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The Most Anticipated iPhone 5 Features for 2011

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Apple will finally unveil the iPhone 5 next week, or so it is expected, during an Oct. 4 meeting at its Cupertino, Calif. campus, and everyone is wondering what features the new smartphone will come with.

U.S. Doles Out Last of Loan Aid to Solar Projects

A car drives along the territory of a solar energy power station near the Okhotnikovo village in the Crimea's Saksky district
The Obama administration on Friday approved more than $4.7 billion in loan guarantees for major solar projects as the government closed out an incentive program embroiled in controversy over the bankruptcy of one of its biggest projects.
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California Exits Mortgage Settlement Talks

The state of California pulled out of multi-state mortgage negotiations with large U.S. banks, dealing a sharp blow to long-running efforts to secure a broad settlement over allegations of lending abuses.
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McGraw-Hill Hunting for Head of Education Business: Report

McGraw-Hill Companies Inc has enlisted executive recruiters Heidrick & Struggles International Inc to help in their search for a chief executive for its recently spun off education business, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday in its online edition.
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U.S. Listeria Toll Rises to 15, Dozens Ill

Two more people in the United States have died from eating listeria-tainted cantaloupes, bringing the death toll to 15 in the country's deadliest foodborne outbreak in more than a decade, health officials said on Friday.
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Chevron to Unveil Solar Oilfield Project Monday

Chevron Corp will unveil on Monday a solar oilfield project that has been hit by cost overruns and delays but serves as a showcase for the technology of Chevron-backed solar thermal company BrightSource Energy.
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California Quits U.S. Mortgage Settlement Talks

The state of California pulled out of multi-state mortgage negotiations with large U.S. banks, dealing a sharp blow to long-running efforts to secure a broad settlement over allegations of lending abuses.
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Analysts Assess Impact of Defense Cuts on US Jobs

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that a potential $1 trillion cut to the Pentagon budget could raise U.S. unemployment by 1 percentage point but analysts differ on how many jobs could be lost and what that actually means for the economy.
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Reebok to Pay $25 mln for Toning Shoe Claims

Reebok International Ltd has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that it made unsupported claims that its toning shoes help wearers get fit faster, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.
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Kraft Boss Bumps Pepsi Chief as Top US Woman Exec

Kraft Foods (KFT.N) boss Irene Rosenfeld is the most powerful woman in U.S. business, Fortune magazine said on Thursday, bumping PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) chief Indra Nooyi into second spot after five years on top.
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AstraZeneca Settles One Seroquel XR Lawsuit

AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.L) said on Thursday it has reached a settlement with privately held Handa Pharmaceuticals LLC that will keep the company from selling a generic form of its Seroquel XR anti-psychotic medicine in the United States until late 2016.
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Geron Names John Scarlett as CEO

Geron Corp (GERN.O), which is conducting the first U.S.-approved human embryonic stem cell trial, has named John Scarlett as its chief executive officer, replacing interim CEO David Greenwood, who will leave the biotech company at the end of the year.
U.S. Banks: Dividend hikes, M&As on their way

U.S. Banks Woo California in Mortgage Settlement

The largest U.S. banks, eager to get legal protection after widespread evidence emerged of foreclosure shortcuts, are trying to convince California to be part of a multi-state mortgage settlement and not pursue its own aggressive deal.

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