The Statue of Liberty stands against a clear sky Thursday, July 4, 2013, on the first day it opened to tourists since Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island in New York Harbor. The statue was spared in the fall storm, but most of the national landmark's 12-acre island took a serious beating.

AP photo by Mary Altaffer  (Click on picture for larger image.)

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• US unemployment benefit applications fall to 343K

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• Steady job gains could help US economy rebound

• US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 4.29 pct

• US trade gap widened in May as exports weakened

• Survey: US services firms grow slower, hire more

• Reports: China investigating drug prices

• Japan's Olympus execs found guilty in loss cover-up

Bank of England hints policy to remain loose


 

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• Brazil's Batista steps down as chairman of MPX

• Polish airline has more problems with 787s

• Oil above $101 on US supply drop, Egypt

• US crude oil supplies drop by 10.3M barrels

• US rig count up 9 this week to 1,757

• US natural gas supplies grew last week

• Trial delayed for ex-BP executive in spill probe

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• EXCO spends $1B on Chesapeake Energy assets

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