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 U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
| Back-to-school season started off on sale, with retailers receiving new merchandise in August, and then marking it down to get it out the door. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press | Shoppers at Macy’s ... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast) The New York Times
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 Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption
| BERGL, AUSTRIA — In 1996, Josef Zotter’s bakery business in Graz, Austria, was floundering. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to close shop and go back to his roots, a village named Bergl in... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The New York Times
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 Hurricane Earl takes aim at U.S. East Coast
| HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Thursday on a path toward North Carolina's barrier islands, which it was e... (photo: AP / Lynne Sladky) The Star
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 Gates Lands in Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President ... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool) The New York Times
Afghanistan Defense Photos US Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present) |
 Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File) The New York Times
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 Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
| TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | W... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara) The New York Times
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 R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) The New York Times
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