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    July 9, 2013

    Regulators to seek new rules for eight of largest U.S. banks

    WASHINGTON – Regulators want to require eight of the largest U.S. banks to meet a stricter measure of health to reduce the threat they pose to the financial system. The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are expected to propose Tuesday that banks increase their […]

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    July 9, 2013

    Our View: Don’t change policy on drug court relapses

    The state is right to shift its approach to probation for other offenders, but the drug program works.

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    July 9, 2013

    Parkview aims to reduce costs by $2.5 million

    The recent combining of the medical-surgical and intensive care units has cut 16 full-time positions.

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    July 9, 2013

    Early search engine AltaVista goes dark

    NEW YORK – Once up on a time, there was a popular search engine called AltaVista. It lives no more. On Monday, its owner Yahoo Inc. sent AltaVista.com to the Internet graveyard to rest alongside order-almost-anything venture Kozmo.com and the butler from Ask Jeeves. Palo Alto, Calif.-based AltaVista was introduced in 1995, three years before […]

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    July 9, 2013
    Robert Post

    U.S. landline phones reach turning point

    The ride could be bumpy for users as cellphones and fiber optics spur a slow phase-out of copper wiring.

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    July 9, 2013

    T-Mobile helps iPhone get more market share

    T-Mobile helped increase the iPhone’s share of the smartphone market in the latest three-month period, according to a survey released Monday. Apple’s U.S. smartphone market share increased 3.5 percentage points in the three months that ended in May from the same period last year, according to consumer research firm Kantar Worldpanel. The iPhone accounted for […]

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    July 9, 2013
    Veronic DiCaire, Celine Dion

    A star in Vegas, Dion also plays mentor

    The 45-year-old is using her influence on new projects, working on a new album due out in October and co-producing the show of a fellow French Canadian songstress.

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    July 9, 2013

    Borrowing shows consumer confidence

    Americans' borrowing in May took its biggest jump since the same month one year ago.

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    July 9, 2013

    Briefcase

    Buffett gives five charities $2.6 billion worth of stock Billionaire Warren Buffett is giving five charities more than $2.6 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock as part of his overall plan to give away his fortune gradually. Buffett announced the annual gifts Monday. The biggest block of Class B shares of Berkshire stock worth […]