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Will 'dissolve' PA if talks with Israel fail: Abbas

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Expressing severe discontent over the continuing settlement activity, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, stated that he might dissolve PA if a peace deal cannot be reached with Israel.
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JetBlue's Top Secret Sale amid Cyber Monday

In celebration of Cyber Monday, JetBlue launched a Top Secret Sale for customers traveling from Boston and New York metro airports to six domestic and international destinations, including Barbados, Cancun, Las Vegas, Orlando, Saint Lucia and Tampa.
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Pat-down row rages as travelers decry privacy-stripping rules

The raging row over pat-downs and new body scanning rules at airports in the U.S. continued unabated on the Thanksgiving eve with holiday travelers threatening a pre-Thanksgiving no-fly-day boycott even as President Obama instructed the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to make airport security measures less intrusive.
People fill up job application forms at a job fair in Los Angeles, California, October 13, 2010.

US weekly jobless claims fall

Initial jobless claims were better-than-expected for the week ended Nov. 20, hitting levels that had not been seen since July 2008, the Labor Department said in a report.
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Mercury plagues Indiana

Indiana has over 30 coal-burning power plants. The smoke rises and disperses in the air, but its chemical contents do not vanish. They linger in the atmosphere and they return to the earth, and to the waterways of Indiana, with the rain.
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Doctor shortage looming? Use nurses, report says

A report from the institute calls for an overhaul in the responsibility and training of nurses and says doing so is key to improving the fragmented and expensive U.S. healthcare system -- President Barack Obama's signature political initiative.
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J&J admits misleading U.S. Motrin recall

Already battered by a wave of product recalls, Johnson & Johnson acknowledged on Thursday it had misled consumers and U.S. regulators as it quietly removed its Motrin painkiller from the market.
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J&J CEO to address recalls

Johnson & Johnson's massive recall of popular medicines, including a stealthy recall of some Motrin packages, has eroded the company's reputation and put pressure on chief executive Bill Weldon who appears before a congressional committee on Thursday.
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Treasury's Barr to testify on Fannie and Freddie

Michael Barr, assistant treasury secretary for financial institutions, and Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency will testify on Capitol Hill next week on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Arianna Huffington: A look at the winner in new online acquisition spree

Huffington launched the news site more as a commentary outlet and an alternative to other conservative news sites by inviting Arthur Schlesinger Jr. to blog, who would fax his blogs. That's not blogging, Arthur used to criticise her. Now with the takeover by AoL, Arianna will become a boss of the entire editorial content of AoL channels.
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Jobless claims jump shows labor market ailing

The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week to its highest level in close to six months, a fresh signal of a weak jobs market.
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Payrolls likely fell again in July

Employment probably fell for a second straight month in July as more temporary census jobs ended and private hiring remained too weak to boost a fragile economic recovery, according to a Reuters survey.
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Jobless claims raise doubts about economy

New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to the highest level since early April, highlighting a weak labor market and the fragile economic recovery.
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Jobs and earnings latest test for stocks

U.S. stocks are unlikely to break above a key technical level this week unless monthly jobs data and consumer company results paint a more promising picture of the recovery.
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Jobs data, earnings latest test for stocks

U.S. stocks are unlikely to break above a key technical level next week unless monthly jobs data and consumer company results paint a more promising picture of the recovery.

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