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Stocks rise as US manufacturing recovers
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KEN SWEET, AP Markets Writer 
Apr 01, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — New signs of life in the U.S. manufacturing sector sent buyers back to the stock market Tuesday. Ford rose after reporting higher sale...
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US stocks rise sharply in early trading
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KEN SWEET, AP Markets Writer 
Mar 31, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly in late-morning trading Monday as the market headed for its fifth straight quarterly gain. Dow member Johnson & Jo...
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BMW plans $1 billion expansion in South Carolina
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JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press 
Mar 29, 2014
GREER, S.C. (AP) — BMW is celebrating its 20th anniversary of building cars in the United States by investing $1 billion in its plant in South Carolin...
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Stocks edge higher on consumer spending data
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KEN SWEET, AP Markets Writer 
Mar 28, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A positive report on U.S. consumer spending helped push stocks mostly higher Friday for the first time in three days. The gains were m...
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Nobel Peace Prize auctioned for $1.16M in Maryland
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BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press 
Mar 28, 2014
BALTIMORE (AP) — A 1936 Nobel Peace Prize discovered at a South American pawn shop has been sold at auction in Baltimore for $1.16 million. Brian Kend...
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Political instability, weather spur wheat prices
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ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press 
Mar 27, 2014
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Political instability in Ukraine —coupled with potential freeze damage to winter wheat in the United States and a deepening droug...
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Using video, GM CEO reaches out to customers
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DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writers 
Mar 27, 2014
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors CEO Mary Barra is reaching out directly to customers, as GM tries to counter bad publicity from a recall of cars with a ...
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Stocks give up an early gain and turn lower
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STEVE ROTHWELL AP Markets Writer 
Mar 26, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gave up an early gain and turned lower in early afternoon trading. Facebook slumped, leading technology stocks lower after anno...
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