NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Home Depot Inc. said Monday it had named an internal candidate, Marvin Ellison, as its new president in charge of U.S. stores. The Atlanta-based home improvement retailer promoted Ellison, effectively immediately. He ...
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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- German unemployment fell more than economists expected in August, pushing the jobless rate to the lowest level in 16 years. The number of people out of work, adjusted for seasonal swings, dropped 40,000 to 3.2 million after ...
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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Alcatel-Lucent SA 's sixth consecutive quarterly loss persuaded Janardan Menon to abandon his hold recommendation on the shares. The Dresdner Kleinwort analyst told clients to buy. Shareholders have about 40 cents left for ...
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A surging number of Philadelphia schools have been labeled "persistently dangerous" - so unsafe that parents have a right to send their children elsewhere. The new list, released yesterday by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, shows a 67 ...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. A husband and wife team with the serendipitous surname of "Sugar" may have found the recipe for successfully combining content, e-commerce and social networking on a site that attracts a most attractive demographic: women ages 18 to ...
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DENVER (AP) — Former President Clinton forcefully endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is "ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world ...
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DENVER — Bill and Hillary Clinton put an end to their bitter battle with Barack Obama on Wednesday in a dual show of support that prompted cheers and tears from the delegates who made the Illinois senator the first African-American presidential ...
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