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The Angus burger is going away, and it may not be the only McDonald’s dish on the chopping block.
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Oxbow led all the way at the 138th Preakness Stakes to spoil Kentucky Derby winner Orb’s chances of becoming the 12th horse to claim thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino won control of the 24-member Senate in mid-term elections, giving him a political boost as he starts the process of choosing his successor.
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Saudi Arabia’s benchmark stock index gained the most in more than four months, led by real estate developers and petrochemical companies.
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An independent Scotland would have a banking system too big to save in the event of a crisis, the U.K. Treasury said in a study into the economic implications of the nation breaking away from the rest of the country.
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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said he isn’t satisfied with the pace of the U.K.’s recovery and that more needs to be done to boost growth.
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House lawmakers say ousted Internal Revenue Service chief Steven Miller failed to fully explain why he didn’t inform them for more than a year that small-government groups seeking tax-exempt status were subject to extra scrutiny.
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Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk filed a suit with London’s High Court against two other magnates from his country, accusing them of selling him a shell company eight years ago.
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Tesla Motors Inc.’s Elon Musk is poised to follow in the footsteps of Lee Iacocca, who 30 years ago as Chrysler Corp.’s chief executive officer retired a controversial U.S. obligation years early.
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Puma Biotechnology Inc., the maker of an experimental cancer drug, had its biggest two-day gain in seven months after data on a competitor medicine did nothing to diminish analysts’ expectations.
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The main drawback to Fitbit’s wearable activity monitors may be how unobtrusive they are. To hear users tell it, their trackers have taken more unplanned trips through the washing machine than a crumpled dollar bill.
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It began in a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop in Berlin six years ago. Los Angeles Philharmonic Association President Deborah Borda and conductor Gustavo Dudamel decided to ask architect Frank Gehry to design sets for a trilogy of Mozart operas Dudamel wanted to stage.
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Australia picked code-switcher Israel Folau among three rookies and left out fly-half Quade Cooper in an initial 25-man rugby squad to face the British and Irish Lions in a three-Test series.
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Danielle Chiesi, the 47-year-old securities analyst who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the biggest U.S. insider-trading crackdown, is back in town.
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