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Stocks trade flat after mixed economic reports
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks shuttled between narrow gains and losses Friday after mixed reports on retail sales and consumer confidence gave investors little new insight into the economy....
WaMu says it has settlement with JPMorgan, FDIC
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Washington Mutual Inc. says it has resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy....
Brown, Sarkozy slam US 'protectionism' over plane
LONDON (AP) -- The French and British leaders accused the U.S. of protectionism on Friday over a contract to build a new Air Force refueling tanker....
Kazakh court jails nuclear executive for 14 years
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- The lawyer for a former head of Kazkahstan's state nuclear energy company says his client has been sentenced to 14 years in jail on charges of embezzlement and corruption....
AF447: French famililes want equal compensation
PARIS (AP) -- A French support group said Friday that it will seek equal compensation for the families of French victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 after a Brazilian judge awarded more than $1 million for a Brazilian who died in the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris last year....
Democrats pare differences over health overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama delayed next week's Asian trip on Friday to seize on suddenly improved prospects for his sweeping health care legislation, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forecast final passage of the overhaul in days....
US terror suspect in Yemen worked at 5 nuke sites
HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania....
Old laws, raids leave Philly bar owners foaming
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A real brouhaha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly Love frothing over with anger....
Feb. retail-sales report offers positive surprise
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from racking up purchases. The advance, the biggest since November, provided hope that the recovery from the Great Recession is gaining momentum....
CF seals $4.7 billion deal for Terra
NEW YORK (AP) -- After more than a year of bids and counterbids, CF Industries landed Terra Industries on Friday for $4.7 billion in a deal that will create one of the world's largest fertilizer companies....

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