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BMO Financial to buy Diners Club N. American ops

NEW YORK (AP) - BMO Financial Group says it will buy the Diners Club North American franchise from Citigroup, which will more than double its corporate card business.
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Ex-spy, submarines, Dubai co. part of Fla. lawsuit

STUART, Fla. (AP) - Former French intelligence officer Herve Jaubert believed he was essentially being held captive in Dubai when his passport was confiscated by authorities amid a dispute with his employer, a powerful government-run conglomerate. He claimed he was threatened with torture and worried each day he would be arrested.
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SPIN METER: Legislation inflation grips GOP

SPIN METER: Legislation inflation grips GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger.
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Strong banks, weak credit: Treasury rethinks TARP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Taxpayers won't recoup the full sum of the government's unprecedented infusion to the financial sector, but the returns are ahead of schedule.
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Clothing sales down Nov., but online roars back

NEW YORK (AP) - After showing signs of improvement in early fall, sales of clothing and luxury goods weakened a bit the first half of November, compared with a year ago, when stores pulled shoppers in with massive discounts, figures released Tuesday show.
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