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NEW YORK, Dec 6- Oil prices slipped and the euro fell in its sharpest drop in a month on Thursday after the European Central Bank said growth in the euro zone is likely to shrink next year, sparking speculation of an interest-rate cut.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 6- Increasing exports of U.S. natural gas would raise domestic prices, hurt the U.S. manufacturing sector and lead to fewer jobs, Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow said on Thursday.
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*Political tension in Italy grows. NEW YORK, Dec 6- The euro was headed for its sharpest drop against the dollar in a month on Thursday after comments from the European Central Bank chief and a downgrade to the region's growth and inflation forecasts boosted expectations of an interest rate cut.
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DETROIT, Dec 5- Honda Motor Co, maker of the best-selling Civic compact car, expects that within two years it will export more cars and light trucks built at its seven North America plants than it imports from Japan and that those factories will take on a larger role in global product development.
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Should the Federal Government bail out the entire city of Detroit? Doc Thompson, host of Talk Radio 1270 WXYT, provides perspective.
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*Ford's effort is latest of many Lincoln overhauls. The MKC is the second of four core models that Lincoln will pitch to an growing market insiders call "discreet luxury," epitomized by fashion labels such as Paul Smith and Bottega Veneta that avoid overt symbols of wealth.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 4- U.S. congressional Republicans had wanted to show a united front against President Barack Obama's demand for tax hikes, but their tenuous coalition showed signs of strain on Tuesday.
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*Tea Party conservatives booted from House panel. WASHINGTON, Dec 4- President Barack Obama held his ground on the "fiscal cliff" on Tuesday, insisting on higher tax rates for the wealthiest Americans, while Republicans showed increasing disarray over how far they should go to compromise with Obama's demands.
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*Tea Party conservatives booted from House panel.
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Dec 4- Republicans in the U.S. Congress attacked each other on Tuesday over their leadership's "fiscal cliff" offer to Democratic President Barack Obama as a group of governors visited the White House to voice concern about the impact on the states of the year-end tax-and-spending deadline.
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BRUSSELS- Germany and France publicly clash over plans to put the European Central Bank in charge of supervising banks, deepening a dispute over the scope of the ECB's powers that threatens to undermine one of Europe's boldest reforms. (EU-BANKING/UNION, moved, by John O'Donnell and Robin Emmott, 850 words).
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WASHINGTON, Dec 3- The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing General Motors Co employees whose pension plans lost money to pursue their case against a State Street Corp unit over its management of their retirement savings plans before the automaker went bankrupt.
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DETROIT, Dec 3- Ford Motor Co is still working on a remedy for a defect that raises the risk of an engine fire in almost 90,000 just-launched Escape and Fusion models, an executive at the second-largest U.S. automaker said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 3- The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing General Motors Co employees whose pension plans lost money to pursue their case against a State Street Corp unit over its management of their retirement savings plans before the automaker went bankrupt.
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DETROIT, Dec 3- Ford Motor Co will try to generate interest in its upscale Lincoln vehicles with an ad campaign that draws on the brand's heritage and includes its first-ever Super Bowl spot.
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*Some Tea Party- backed members flexible on tax rates. WASHINGTON, Nov 30- A growing number of Republicans in the House of Representatives- including a handful of Tea Party- backed conservatives- are signaling greater flexibility than their leaders to reach a "fiscal cliff" deal with President Barack Obama.
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DETROIT, Nov 30- A former General Motors Co engineer and her husband were found guilty on Friday of conspiring to steal the automaker's trade secrets. The trial in U.S. District Court in Detroit began on Nov. 5.
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*Lawsuit seeks $29 million- Taubman worth $2.9 billion. Nov 30- Octogenarian billionaire mall developer A. Alfred Taubman has been sued for $29 million by a Michigan flight attendant who claimed he sexually harassed her numerous times aboard his private plane.
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*Fifteen days left in lame-duck session of Congress. WASHINGTON, Nov 29- With time running out, agricultural leaders in Congress vowed on Thursday to do everything they can to pass a farm bill that cuts spending by at least $23 billion- savings that could assure support by lawmakers determined to reduce the federal deficit.
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*Ford gaining share but still trails Toyota, GM. *Ford positions C-Max vehicles as rivals to Toyota's Prius. DETROIT, Nov 29- Ford Motor Co, vying to challenge Toyota Motor Corp's stronghold on the U.S. hybrid market, said it expects to wind up with 11 percent of the U.S. market for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles this year.