| February Retail Sales Rise 0.3%, Topping Forecast |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - When car and gas sales were excluded, the gain was 0.9 percent, raising hopes that confidence was growing. |
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| Business Briefing | Corporations: Increase Expected in Heavy Equipment Sales in China |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Komatsu, the Japanese heavy equipment maker, said Friday it expected sales in China to rise by half as the country’s 10 percent growth rate drives demand for resources like coal. |
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| Stocks Close Mixed after Uneven Economic Data |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Shares initially gained after a rise in retail sales was reported, but slipped after a disappointing report on January’s business inventories. |
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| Top Choices Are Floated to Fill Seats on Fed Board |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Issues like inflation and interest rate policy played roles in the administration putting forth names like Janet L. Yellen to be considered for the bank’s board of governors. |
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| Grapevine Moth Forces Quarantine for Part of Napa Valley |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - A 162-square-mile area of Napa Valley has been quarantined in an effort to stop the spread of the European grapevine moth, which also threatens other fruit. |
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| China Warns Google Again on Censorship |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - A top Chinese regulator warned bluntly that any move by Google to stop censoring its Chinese search engine would draw a response from Beijing. |
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| Fed Helped Bank Raise Cash Quickly |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Lehman Brothers engaged in a series of transactions with the New York Fed that were similar to the ones that drew criticism from the bankruptcy court examiner who investigated its collapse. |
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| Findings on Lehman Take Even Experts by Surprise |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - The report on the demise of Lehman Brothers is full of exhaustive detail in its nine volumes, acting as a road map for further inquiry into Lehman executives. |
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| Violations Are Cited in Generics |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Ranbaxy Laboratories, a maker of generic drugs, has run afoul of the Federal Drug Administration for violations at its United States factory in upstate New York. |
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| As Its Arms Industry Withers, Russia Buys Abroad |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Once-legendary Russian weapons are suffering embarrassing quality problems, and Russia’s own military is in talks with France to buy assault ships. |
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