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Pakistan commandos flew in to hunt Taliban leaders in the Swat mountains, a strategy shift. The fight has now left 800,000 refugees.

EADS reported a worse-than-expected 40% drop in net profit, hurt by a $163 million charge on its troubled A400M military transport program and lower jet deliveries.

Stocks slipped as investors digested new measures of chain-store sales and foreign trade. Bank shares and auto makers Ford and GM were lower.

The head of the EPA said a finding that greenhouse gases are a public-health danger won't necessarily lead to government regulation of emissions.

The pilots of the plane that crashed in February near Buffalo, N.Y., rushed through checklists but spent much of the flight discussing personal issues, according to the cockpit recorder transcript.

The Madoff trustee sued hedge fund Harley International for more than $1 billion, claiming the fund "should have known" of the Ponzi scheme.

AIG trustees plan to tell lawmakers they are actively seeking new board members and to defend their own roles.

Confused by homeowners insurance rates? Join the crowd
StarNewsOnline.com, NC
But his wind insurance rose to $2800 from $1983. He gets that through the so-called Beach Plan, a state-created, insurer-funded, private organization that covers homeowners in the coastal counties. Dybvik said he was shocked by the approximately 40 ...

Nissan posted a deep quarterly loss and booked its first annual net loss since Ghosn took the helm. He expects the auto maker to return to profitability in the fiscal year ending March 2011.

Ford will sell 300 million common shares in a public offering designed to shore up the car maker's cash reserves and keep the company out of bankruptcy.

Sun Microsystems was in takeover talks with three different companies at one point, but chose Oracle because of the certainty offered by the software giant's bid. (SEC filing)

Morgan Stanley Chief Legal Officer Gary Lynch will add the title of vice chairman and move to London as part of a series of changes in the firm's legal department.

Bank of New York Mellon raised $1.2 billion in a follow-on offering of its common shares, pricing 42 million shares at $28.75 on Monday night.

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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Recommended cuts trigger fight
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The 9700 companies providing home health care under Medicare generally support President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's medical system. But mark them down as fiercely opposed to his recommendation to cut their own bottom ...
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Home Prices in US Drop Most on Record in Quarter
Bloomberg
US banks held $26.6 billion of repossessed real estate at the end of 2008, more than double than a year earlier, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in Washington. The banking industry lost $26.2 billion in the fourth quarter, ...

Pasco tightens building code to give homeowners insurance break
Tampa Tribune, FL
... to withstand having the ground subside beneath them. Commissioners set a public hearing for the proposed building code amendment for June 9. It's unclear exactly how – or if – the additional strength in home foundations will reduce insurance rates.

New York's attorney general announced that an associate of Hank Morris has pleaded guilty to securities fraud in a probe involving the state's largest pension fund.

ABI promotes home insurance in North West
Insurance Daily, UK
by Richard Kilner The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched an initiative in response to the large number of households in the North West who lack home contents insurance. The campaign comes shortly after the British Insurance Brokers' ...
ABI: Vulnerable households in the North West targeted in new ... Politics.co.uk
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Alpha Natural Resources plans to buy Foundation Coal for about $1.5 billion in stock as it looks to diversify.

Sainsbury's pet insurance tips provided
Money News, UK
The advice comes after pet insurance research revealed that only 55 per cent of people whose cat or dog went missing in the past five years ever saw it alive again. In related news, Sainsbury's Home Insurance recently revealed that the average cost of ...
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