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They were once said to be like father and son, vacationing, signing deals, and socializing at the Kremlin together. But these days two of Russia’s richest men can’t stand each other _ and they’re trading insults in a spectacularly expensive public feud.
At more than $6.5 billion, the lawsuit brought by Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky against […]
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As the run-up to holiday shopping intensifies, Target Corp. is saying its stores will open at midnight on Thanksgiving Day for the first time this year.
That’s four hours earlier than last year.
The stores will stay open for 23 hours and close at 11 p.m. Friday, November 25. Target spokeswoman Susan Kahn said the change was […]
European leaders agreed Thursday morning on a crucial plan to reduce Greece’s debts and provide it with more rescue loans so that the faltering country can eventually dig out from under its debt burden.
After a marathon summit, EU President Herman Van Rompuy said that the deal will reduce Greece’s debt to 120 percent of its […]
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Ameren Corp. announced Friday that it is offering buyouts to 715 employees at its Missouri utility and support services units.
The offer is being extended to 5,700 full-time union employees and managers at Ameren Missouri and Ameren Services who will be 58 or older at end of the year.
The employees are being offered two weeks of […]
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Patients in Illinois can again look up background information about their doctors after the state’s physician profile program was restored Wednesday.
The state’s department of financial and professional regulation launched the physician profile website in 2008 but took it down last year following a decision of the Illinois Supreme Court.
The website, which includes information on doctors’ […]
UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s third-quarter net income edged slightly lower as medical costs climbed and some health care use picked up, but the insurer’s revenue grew and it raised its 2011 earnings forecast.
The Minnetonka, Minn., managed care company’s medical claims paid rose 7 percent to $18.41 billion compared to last year’s quarter, mainly due to price […]
An Air France-KLM official says directors of Europe’s largest airline will hold an extraordinary board meeting later Monday, amid reports the company’s chief executive will be replaced.
An Air France-KLM spokeswoman said the board meeting in Paris would take place around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT). She declined to comment on a report in French daily Les […]
An independent British medical watchdog says the first treatment proven to help people with the deadliest form of skin cancer is too expensive to be used by the U.K.’s health care system, a recommendation critics called a potential death sentence.
The drug, Bristol-Meyers Squibb’s Yervoy, has offered some hope to people with advanced skin cancers, though […]