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Business loan on Watertown council agenda (Jul-5, 13:01 EDT )-- A resolution authorizing the city to issue a loan to a local business will be on the agenda of the Watertown Common Council when it meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the council chambers of the municipal building.
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Geologist’s Sentence Is Questioned (Jul-5, 15:08 EDT )-- American officials reacted with puzzlement to the prison sentence imposed on an American geologist because he sold a database on China’s oil industry.
Alitalia to Join Air France-KLM and Delta in Trans-Atlantic Venture (Jul-5, 15:00 EDT )-- With Alitalia, the venture will represent 26 percent of the total trans-Atlantic capacity, with annual revenue of more than $10 billion.
BP Costs For Oil Spill Top $3 Billion (Jul-5, 14:10 EDT )-- The total of $3.12 billion was up from $2.65 billion a week earlier. The figure does not include a $20 billion fund for Gulf damages BP created last month. Meanwhile, lousy weather on Monday meant it would be longer than first hoped before officials...
Advertising: Product Placement Grows in Music Videos (Jul-5, 14:07 EDT )-- Record labels are aiming to make videos a revenue source and not just a marketing tool for selling CDs.
German Wanted Over Fraud Charges Dies in Spain (Jul-5, 13:50 EDT )-- Dieter Frerichs, a hedge-fund investor wanted by German prosecutors in a fraud investigation, has died in Majorca, Spain, in an apparent suicide.
Russia Links Its Economy With Close Neighbors (Jul-5, 13:48 EDT )-- Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have formed a customs union that they say will soon evolve into a more ambitious common market, with Russia at its hub.
Turkey, Turning to the East, Asserts New Economic Power (Jul-5, 13:23 EDT )-- Turkey is closer to fulfilling the criteria for adopting the euro than most of the troubled economies already in the euro zone.
Frequent Flier: A Unique, Mystical Tea? (Best Not Tell Customs) (Jul-5, 13:20 EDT )-- Kiley Holliday is co-owner of l’Âge de Thé and travels to select teas for the company and for Bosie, a teahouse in New York she co-owns.
Indonesian Company Accused of Clearing Rain Forests (Jul-5, 13:04 EDT )-- A pulp and paper companies denied a claim by Greenpeace that a subsidiary secretly expanded its mills.
European Shares Slip as U.S. Takes Day Off (Jul-5, 13:00 EDT )-- Indexes in Europe traded within a narrow range amid worries that the recovery in the United States might slow.
Retail Guru Knows 'What Women Want' (Jul-5, 12:00 EDT )-- Women are wealthier, more powerful and more independent than ever. In What Women Want, Paco Underhill explains that smart businesses are adapting to accommodate women -- a group that makes up more than half of their customers, in many cases.
Itineraries: Start-Up Airlines in a Struggle to Survive (Jul-5, 11:36 EDT )-- Barriers to success include access to take-off slots and gates, and restrictions on foreign investments.
New Casinos May Be Bad Luck For Atlantic City (Jul-5, 11:00 EDT )-- For most of the 20th century, if you wanted to gamble in a casino, you had to go to Nevada. Then Atlantic City casinos opened in the 1970s. Now, it seems like every state wants to legalize gambling, and lure gamblers from neighboring states. But...
Spyker Makes Final Cash Payment for Saab (Jul-5, 10:23 EDT )-- Spyker Cars used internal funding rather than new debt to pay General Motors the final $24 million it owed for Saab.
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