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Shells Closing 8 Fla. Seafood Restaurants - Miami Herald
shells seafood restaurants has closed eight of its remaining 22 outlets in florida and filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the tampa-based chain announced the moves wednesday as it struggles to become profitable again. shells lost $12 million in the ...
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Tobacco Caused 2.4 million U.s. Cancers: Report
tobacco use caused 2.4 million cases of cancer in the united states from 1999 to 2004, the centers for disease control and prevention reported on thursday.
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Pirates Demand million Dollar 'ransom' For French Hostages
a maritime official said thursday that somali pirates who seized a french yacht and kidnapped two french nationals are demanding a "ransom" of more than one million dollars to free them.
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The Carr Factor: Will Falcons Regret Their Decision To Start Qb Matt ... - Baltimore Sun
flowery branch, ga. (ap) _ with michael vick out of the picture, the atlanta falcons wasted little time anointing matt ryan as the new face of the franchise. they drafted the quarterback third overall, lavished him with a $72 million contract and ...
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Intellichat's Automated Sales Agent Bucks Economic Downturn By ... - Forbes
chicago, sept. 4 /prnewswire/ -- with the economy struggling and online sales on a downward trend, intellichat, the leader in artificial intelligence (a.i.) virtual chat technology, is a ray of light for the ecommerce industry: their automated sales ...
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Vibes Said To Pick Up $15 million
vibes media , a mobile marketing company, will announce on thursday that it has raised $15 million from fidelity ventures in its first round of fundraising, moconews reported.
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Russian Steel Maker Takes Beta Steel For $400 million
novolipetsk steel , the russian steel maker owned by billionaire vladimir lisin, has agreed to pay $400 million in cash to acquire u.s. hot-rolled steel maker beta steel and expand its presence in north america.
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Icx Technologies Transportation Division Awarded A $4.25 million - Msn Moneycentral
icx technologies icxt , a technology and sensor company focused on the detection, security, and transportation markets, announced today that its transportation business unit has been awarded a $4.25 million, task-order-based contract to provide ...
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Navistar Gets Army Contracts Worth $92 million - Forbes
heavy truck maker navistar international corp. said thursday it received two u.s. army contracts worth nearly $92 million combined. the contracts are extensions of earlier awards for medium tactical vehicles and other variations of navistar's ...
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Russia's Nlmk To Buy U.s. Beta Steel For $400 million
novolipetsk steel, the russian steel maker owned by billionaire vladimir lisin, has agreed to acquire u.s. hot-rolled steel producer beta steel in a $400 million cash deal to expand its presence in north america.
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Mayweather Heisted For $7 million
las vegas, sept. 4 (upi) -- boxer floyd mayweather is offering a reward for recovery of an estimated $7 million in jewelry taken from his las vegas estate.
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Holland America Line Announces $200 million In Enhancements To Five ... - Msn Moneycentral
seattle , sept. 4 /prnewswire/-- as part of its ongoing signature of excellence, holland america line is doubling the amount to be spent in upgrades, enhancements and new features on five of the line's most popular ships. over the next two years, the ...
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Update 2-aeroflot Ceo Sees 2008 Profit Halving - Guardian Unlimited
moscow, sept 4 (reuters) - aeroflot's profit could almost halve in 2008 because of high fuel costs, but russia's national carrier is still on the lookout for acquisitions abroad, chief executive valery okulov said on thursday. okulov told reuters in ...
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Renner To Pay $399 million For Rival; Shares Advance (update2)
sept. 4 (bloomberg) -- lojas renner sa, brazil's biggest publicly traded clothing retailer, agreed to pay 670 million reais ($399 million) for rival leader sa empreendimentos e participacoes in a purchase that will add low-income customers.
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$5 million For Orchestra
the st. louis symphony orchestra has announced receiving $5 million from an anonymous donor.
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Update 2-movado Group Posts Lower Q2 Profit; Shares Fall - Reuters
sept 4 (reuters) - watch maker movado group inc (mov.n: quote , profile , research , stock buzz ) reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as expenses rose and sales fell due to a weak u.s. economy, sending its shares down as much as 11 ...
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Oil Prices Turn Downward - Cnn Money
new york (cnnmoney.com) -- oil prices extended declines thursday as investors appeared to look past a report that showed the nation's crude inventories dwindled last week and focused on signs of flagging demand. light, sweet crude for october ...
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Merrill Discussed Selling Loans To Korea Asset For $200 million
sept. 4 (bloomberg) -- merrill lynch & co. , the third- largest u.s. securities firm, discussed selling mortgages and other debt to korea asset management corp. for less than $200 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said.
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E-paper Provider Pressmart Raises $6 million Funding
hyderabad, india-based pressmart media, a print-to-digital delivery service for newspaper company, from raising $6 million in its first round of funding from draper fisher jurvetson and nea indous ventures.
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Pathwork Diagnostics Raises $20 million - San Francisco Business Journal
cancer test maker pathwork diagnostics inc. raised $20 million in its second round of venture funding. the sunnyvale company has one test cleared by the food and drug administration earlier this summer. its devices are meant to help find the origin ...
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