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Prices fall
Wholesale prices fall 0.4 percent, the largest drop in six months.
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Tax break
Uncle Sam is offering a financial incentive to make good news out of the bad.
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Fewer options
The spread of stock options in Silicon Valley has slowed significantly as the economy has imploded.
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Diageo settles $1.5 billion sale of Burger King
British liquor company Diageo PLC agreed to sell its Burger King business for a reduced price of $1.5 billion to a U.S investment consortium in a deal that underscores the flagging fortunes of fast-food companies as they engage in a tough battle for fickle consumers.
JOHN PAIN / Associated Press
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Bush doll spouts policy, famed malapropisms
Meet George W. Bush, the talking action figure. Conservative-friendly media sources like the Drudge Report and the Washington Times are hailing the toy president as a hot stocking stuffer. Even less partisan sources are wondering if he'll become the next Big Mouth Billy Bass, the singing fish that took the novelty market by storm a few years ago.
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Small firms struggling with health-care costs
At E.J. Mechanical Corp., a small heating and air-conditioning contractor in West Chester, owners Ed and Pat Henry canceled the company Christmas dinner after seeing the bill for next year's health insurance.
By REID KANALEY / Philadelphia Inquirer
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