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2015-03-02 U.S. Business


CNBC
   
Chip Makers Will Merge in Deal Worth $11.8 Billion   
New York Times
NXP Semiconductors said on Sunday that it would buy a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in an $11.8 billion deal that would create a big maker of chips for industries as varied as automobiles and mobile payments. The merger will also offer some ...

NXP, Freescale Agree to Merger   Wall Street Journal
Two Semiconductor Companies You Haven't Heard Of Are Merging In A $40B ...   TechCrunch
NXP, Freescale Agree to Merger -- 4th Update   Nasdaq
CNNMoney   
Montana Standard   
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New Hampshire Voice
   
Wal-Mart wage hike could push other retailers and big corporation to increase ...   
New Hampshire Voice
Wal-Mart has recently annouced its decision to offer wage hike to the lowest paid workers which could cost the company $1 billion additional in employee costs. Wal-Mart's decision will impact over 500,000 workers in the United States as they will get $9 an ...

Wal-Mart Pay Increase Decision Having Ripple Effect In Various Markets   Online News Heard Now
Pay hike decision by Wal-Mart will have massive ripple effects in America   Times Gazette
Would Walmart Wage Hike Result in Similar Moves for American Businesses?   Highlight Press
Nashua Telegraph   
SMN Weekly   
Consolidate Times   
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Reuters
   
ECB braces for QE as others shift rates   
Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greek funding and quantitative easing in Europe, an expected rate cut in Australia and the buoyant U.S. labor market are set to be the focus of an economic week dominated by a host of central bank meetings. Greece may have ...


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Insurance Journal
   
Buffett's utilities chief could keep the lights on at Berkshire   
Reuters
NEW YORK, March 1 (Reuters) - Greg Abel, the 52-year-old head of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, is not unlike the company he oversees: like utilities themselves, he is reliable, hard-working - and usually in the background. While his boss, billionaire investor ...

Munger Praising Jain, Abel Stokes Buffett Successor Speculation   Bloomberg
A Two-Man Race Is On to Succeed Buffett at Berkshire   Wall Street Journal
Buffett Expects Another Big Crowd at Shareholder Meeting   1011now
Sydney Morning Herald   
Benchmark Reporter   
Business Insider   
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Khaleej Times
   
More than 30 arrested as Hong Kong anti-China protesters scuffle with police   
Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 30 people were arrested as a group of about 400 demonstrators in Hong Kong clashed with police in the latest sign of tensions caused by China's influence in the city. Protesters in Yuen Long, in Hong Kong's New ...

Hong Kong lawmakers hand themselves in to police over protests   Sin Chew Jit Poh
33 held after anti-mainland march in Hong Kong   DAWN.com
Hong Kong rural leader Leung Fuk-yuen is about more than scowling for the ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Fox News   
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CBC.ca
   
NYMEX-US oil falls toward $49 after 1st monthly gain since June   
Reuters
SINGAPORE, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures fell towards $49 a barrel on Monday after rising more than $1 in the previous session to close February with the first monthly gain since June last year. Economic data from manufacturing activity in China to ...

Oil falls approximately 1% on weak China outlook, higher Libyan crude output ...   BreakingNews.com
Oil falls 1% Monday on weak China outlook, higher Libya production   The Star Online
Oil falls 1 percent on weak China outlook, higher Libya production   Reuters UK
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide   
Nasdaq   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Yuan Drops to Two-Year Low as PBOC Rate Cut Boosts China Stocks   
Bloomberg
A commuter walks past the People's Bank Of China headquarters in the financial district of Beijing. The PBOC keeps the yuan within 2 percent of its daily reference rate, which has been lowered by 0.5 percent this year. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg ...

China Pushes On A String With Rate Cut   Barron's
China c.bank steps up easing tempo as factory activity shrinks   Reuters India
China's Rate Cut Renews Economic Concerns   Wall Street Journal
BBC News   
Reuters   
CNBC   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
China's official manufacturing gauge edges up   
MarketWatch
BEIJING--An official gauge of China's manufacturing sector edged up in February but remained in contractionary territory for a second month in a row, official data showed. China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose slightly to 49.9 in ...

China's Manufacturing Gauge Strengthens in February   Wall Street Journal
UPDATE 1-China Feb HSBC PMI at 7-month high but deflation risk persists   Reuters
Indonesian manufacturing activity contracts to record low in Feb   THE BUSINESS TIMES
euronews   
TODAYonline   
Irish Times   
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Mashable
   
Last day to buy Girl Scout cookies   
News Sentinel
Nearly 4,000 area Girl Scouts have been out selling cookies this weekend as part of National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, the Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana council office reported. Girl Scouts will be selling cookies both door-to-door and at booths ...

Girl Scout cookies are here   Thegardenisland.com
Thin mints, Caramel deLites and more cookies coming to a neighborhood near you   The Times and Democrat
Girl Scouts Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of The Samoa With Sweet Giveaway   CBS Local
GoLocalPDX   
WSPA.com   
IdahoOnYourSide.com   
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Kansas City Star
   
Jared Hunt column: Gas prices on the way back up   
Charleston Daily Mail
Gas prices were under two dollars a gallon at a service station in Leonia, N.J., in January. After their winter break, consumers can expect prices to begin their seasonal rise. Well, it was nice while it lasted ... After a few months of seeing gas prices do nothing ...

Wichita gas prices predicted to climb in next few weeks   Kansas.com
Experts: Prepare for a Gas Price Increase   KAALtv.com
Cal. gas prices rose faster than ever   U-T San Diego
FOX43.com   
KUSI   
NBC Montana   
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