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3i Group Says It’s Not in Talks With Burger King on Takeover
Funai Electric to Increase LCD TV Output Capacity at Thai Plant
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — Funai Electric Co., a Japanese maker of audio-visual equipment, plans to increase production capacity for liquid-crystal display televisions by 54 percent at its factory in Thai…
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Netherlands to Release Two Men Arrested on Amsterdam’s Airport
The Dutch national prosecutor will release two men, who were suspected of possible involvement in preparing a terrorist act, without charging them, spokesman Martijn Boelhouwer said by telephone today.
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Judge Denies U.S. Request to Dismiss Drilling Ban Challenge
A federal judge denied a U.S. government request to dismiss a challenge to the Obama administration’s deep-water drilling ban, finding the government’s new rules didn’t render a lawsuit stopping the moratorium irrelevant.
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Paterson Says Judge Blocks N.Y. Indian Cigarette Tax Collection
New York Governor David Paterson said a state appellate court has blocked the state from implementing a new tax on cigarette purchases on Indian reservations by non-tribal buyers.
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3i Group Says It’s Not in Talks With Burger King on Takeover
3i Group Plc isn’t in talks with Burger King Holdings Inc. about a possible takeover, Kathryn van der Kroft, a spokeswoman for the private-equity firm, said in a telephone interview today. 3i was interested in purchasing the U.S. fast-food chain, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
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On Investing: IRAs can be a way to invest for retirement
The clock is ticking. Don’t wait until the last minute to fund your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or Roth IRA for 2009.
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‘Blue laws’ hanging on by a thread
Discounts available to buy booster seats
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Tax tip: How to save money and aggravation
Here are ways to save money and aggravation when preparing your taxes.
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Time to get rid of those old tax papers
Time to get rid of old tax papers Message to pack rats: Tax time is the right time to discard musty old financial documents that you don’t need anymore. Why do you keep all that stuff, anyway? Is it because you think that at some point something will come up and you’ll need one of those documents? asked Virginia Union University Associate Professor Philip Umansky, a certified public accountant.
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This self-described “treasure trove of finance facts” builds calculators that can help you to improve your financial picture.
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