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Caribbean leaders join forces to fight crisis (AP)
Caribbean leaders said Saturday that they will push regional banks to provide more loans to builders and exporters, boosting jobs and trade to counter the world economic crisis.
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Obama wants econ rescue approved 'right away' (AP)
With the economy in crisis, President-elect Barack Obama urged the new Congress to pass a quick economic stimulus bill, pledged help for the troubled auto industry and blessed the Bush administration's bailout of the financial industry.
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US Steel shares drop as analyst cuts estimate (AP)
Shares of U.S. Steel Corp. slid Tuesday as a UBS Investment Research analyst slashed an estimate of the steel maker's 2009 earnings, citing an expected first-quarter loss amid mill outages.
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Boeing halts rotorcraft output after debris found (Reuters)
Boeing Co shut down production at a military helicopter plant outside Philadelphia on Friday after a third incident involving foreign objects prompted the Pentagon to issue a corrective action against the company.
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Oil steady near $51 after falling overnight (AP)
Oil prices were steady near $51 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as investors weighed more bad economic news from the U.S. that sparked a sell-off of crude overnight.
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October durable goods orders drop by 6.2 percent (AP)
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged in October by the largest amount in two years as manufacturing was battered by the overall economic weakness.
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Oil falls below $54 in Asia after rising overnight (AP)
Oil prices fell below $54 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after surging overnight as investors mulled whether a U.S. government bailout of Citigroup Inc. restores enough confidence to staunch crude's 64 percent slide since July.
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Ahead of the Bell: Hewlett-Packard 4Q report (AP)
Technology bellwether Hewlett-Packard Co. reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market closes Monday, and all eyes are on Mark Hurd, who has proved a master cost-cutter in three years as chief executive of HP and whose skills will be needed to help HP weather the economic downturn.
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Boeing shuts down production at helicopter plant (AP)
Production at Boeing's helicopter plant in suburban Philadelphia was shut down Friday afternoon after a foreign object was found during inspection of an aircraft under production.
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