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Companies use popular provision to avoid income taxes

More than two dozen Fortune 500 companies paid no U.S. federal income taxes in recent years partly because of a corporate tax break that is broadly supported by Republicans and Democrats alike, a consumer group said on Monday.

Ford recalls more than 140,000 Focus cars in U.S.

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Ford Motor Co is recalling 140,310 Focus cars from model year 2012 in the United States to repair a potential problem with the passenger-side windshield wiper motor, according to U.S. safety regulators.
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Women Postponing Motherhood Mistakenly Rely On IVF

Women who postpone getting pregnant often rely on in-vitro fertilization when they get older, according to a new study. But getting pregnant when you are older is not only harder, it's dangerous too.
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Icahn sues Amylin, pushes for sale

Carl Icahn sued Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc to block enforcement of a bylaw that prevents the billionaire investor from launching a proxy fight that could lead to a sale of the maker of diabetes drugs.
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Netflix's New Political Actions Committee: FLIXPAC

Earlier this week, the online streaming media company, Netflix, filed a statement with the federal government to create it's very own political action committee: FLIXPAC. The new PAC will allow Netflix to directly contribute to federal campaigns, thus boosting the media company's Washington profile. More specifically, A PAC can give $5,000 to a candidate per election (primary, general or special) and up to $15,000 annually to a national political party.
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Wall St slides after weak jobs data

Major stock indexes fell more than 1 percent in early trading on Monday, weighed by growth-related sectors, after last week's much weaker-than-expected report on March U.S. job creation.
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Gold Prices Rise More Than 1% On Monetary Easing Hope

Gold prices rose more than 1 percent on Monday, recovering from last week's hefty drop after disappointing U.S. jobs data revived hopes for fresh monetary easing and a spike in Chinese inflation boosted appetite for the metal.

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