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• Aug 15, 2012

  Staples loses sales, Target nabs a profit

  Shares in the office supply store Staples are down 15 percent this morning after the company said its sales dropped 5.5 percent last quarter. Meanwhile, the discount retailer Target said it made a $700 million profit last quarter

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• Aug 15, 2012

  How Americans view the deficit

  Has the attitude about debt and the deficit changed over time?

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• Aug 15, 2012

  Consumer confidence varies from state to state

  Our latest reporting on U.S. consumer confidence says it jumped up last month. But what does that mean where you live?

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• Aug 15, 2012

  Greece hopes for more time to set up austerity

  Greece's current government took power in June — since then the world's been waiting for the specific plan to push things forward with Europe. This morning, the Financial Times this morning has a look at the plan Greece's prime minister will bring to the table next week with German and French leaders.

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• Aug 15, 2012

  Standard Chartered shares up after settlement

  Standard Chartered was on the brink of going to court because of allegations that it hid thousands of financial transactions with Iran. Instead, the bank settled without admitting any wrongdoing.

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• Aug 15, 2012

  The paradox of the Walmart economy

  Walmart's business has been on an upswing. But is it true that as goes the nation’s biggest retailer, so goes the nation’s economy?

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• Aug 15, 2012

  Survivalists drive housing market in Idaho

  Homebuyers preparing for a disaster — natural, economic or otherwise — have helped the housing market in remote north Idaho weather the downturn.

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• Aug 14, 2012

  Do Americans’ concerns match up with Paul Ryan’s?

  Paul Ryan is the GOP's momentum changer — or so they hope. But is he in tune with what Americans are concerned about in this election?

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• Aug 14, 2012

  Romney and Ryan — co-CEOs?

  The difference between power sharing at the head of the country, instead of at a company.

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• Aug 14, 2012

  New Orleans musician finds niche in instrument repair

  The Grammy Award-winning trombonist Stafford Agee is moonlighting as an instrument repairman — working out of his sweltering garage to make sure New Orleans-area high schoolers have working horns.

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