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Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Merge Thermal Power Businesses
Raytheon Awarded $422 Million Contract
Cisco to Buy Cariden for $141 Million
Smith Electric Vehicles to Build Chicago Plant
Exxon Mobil's Principal Financial Officer Will Retire
Verizon Retirees Sue to Halt Pension Transfer
Inmet Rejects $4.9 Billion From First Quantum
Congress Looks at Eliminating the $1 Bill
Oil Up Slightly on Europe Debt Deal
Superstorm Sandy Walloped Wages in October
Group Accuses Mattel of Labor Violations in China
BioCryst, Presidio Call Off Merger
GM, Partners to Build Third Plant in Southwest China
Pressing GOP, Obama Takes His Fiscal Plan to Pennsylvania
Euro Jumps to 5-Week High Against Dollar
U.S. Oil, Gas Rigs Down by 6 This Week
Exchange Operator CME Group Admits Error
Analyst: Meat Prices May Rise Up to 8% in 2013
Eaton Completes $11.46 Billion Deal for Cooper Industries
Gold, Wholesale Gas, Coffee Prices Drop
Johnson & Johnson CEO to Be Chairman as Well
Vibram and Fila Settle Patent Case
UPS, TNT Express Make Europe an Offer