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U.S. department stores steady profitability boat even as sales slide
By Nandita Bose and Siddharth Cavale | CHICAGO CHICAGO U.S. department store chains, hit by slowing sales for more than two years, have used layoffs, store closings and cutbacks to maintain
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Lockheed F-35 jet cost could drop 16 percent: Pentagon official
By Mike Stone | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The cost of Lockheed Martin Corp's stealthy F-35 jet could fall 16 percent to around
J&J, Actelion approach Swiss takeover board over deal structure: paper
ZURICH Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) and Actelion (ATLN.S) have asked Switzerland's takeover board about the viability of a complicated takeover deal the U.S. healthcare company is discussing with the Swiss biotech firm, newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reported on Friday, without saying how
Boeing machinists in South Carolina to vote in February on unionizing
SEATTLE Boeing Co (BA.N) and its largest union said on Friday they had agreed on a February date for a union vote at Boeing's jetliner factory in South Carolina, setting up what is likely to be a fresh battle between
