mortgages, Housing Industry, Loans
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Argentina unveils $3.9 billion loan plan to boost exports, consumption to counter slowdown
Associated Press WriterBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's government plans to use billions of dollars of newly nationalized pension fund assets to grant low-cost loans to farmers, industry and automakers, in a bid to boost production and ease credit amid the...Tags: Retirement, Automotive Equipment, Heads of State, Government, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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More consumers bought items online on Cyber Monday, but average spending slipped from 2007
RESTON, Va. (AP) — Online spending at U.S. retailers on Monday jumped 15 percent over with the comparable day a year ago to $846 million, comScore said Thursday, as consumers sought out bargains in a tough economy. The Monday after Thanksgiving was...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., eBay Incorporated, Target Corporation
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Bernanke wants foreclosure relief; economy sinks deeper as layoffs mount, retails sales tumble
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pleaded Thursday for more government action to relieve the foreclosure crisis and break a vicious cycle in which the housing meltdown is plunging the country deeper into recession. Beaten-down...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Automotive Equipment, Wachovia Corp., Abercrombie & Fitch Company, Foreign Aid
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Wave of jobs cuts across US economy signaling a deepening recession
AP Business WriterA round of more than 15,000 layoffs announced Thursday by AT&T Inc., DuPont and Viacom Inc. suggests a yearlong wave of job cuts is accelerating, just as the government is expected to report a higher unemployment rate for November on Friday. Swiss bank...Tags: AT&T Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., San Marcos
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Son hurt, Pa. woman sues Crocs firm
A Pennsylvania mother yesterday filed a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit against the makers of the popular Crocs footwear after her 6-year-old son's shoe was caught and trapped in an escalator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore this spring, mangling...Tags: Crocs Incorporated, National Aquarium Baltimore, Consumer Confidence
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You can take steps to repair credit
Tough economic times might push even more desperate consumers into the hands of unscrupulous credit repair firms. That worries Maryland regulators, who are stepping up oversight of credit repair groups. "We have to stay ahead of the problems," says...Tags: Bankruptcy, Credit and Debt, Credit Ratings
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