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I.M.F. Raises Growth Estimate for 2010, But Warns of Slowdown (Jul-8, 21:40 EDT )-- The organization forecast growth in 2010 at 4.6 percent, but expected that to slow to 4.3 percent in 2011.
Walking Away From Million-Dollar Mortgages (Jul-8, 21:40 EDT )-- The well-to-do have stopped paying their home loans in greater numbers, and apparently with less guilt.
French News Web Site Shakes Up Sarkozy Camp (Jul-8, 21:38 EDT )-- A news Web site called Mediapart has been ahead of the French print media in reporting a political scandal.
Judge Defers Civil Suit Against Financial Adviser Starr (Jul-8, 21:34 EDT )-- In the criminal case, prosecutors for the United States attorney’s office accuse Kenneth Ira Starr of stealing millions from his clients to finance a lavish life for himself.
U.S. Appeals Court Turns Down Moratorium on Drilling in Gulf (Jul-8, 21:23 EDT )-- A federal appeals court turned down the Obama administration’s effort to enforce a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Recall of Pills Fails to Give Number of Bottles (Jul-8, 21:23 EDT )-- McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, expanded a recall of Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl on Thursday, but did not follow a customary practice.
Reporter’s Notebook: Media Executives Flock to Sun Valley Conference (Jul-8, 21:20 EDT )-- Moguls like Warren Buffett and the founders of Google are in Idaho this week for the Sun Valley Conference.
Advertising: With Kleenex, the Package Is Part of the Product (Jul-8, 21:17 EDT )-- Kleenex packages made to look like slices of watermelon, orange or lime are meant to keep the product “relevant†when it is not cold and flu season.
Vietnamese Hoard U.S. Dollars as Inflation Hedge (Jul-8, 21:13 EDT )-- The government is struggling to restore faith among domestic investors, who fear it risk increasing inflation to hit its economic growth target.
Even With a Big Store in China, Apple Remains an Underdog There (Jul-8, 20:40 EDT )-- With a new flagship showroom about to open, the company is striving to overcome price disadvantages and an underground market.
To Combat Debt, Greece Approves a Pension Bill (Jul-8, 20:40 EDT )-- The plan represents the beginning of the end of the cradle-to-grave state compact begun in the early 1980s.
European Banks Leave Rates Unchanged (Jul-8, 20:40 EDT )-- The European Central Bank and the Bank of England left their benchmark interest rates unchanged.
Sales Up at Department Stores in Otherwise Tepid June (Jul-8, 20:40 EDT )-- Retail sales rose 3.1 percent in June compared with June of last year, slightly lower than estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters.
Monsanto Is Fined $2.5 Million for Mislabeling Seeds (Jul-8, 20:40 EDT )-- The E.P.A. said that Monsanto had sold cotton seeds regulated as pesticides in counties in Texas where they were banned.
An Oil Pipeline From Canada? Some Say 'No Way' (Jul-8, 13:42 EDT )-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, wants to stop TransCanada from building a 1,600-mile pipeline from Alberta to U.S. oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. It's not that he and other opponents don't trust...
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