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• UPS raises ground and air rates 4.9 percent

• Walgreen CEO's pay rises 36 percent to $10.9 million

• Amgen in Epogen supply deal with DaVita

• Yum! Brands names new director, authorizes buyback

• Leading indicators rise 0.9 percent in October

• Treasury raises $12.2 million from warrant sales

• Banks closed in Iowa, La.; 90 failures in 2011

• FDA approves Regeneron's eye injection Eylea

• Federal board rules for Delta in union election

• Lockheed gets $7.4B Air Force deal to upgrade F-22

• Aerial view of tsunami zone: cleaner but barren

• Polish PM vows to tackle public debt in 2nd term

• Cyprus FinMin: More austerity or EU bailout sure

• Indonesia's Lion Air rises from obscurity

• Oil price ends the week below $98 a barrel

• Brazil: Up to 2,600 barrels of oil leaked

• Bankrupt energy firm Beacon Power to sell assets

• Combined Vt. utility to be 'Green Mountain Power'

• Stocks end little changed as Europe worries ease

• Gap, Foot Locker, HP are big market movers

• Deutsche Boerse, NYSE tackle merger objections

• Intermolecular shares fall in 1st day of trading

• Mattress Firm shares soar in 1st day of trading

• Serendipity Stitches and Gehlbach Law are this week's downtown focus

• Holidays can bring legal problems for businesses

• Thanksgiving travel expected to jump 4 percent

• Is economy best birth control? US births dip again

• Rate on 30-year mortgage ticks up to 4 percent

• As fewer buy homes, apartment construction surges

• A GOP debt plan would hit some popular tax breaks

• Congress OKs bill averting government shutdown

• Deep spending cuts pose a new threat to US economy

• GM chief says public is past anger over bailout

• Fine and charge in Puerto Rico price-fixing case

• Food importer to pay $400K in discrimination case

• Heinz 2nd-quarter profit falls

• SKorea orders US private fund to sell local bank

• Hungary seeks talks to secure help from IMF

• ABN Q3 profits fall on bad Greek corporate loans

• Oil below $99 as traders eye weak Europe economy

• US natural gas supplies grew last week

• Chu: Solyndra loan based on merits, not politics

• Stocks sink; Spain becomes latest worry in Europe

• Sears, Youku.com, NetApp are big market movers

• Brown-Forman boosts dividend

• Foreign holdings of US Treasury debt increase

• Workers push back against earlier holiday openings

• Millionaires on Capitol Hill: Please tax me more!

• Survey: More expecting to retire in their 80s

• Citigroup may cut 3,000 or more jobs to cut costs

• General Motors to cut Chevrolet Cruze production

• Chrysler banking on Jeep to lead sales in Europe

• US factory output rose strongly in October

• J&J steadily removing toxins from baby products

• Report: Company didn't act before deadly fires

• Airline trade group sues over loan guarantees

• Higher costs cut into JM Smucker 2Q profit

• Sears 3Q loss widens on softness in Canada

• IMF European director Borges resigns

• For 1st time, nations mull Greek exit from euro

• Benetton yanks pope-imam kiss ad after protest

• Phillip Tutt named Europe business editor for AP

• After 6 months of protests, no Chilean reforms

• UK government selling Northern Rock

• Oil above $103 after 37 percent rally in 6 weeks

• US crude supplies shrink by 1.1 million barrels

• ConocoPhillips to sell interests in 2 pipelines

• Stocks sink after Fitch warns on US bank exposure

• Abercrombie, Autodesk, Tyco are big market movers

• Regulator urges tighter rules for futures industry

• Post office near default? Losses mount to $5.1B

• American Express launches Target prepaid card

• Congress moves to end Fannie, Freddie bonuses

• Deficit hits record $26B for US pension insurer

• Ford hopes to keep Escape on top with redesign

• GM names former Wal-Mart executive to its board

• Credit card defaults, late payments stabilize

• September business inventories flat while sales up

• Retail sales increased 0.5 percent in October

• Companies paid less in October for energy, autos

• Ex-CSK Auto CEO giving back $2.8M in SEC accord

• H&R Block drops TaxACT buy after antitrust ruling

• Higher costs weigh on Abercrombie & Fitch in 3Q

• Japan central bank keeps interest rate near zero

• EU plans crackdown on rating agencies

• Job-hungry Spaniards seen electing center-right

• Chile court orders halt to Anglo American sale

• Invisible to tourists: Italy's growing poor

• Oil falls below $99 after surprise US supply rise

• BP loses 2 big Gulf oil spill rulings

• Qatar urges gas price link to oil markets

• Stocks edge higher on retail gains; Dow rises 17

• Wal-Mart, Staples, Geron are big market movers

• Regulators probing gearshift trouble with GM cars

• USDA: 'Locally grown' food a $4.8 billion business

• Lower score borrowers get bigger slice of credit

• Chase ending checking account test of fee waivers

• Corzine's fortune could invite more lawsuits

• Starbucks drops bean surcharge

• Home Depot's 3Q net rises on storm boost

• Staples 3Q profit rises, lowers 2011 outlook

• Wal-Mart's 3Q profits down 2.9 percent

• Milk does a body good -- even when worn

• Small business ingenuity thrives in Thai floods

• IMF warns China's banks face growing risks

• Philippines seeks summit on sea row; China cool

• Sino-Forest panel rejects fraud accusations

• Eurozone economy grows paltry 0.2 percent in Q3

• Afghanistan says IMF will revive credit program

• UK inflation falls to 5 percent in October

• SKorea's Lee pushing for US trade deal's approval

• Spanish borrowing costs soar in run-up to election

• Oil slips below $98 ahead of inventories data

• Canada steps up US pipeline lobbying efforts

• Stocks slip as Italian bond sale renews euro fears

• Dynegy, Cray, Bluegreen are big market movers

• Conn. storm highlights decades of repeat issues

• Hyundai hopes Super Bowl ads boost brand image

• US companies are feeling impact of European crisis

• Obama caps summit diplomacy in Hawaiian home state

• AirTran to add routes to Mexico, Puerto Rico

• Lowe's 3Q profit sinks 44 percent on charges

• Ashes to beads: South Koreans try new way to mourn

• Oman Air orders 6 Boeing 787 planes at Dubai show

• Japan's economy rises out of earthquake slump

• Germany invites skilled workers from Greece

• Berlusconi faces future of legal, business woes

• 'Super Mario' tapped to cure Italy's economic ills

• China's recalled bullet trains to resume service

• Canada says Europe should use own resources

• Oil hovers near $99 amid Europe debt optimism

• Kurdish government, ExxonMobil ink oil search deal

• Gridlock on deficit panel looms over stock rally

• Buffett says European debt concerns lingering

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