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Little Tikes Staying In Hudson
The Little Tikes headquarters will keep calling Hudson its home.
FirstEnergy Gets Approval
Two nuclear power plants owned by FirstEnergy will keep operating another 20 years. comments: 1

Wendy's/Arby's Earns $14.7 Million
Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. says fewer customers gulped down its sandwiches in the third quarter.

Ohio Has Top-Five Business Climate comments: 3

Akron Company To Get Over A Million


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Berkshire Hathaway says 3Q profit triples to $3.2B
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Paper gains on derivative contracts helped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. triple its third-quarter profit as its insurance businesses did well, but Warren Buffett's company said Friday that many of its other operating businesses struggled....

Earnings Preview: Ticketmaster 3Q results seen up
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., the nation's largest ticket seller and proposed merger partner of Live Nation Inc., is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period....

Earnings Preview: Live Nation 3Q seen lower
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Live Nation Inc., the world's biggest concert promoter and proposed merger partner of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period....

Earnings roundup: Freddie Mac, PriceSmart


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Stocks post modest gains as job losses slow
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday....

AIG, Magna, Activision Blizzard are big movers
NEW YORK (AP) -- The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange:...

How the major stock indexes fared on Friday
Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report. Stock indexes posted a modest advance in light trading Friday after the Labor Department said the nation's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed. The rise in joblessness, while not welcome news for the economy, reassured some investors that the Federal Reserve will have to hold inte...


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House opens debate on health care overhaul bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions....

Britain urges steps to insure financial system
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change....

China offers Africa more trade, investment
BEIJING (AP) -- China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday....

Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa.


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