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AUDIO State Grant Helps Save Jobs In Stow
A state loan will help a company in Stow save jobs.

Gas Prices Rise For 3rd Straight Week
Ohio gasoline prices are up 8 cents from last week and are higher for the third week in a row. comments: 2

Diebold Merger Too Big To Stand?
The largest voting machine company in the country bought its biggest competitor six months ago without advance fanfare.

Ohio Ranked Tops For Business Expansion

A. Schulman Inc. Laying Off Dozens


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SkillSoft 4Q net income falls 16 pct
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- SkillSoft PLC, an education software company that has agreed to be taken private, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income fell 16 percent from a year earlier, when it benefited from a tax windfall....

Xoma 4Q profit falls as contract revenue tumbles
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Biotechnology company Xoma Ltd. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell as its contract revenue dipped....

Pacific Sunwear widens loss in 4Q
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Clothing chain Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported late Thursday that its fourth-quarter loss widened as sales fell....

Smith & Wesson quarterly profit flat


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SEC head urges Congress to act on derivatives
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's top securities regulator is calling anew for Congress to impose new oversight on financial derivatives, warning that allowing risky instruments like credit default swaps to continue unfettered could bring new economic damage....

Stocks climb for 3rd day as financial shares rise
NEW YORK (AP) -- A rally in financial stocks Thursday helped the market extend its grind higher to a third day....

Terra Industries, AIG, J. Crew are big movers
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:...


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SkillSoft 4Q net income falls 16 pct
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- SkillSoft PLC, an education software company that has agreed to be taken private, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income fell 16 percent from a year earlier, when it benefited from a tax windfall....

SEC head urges Congress to act on derivatives
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's top securities regulator is calling anew for Congress to impose new oversight on financial derivatives, warning that allowing risky instruments like credit default swaps to continue unfettered could bring new economic damage....

Rates are mixed after strong 30-year bond auction
NEW YORK (AP) -- Interest rates were mixed in the bond market after a government auction of 30-year bonds drew the highest demand since September....

Watson says FDA approves 6-month dose Trelstar


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