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JACKSON, Miss.-- A bill to borrow $196 million in Mississippi would send tens of millions to universities and community colleges for construction projects. Phil Bryant's desk after sailing through the House and Senate on Monday. The typical amount authorized was $345 million, ranging from a low of $28 million in 2008 to a high of $857 million in 2010..
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Can unlocking abundant supplies of domestic energy create millions of new manufacturing jobs? The truth may fall short of this promise, the New York Times reports.
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The court said the Cincinnati- based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision endorsing a group lawsuit, known as class action certification, had to be reconsidered in light of the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling last week in another consumer case involving Comcast Corp..
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NEW YORK-- A JPMorgan Chase analyst said Monday that Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. shares could double in value this year, and a potential "flood" of new iron ore supplies won't materialize.
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*$1.5 billion in asset sales so far. HOUSTON, April 1- Chesapeake Energy Corp is on track to stay within its budget for the year, Steve Dixon, the natural gas company's newly appointed interim chief executive officer, said on Monday.
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CANTON, Ohio-- Timken, pushing back against a proposal by two of its investors, Relational and Calsters, on Monday urged shareholders to vote against a company split.
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The court said the Cincinnati- based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision endorsing a group lawsuit, known as class action certification, had to be reconsidered in light of the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling last week in another consumer case involving Comcast Corp.. The court said 2 million subscribers in the Philadelphia area could not sue Comcast as a group.
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*Tesla Motors rallies after profit outlook. NEW YORK, April 1- U.S. stocks fell modestly on Monday after weaker-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data and the Dow and S&P 500 slipped from record closing highs reached on Thursday. The Institute for Supply Management's March reading on manufacturing came in at 51.3, down from analysts' average forecast of 54.2.
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NEW YORK, April 1- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Monday, with investors finding few reasons to keep pushing stocks higher with both the Dow and S&P 500 coming off record closing highs.
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LAKEHURST, N.J.-- History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster. But just four years earlier, a U.S. Navy airship seemingly jinxed from the start and later celebrated in song crashed only about 40 miles away, claiming more than twice as many lives.
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*Both S&P 500 and Dow ended last week at all-time closing highs. NEW YORK, April 1- U.S. stock index futures were flat on Monday after the S&P 500 index set a record closing high on Friday and investors waited for a report on U.S. manufacturing, a major component of economic growth.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- West Virginia's Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two pro-gambling bills Wednesday, reducing fees on existing casinos and allowing the creation of a sixth casino in the state. Casino gambling has recently expanded in neighboring Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland.
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*S&P 500 up 10 percent for quarter, best in a year. NEW YORK, March 28- The S&P 500 set a record closing high on Thursday, finishing a fifth consecutive month of gains to extend a four-year rally.
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RALEIGH, N.C.-- Rivals of North Carolina's leading health insurance company are again backing legislation that would eliminate a practice they say Blue Cross and Blue Shield uses to discourage competition and keep health care costs high.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases on the issue.
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CHICAGO/ CLEVELAND, March 27- Three Federal Reserve doves on Wednesday stoutly defended the central bank's bond buying to spur U.S. growth, but one official normally viewed as a centrist suggested it would not take much more improvement in job creation to warrant scaling it back.
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By Ann Saphir and Kim Palmer. CHICAGO/ CLEVELAND, March 27- Three Federal Reserve doves on Wednesday stoutly defended the central bank's bond buying to spur U.S. growth, but one official normally viewed as a centrist suggested it would not take much more improvement in job creation to warrant scaling it back.
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*Soft demand at Italy debt auction sparks concern. A stalemate over the formation of a new government in Italy and fiscal upheaval in Cyprus were reflected in a rise in Italian bond yields, with the cost of five-year debt at its highest level since October.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic U.S. senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court hears two cases on the issue.
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The study by the Society of Actuaries comes as lawmakers are still trying to decide whether they will offer health coverage to an expanded Medicaid population and how they will draft state insurance regulations to conform with the federal health law.