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...This included its cut from App Store purchases, which came under fire again on Thursday....
...Going forward, the federal government has ordered that only Euro-V standard fuels can be imported. Elsewhere, banks have announced policies to end financing for coal-powered plants....
...Some hope a bigger fillip to Britain Inc will come from lower oil prices, but that is a vain hope....
...JC Penney’s chief executive Marvin Ellison is leaving the struggling department store operator to take the reins at home improvement retailer Lowe’s, the companies announced on Tuesday....
...So you don’t have to study economics very long to figure out that we have to look at markets outside the borders of the United States,” says Greg Ibach, director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture...
...(FT’s Global Markets Overview) Israel and the Palestinian factions, including Gaza’s ruling Islamist Hamas movement, have accepted an Egyptian proposal to cease fire from 0500 GMT on August 5 for at least...
...(WSJ) David Jones has agreed a A$2.15bn (US$2bn) takeover by South African retailer Woolworths, which trumps a merger approach from rival Australian department store group Myer....
...Department store chains also did well, with Saks, Macy’s, Nordstromand Kohl’sbeating expectations....
...Emphasis ours: There have been a number of recent reports about an exodus of employees from A.I.G., and the role of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc....
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