David Brown, chief european economist at Bear Stearns Dow Jones - "We see this as a very short lived bounce in a very volatile series, the strong euro, extremely high oil prices and the spreading contagion effects from the credit crunch should all come home to roost on economic confidence." 11 Mar 2008
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Build-A-Bear Increases Share Buyback Stuffed animal retailer Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. said Monday its board of directors authorized an increase in the company's share repurchase program to up to $50 million. 10 Mar 2008
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Bear Stearns Denies Liquidity Rumors Financial services firm Bear Stearns Cos. said late Monday in a brief statement "there is absolutely no truth to the rumors of liquidity problems that circulated today in the market." 10 Mar 2008
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Conservation Groups Sue Over Polar Bears Three conservation groups are suing the Department of the Interior for failing to meet a deadline on a decision to list polar bears as threatened because of the loss of Arctic sea ice. 10 Mar 2008
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Steve Barrow, currency strategist at Bear Stearns Reuters - "It (payrolls) was unambiguously weak data...Two consecutive payroll falls and other bits of data last week are all pretty consistent with a recession, which we think started late last year. The general drift will continue to be weakness in the dollar. There are some tough levels for the markets to get through... but not barriers that I think the market will fall over at." 10 Mar 2008
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IG Looks at Delays in Polar Bear Listing The Interior Department's inspector general has begun a preliminary investigation into why the department has delayed for nearly two months a decision on listing the polar bear as threatened because of the loss of Arctic sea ice. 07 Mar 2008
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Gov't Probes Threat to Polar Bear The Interior Department's inspector general has begun a preliminary investigation into why the department has delayed for nearly two months a decision on listing the polar bear as a threatened species. 07 Mar 2008
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A&P Says Pathmark Integration Going Well Grocer Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. said Thursday its integration of the Pathmark stores it acquired in December is proceeding as planned. A&P Chief Executive Christian Haub said at the Bear Stearns 14th Annual Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Conference in New York that the "back-office" integration, including converting operating systems and letting some employees go, will be completed within six months. 06 Mar 2008
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Brinker to Focus on International Growth Brinker International Inc. said Thursday it would focus on building restaurants overseas and on growing its same-stores sales at its U.S. locations. Guy Constant, vice president of operations analysis, said in a Webcast of the Bear Stearns' 14th Annual Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Conference in New York that the company would target having 300 restaurants operating overseas by 2009. The company's franchisees currently operate 152 locations in 24 countries. 06 Mar 2008
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BearingPoint Lobbied on Security Issues Business consultancy BearingPoint Inc. spent nearly $1.5 million to lobby the federal government in 2007. The company lobbied on various appropriations bills, as well as on funding for the State Department's passport work, port and border security issues, legislation dealing with procurement reform and more. 29 Feb 2008
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