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McDonald’s confronts its junk food image
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CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer 
Aug 18, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — At a dinner McDonald’s hosted for reporters and bloggers, waiters served cuisine prepared by celebrity chefs using ingredients from th...
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Survey: US companies add 218,000 jobs in July
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CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer 
Jul 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows that businesses hired at a healthy pace in July, though the job gains slowed from the previous month. Payroll...
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Gas prices dip across region
Business
Jul 16, 2014
PITTSBURGH — Bradford motorists are paying an average of $3.865 a gallon for unleaded, self-serve gasoline this week, according to the American Automo...
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Fed split on signals for first rate increase
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MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer 
Jul 09, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are in broad agreement that they will likely announce an end to their monthly bond buying program in Octob...
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US companies post most jobs in 7 years in May
Business
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer 
Jul 08, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers advertised more jobs in May than in any month in the past seven years, a sign that this year’s strong hiring trend is...
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32 states trail US as a whole in job recovery
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PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer 
Jul 02, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, most states still haven’t regained all the jobs they lost, even though the na...
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US factory orders slide 0.5 percent in May
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PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer 
Jul 02, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories fell in May, ending three months of gains. The Commerce Department reported that orders fell 0.5 percent, p...
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