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• In Europe, spending cuts fail to ease debt burdens February 22, 2012
  Europe has endured the pain of layoffs, wage cuts and tax increases designed to bring government debt under control. So where's the gain? […]
• Walmart's 4Q results show rebounding US business February 22, 2012
  Walmart Stores Inc.'s business offers valuable insight into how Americans are reacting in the slow economic recovery: they will spend, but only if they believe they're getting the lowest prices. […]
• Apollo Group gets tax break in new law February 22, 2012
  Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill on Tuesday that would give the University of Phoenix's parent company and other businesses a tax discount of about $3 million. […]
• GCU parent company's profit up by 145 percent February 22, 2012
  Rising student enrollment helped Grand Canyon University's parent company more than double its quarterly profits, according to financial results released on Tuesday. […]
• Dow hits 13,000 for the first time in four years February 22, 2012
  The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, when the Lehman Brothers investment bank was solvent, unemployment a healthy 5.4 percent and the worst of the Great Recession months ahead. […]
• FACT CHECK: Artful swerves on the auto bailout February 21, 2012
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• Older workers bring benefits February 21, 2012
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• Managing the facebook generation February 21, 2012
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• In Greece, debt deal gets a mixed reception February 21, 2012
  ATHENS, Greece - Greeks greeted uneasily the news on Tuesday that their country will likely avoid defaulting on its debts next month and the euro should remain their currency -- but at the cost of years of economic hardship. […]
• Netflix strikes movie deal with Weinstein Co. February 21, 2012
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