On June 1, Washington State is converting its 78-year-old liquor sales system from state to private control.
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In Washington State, Liquor Stores Are About to Go Private
When news broke that a vial of Ronald Reagan’s blood was being auctioned online , the price quickly jumped to $30,000 as Web sites and blogs explored a tantalizing possibility: Did this mean the late president could be cloned? Read full article > >
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Do Republicans really want to clone one for the Gipper?
SABMiller reports annual pre-tax profits of $5.6bn boosted by the sale of units in Russian and Ukraine.
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SABMiller reports strong profits
It was just the kind of information that could make you a million. But you couldn’t find it on Facebook or, for that matter, anywhere else on the Internet. In mid-May, as the social-networking company prepared for a public sale of its stock, an analyst at Morgan Stanley began advising clients orally that Facebook profits would probably be lower than previously estimated. Read full article > >
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Investors sue Facebook, advisers as scrutiny of IPO hype intensifies
Hewlett-Packard confirmed its plan to pare its work force and devote the savings to sales efforts and product development.
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Hewlett-Packard Earnings Drop; 27,000 Layoffs Set
Radio 5 live asked the director of the Reagan Foundation about the sale of a vial of blood taken from President Reagan.
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AUDIO: ‘Ronald Reagan’s blood’ for sale?
The US computer maker hopes new Windows 8 touchscreen computers can turn around a slump in sales to consumers.
UK retail sales volumes fell sharply in April largely because of a record fall in petrol sales, according to official figures.
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Big fall in April UK retail sales
One of world’s largest private cognac collections has gone on sale in Holland, including bottles dating back to the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte.
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VIDEO: World’s ‘rarest’ cognacs on sale
Sales of existing homes rose in April and remain higher than a year ago, while home prices continued to climb during the month, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors. Read full article > >
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Existing home sales and home prices ticked up in April
More tickets are to go on sale on Wednesday for events at the London 2012 Olympics, with people who already have tickets able to buy more.
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More Olympic tickets go on sale
Why are fountain pen sales rising so fast?
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Why are fountain pen sales rising?
It's no bloody, foot-stomping battle to the death, but a legal fight befitting a mighty dinosaur is playing out on two continents as Mongolia's president tries to block the sale of a nearly complete skeleton of a 24-foot-long Tyrannosaurus that roamed Central Asia 80 million years ago.
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Mongolia tries to stop rare fossil sale
One was a lumber salesman who crippled a 78-year-old woman. Another was driving a toy company’s van when he killed a college sophomore. When a cable company guy rammed a stopped car at 71 mph, a woman and her mother died. A driver in a company car didn’t react when traffic slowed, rear-ending a Honda in a chain-reaction crash that killed a 32-year-old woman. Read full article > >
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