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Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy

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U.S. solar company Evergreen Solar Inc filed for bankruptcy on Monday, its once cutting-edge technology falling victim to competition from cheaper Chinese rivals and to solar subsidy cuts in Europe.
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E. Coli Contamination Leads to Beef Recall

More than 60,000 pounds of ground beef supplied by National Beef have been recalled after officials at the Ohio Department of Agriculture discovered the batch was contaminated with E. coli.
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Harmony sticks to 2 mln oz output target for 2015

The chief executive of Harmony Gold, Africa's third largest gold producer, said on Monday he remained committed to a 2015 output target of 2 million ounces despite a decline in production over the last financial year.
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Bombs, Attacks Hit Iraqi Cities, at Least 60 Dead

Suicide attackers and car bombs hit cities across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in apparently coordinated assaults authorities blamed on al Qaeda affiliates intent on destabilizing the government.
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NASA Forms Office for Deep Space Exploration

On the heels of the retirement of the space shuttle program, NASA announced it has launched a new department that has targeted asteroids and Mars as the next targets for human space exploration.
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Pfizer wins Viagra patent battle against Teva

Pfizer Inc said on Monday it won a patent infringement case against the U.S. unit of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, preventing Teva from launching a generic version of Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug Viagra until October 2019.
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Obama Approval Rating Dips: Can He Still Champion Needed Reforms?

Critics have chided President Barack Obama for his economic reforms, which they view as too big, or too liberal. The reality is however, that if Obama's reforms don't stand, and the economic/social problems are not addressed, an even more-liberal public official will likely emerge to propose and enact bigger changes.
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NY Fed manufacturing contracts for third month in August

A gauge of manufacturing in New York State showed the sector unexpectedly contracted for the third month in a row in August as new orders fell to their lowest level since November 2010, the New York Federal Reserve said in a report on Monday.
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Wall Street rises on M&A, Europe hopes

Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Monday, feeding on acquisition news and hopes European politicians will come up with solutions to the region's debt crisis.

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