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Howard eatery satisfies food void
The new big thing in Howard is a little cafe run by a tight-knit, local family.
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Spain's Bankia treats $29B state aid as investment
Troubled Spanish lender Bankia will treat the (EURO)23.5 billion ($29.5 billion) in state aid it will receive in the country's biggest-ever bank bailout as an investment meant to make a profit for the Spanish government and not as a loan, its president said Sunday.
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Driving season begins, as does griping about gas
It's Memorial Day weekend and our national obsession with the price of gasoline is in focus once again.
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Premier appeals to Ireland: Vote yes to EU treaty
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has made a nationally televised appeal to voters to support the European Union's fiscal treaty in a referendum this week.
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Why that flat Facebook IPO isn't so bad after all
The botched offering of Facebook stock has raised several troubling questions, but at least we don't have to worry about the one that plagues many IPOs: How are a few select investors able to buy in early at lower prices and then pocket huge profits when the trading frenzy begins?
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Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.
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Ukraine corporate raids stifle foreign investment
Yuri Leshchinsky spent more than a decade transforming an ailing Soviet-era factory into a leading candy maker. When a board meeting drew him to the plant from his New York home, he was in for a shock: Black-clad security guards armed with rubber batons were there to meet him, blocking his way.
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Austrian finance minister: No to eurobonds
Austria's finance minister is rejecting the idea of introducing jointly issued eurobonds any time soon and says that running up new debts to finance growth is "nonsense."
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Embittered Facebook investors ponder next move
To say that Facebook's debut as a public company was bungled is something like saying Facebook is a website you might have heard of.
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Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid
The president of Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives (EURO)23.5 billion ($29.5 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest-ever bank bailout.
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For something so simple, pasta is serious business
They twirled, they sniffed, they slurped, they chewed.








