Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued
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4 minutes ago Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
Honda expands recall to over 900,000 vehicles
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at MarketWatch
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6 minutes ago Honda is further expanding a massive recall of 2001 and 2002 models to include more than 900,000 vehicles worldwide, due to lingering concerns about malfunctioning airbags.
[video] Hope Of Greece Rescue Boosts Asia [1.6 min]
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at MarketWatch
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8 minutes ago Asian shares are lifted by hopes that the EU will craft a rescue plan for Greece and other troubled euro-zone economies. Dow Jones Newswires' Mark Cranfield reports.
BHP Billiton cautious on speed of recovery
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at FT.com
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10 minutes ago BHP Billiton said it remained cautious about the speed and strength of recovery across the developed world as the Anglo-Australian mining group reported better-than-expected half-year results.
Atlantic City casinos post January revenue decline
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AP
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21 minutes ago Atlantic City's casinos have posted another decline in business. The city's 11 casinos won $294.2 million in January, a decrease of 8.5 percent from January a year ago.
Utah lawmaker looks to tackle state tobacco use
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23 minutes ago A state lawmaker who says he's been personally affected by cigarette use has plans this legislative session to make it more challenging for Utahns to use tobacco.
China's SMIC announces management overhaul
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at FT.com
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25 minutes ago Semiconductor Manufacturing International , China's largest contract chipmaker by capacity, announced sweeping management and strategy changes and said it was negotiating a fresh capital injection following a widening loss last quarter.
Bill could make retrofitting SC homes easier
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26 minutes ago South Carolina residents could make their homes more energy-efficient with no money down, while also paying lower electricity bills, under a loan proposal that cleared a legislative panel Tuesday.
$1B public works bill clears Minn. Senate
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28 minutes ago A $1 billion construction projects package easily cleared the Minnesota Senate on Tuesday, despite a threat from Gov. Tim Pawlenty to veto a bill he called "unaffordable, irresponsible and filled with local projects."
GOP calls for changes in business tax, incentives
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30 minutes ago Republicans in the Michigan House said Tuesday they want to phase out the surcharge on the state's main business tax and reshape tax incentive programs in hopes of sparking job creation.
CareFusion profit drops in 2Q after spinoff
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AP
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32 minutes ago CareFusion Corp. on Tuesday said its profit dropped in its fiscal second quarter compared to last year before its spinoff from Cardinal Health, which kept some of its businesses.
Ga. legislators pursue uncollected sales tax
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32 minutes ago Could hundreds of millions of dollars in Georgia sales taxes be going uncollected every year? Maybe, say some Georgia lawmakers. And with the state fighting its way out of a huge budget hole, they're pushing proposals aimed at catching sales tax cheats.
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