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Silicon Valley cannery workers reunite to preserve memories'); document.write('

It\'s been a long time since Mary Hidalgo, 89, has canned fruit at the local factory but she clearly recalls the little white lie she told on her first day of work in 1936 at Libby, McNeill & Libby\'s fruit cannery in Sunnyvale.

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Goldman to shutter principal strategies unit'); document.write('

Goldman Sachs & Co. has decided to shutter its principal strategies unit, which does its proprietary trading, in the wake of financial-overhaul regulation passed by Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Jobless Rate Rises Despite Added Workers'); document.write('

Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

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Business Highlights'); document.write('

This year\'s back-to-school season isn\'t as big a bust for retailers as they feared - or as last year\'s - but it\'s not great either.

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Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises'); document.write('

Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

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Asia Markets: Singapore property curbs may bite banks\' growth'); document.write('

The biting restrictions that Singapore introduced earlier this week to cool the city\'s property prices will likely affect credit growth at the city\'s lenders and restrict their share gains.

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H&R Block 1Q loss narrows despite revenue decline'); document.write('

H&R Block tax preparation office in Des Plaines, IL. NEW YORK a \' H&R Block Inc.

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Virg Bernero says he\'d cut state business with banks that won\'t lend in Michigan'); document.write('

Democrat Virg Bernero said Thursday he\'ll stop the state from doing business with banks that won\'t lend in Michigan if he\'s elected governor.

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U.S. data helps lift TSX; bank stocks lead even as TD narrowly misses forecasts'); document.write('

The Toronto stock market was higher Thursday as further signs of U.S. economic growth helped lift commodity prices while bank stocks ran ahead even as TD Bank delivered quarterly earnings that narrowly missed expectations.

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Gulf Oil Platform Explodes Off La. Coast'); document.write('

An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP\'s undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.

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ECB ups eurozone growth forecasts'); document.write('

The European Central Bank has raised its forecast for eurozone growth for this year and next year.

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Heartland Payment Systems to pay Discover Financial $5...'); document.write('

Payments processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc. on Wednesday said it will pay $5 million to Discover Financial Services Co.

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Bernanke testifying to crisis inquiry panel'); document.write('

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to appear before a panel investigating the financial crisis to give his take on the meltdown and his views on potential systemwide risks posed by large financial institutions.

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Premier Financial to merge five banks into one'); document.write('

Premier Financial Bancorp Inc. plans to merge five community banks into one bank that would be chartered in West Virginia.

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Berkshire makes formal bid for Wesco subsidiary'); document.write('

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has made a formal offer to buy the roughly 1.4 million shares it doesn\'t already own of subsidiary Wesco Financial Corp.

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Some BofA shareholders can apply to tap $150M fund'); document.write('

Investors who lost money when Bank of America Corp. bought Merrill Lynch without disclosing Merrill\'s problems can start applying to tap a $150 million compensation fund.

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Consumer confidence rises. Sign that recovery is still ahead?'); document.write('

Economic reports on Tuesday hinted more at recovery than at a feared \"double dip\" recession.

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First Take: Who killed Lehman?'); document.write('

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is dead, but the initial coroner\'s report that the fatal wounds were self-inflicted is being reopened.

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Buyout Firm Denies It\'s in Talks Over Burger King'); document.write('

A private equity firm denied it\'s in talks to acquire Burger King Holdings Inc., after a published report linked 3i Group PLC to the fast-food chain.

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U.S. OKs China Investment Corporation\'s acquisition of Morgan Stanley stake'); document.write('

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced it has approved the application by China Investment Corporation to buy up to 10 percent of voting shares of investment giant Morgan Stanley.

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