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• Police: UPS executive accused of rape kills self

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 837
  Police say a vice president for shipping giant UPS who was accused of raping a 21-year-old Indiana University student over homecoming weekend has committed suicide in Georgia.
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• Weak dollar pushes gold above $1,100 an ounce

  
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  Gold prices climbed to another new high Monday as the U.S. dollar sank to a 15-month low.
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• MBIA posts 3Q loss on insurance, investment losses

  
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  MBIA Inc. said Monday that it incurred heavier losses in its insurance business than expected, saddling the bond insurer with a third quarter loss after two straight quarters of profits.
  4 hours ago

• Upcoming Business Wire Events – November 9 Edition

  
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  Join Business Wire experts in your area for media breakfasts, panel discussions and other insightful events. We bring local media members and industry thought leaders to your market to discuss today’s most relevant topics, from writing for SEO to marketing with social media. Best of all, Business Wire events are ...
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• Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

  
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  Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it has acquired Playfish, a privately held company that makes social network games, for $275 million in cash.
  11 hours ago

• Foreign sales keep McDonalds above water in Oct.

  
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  McDonalds Corp., the worlds largest fast-food chain, said Monday that monthly sales growth edged down in October in the U.S., only the third time the monthly figures hasnt climbed in 6 1/2 years.
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• French police find millions stolen from bank

  
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  A French prosecutor says investigators have found euro9.5 million ($14.25 million) in cash believed stolen from a Lyon branch of Frances central bank, a heist that prompted a nationwide search.
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• Stocks open sharply higher on Wall Street

  
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  Stocks are rising on Wall Street Monday after a weekend meeting of world financial leaders raised hopes for the economy.
  14 hours ago

• Asian markets track US higher after jobs report

  
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  Asian stock markets rose Monday as investors took a surprisingly weak U.S. jobs report as a sign that interest rates in the worlds largest economy will stay low longer than expected.
  20 hours ago

• Volunteers come to injured farmers rescue

  
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  A broken pelvis and injured knee nearly put an end to North Dakota farmer Dustin Liens harvest, but a group that helps injured farmers and the families of those who have died came to his aid.
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• Industry pushes chocolate milk in schools

  
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  The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity prevention activists none too pleased.
  21 hours ago

• Precision Machine opening plant in Sturgis, SD

  
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  As many as 30 new jobs are coming to the South Dakota town of Sturgis.
  1 day ago

• NM auto dealer tried to save business by gambling

  
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  A former Albuquerque auto dealer, faced with an ailing economy and difficulty getting credit for his dealership, says he turned to gambling last year in a bid to salvage the business.
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• Northrop sells advisory services unit for $1.65B

  
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  Northrop Grumman said Sunday it agreed to sell its advisory services business TASC Inc. to private equity firm General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $1.65 billion in cash.
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• Philadelphia transit system running as strike ends

  
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  Representatives of Philadelphias transit system and its largest union signed a contract early Monday, bringing an end to a strike that idled the citys subways, buses and trolleys for six days.
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• Investors look to consumer for clues to recovery

  
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  Investors will get some guidance about the economy this week from data issued not by the government, but by big retailers in the form of third-quarter earnings reports.
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• Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

  
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  Based on the rhetoric, Americas war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nations readiness to turn the talk into reality.
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• Obama says its now Senates turn on health care

  
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  President Barack Obama says its now up to the Senate to take the baton from the House and pass a bill aimed at overhauling the nations health care system.
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• Stock volatility is back, a sign of an aging bull?

  
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  Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end.
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• Indian PM hopes for 7 percent growth next year

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 837
  The Indian government is pushing ahead with economic reforms aimed at achieving a growth rate of more than 7 percent next year but will make sure the benefits reach the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday.
  1 day ago

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