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Burger King agrees to $3.3 billion 3G Capital offer

Burger King agrees to $3.3 billion 3G Capital offer

Burger King Holdings Inc. agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital for $3.3 billion, giving the New York investment firm control

Coast Guard: Mile-long sheen spreading from burning platform

Coast Guard: Mile-long sheen spreading from burning platform

An explosion on an oil platform south of Vermilion Bay sent the 13 people on board into the water Thursday morning around 9:30 a.m.

Blast on oil platform injures 1 worker

Blast on oil platform injures 1 worker

An explosion has torn through an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.

U.S. workers see higher health costs, less care

U.S. workers see higher health costs, less care

Companies are cutting healthcare costs further amid a continuing sour economy, scaling back benefits and shifting a greater share of the expense to employees

Jobless claims drop 6,000 to 472,000

Jobless claims drop 6,000 to 472,000

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell by 6,000 to 472,000 in the week ended Aug. 28, but first-time claims remain at an elevated level

Judge deals new blow to drilling moratorium

Judge deals new blow to drilling moratorium

The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration’s initial six-month moratorium on deepwater oil-drilling dealt the government another blow Wednesday

Futures ignore jobs data

Futures ignore jobs data

Investors dived back into the stock market despite some gloomy jobs data, jumping into September on a bullish note following a brutal August.

Tech stocks sink as investors’ worries of slowdown grow

Tech stocks sink as investors’ worries of slowdown grow

Technology stocks are landing somewhere they haven’t been in some time: on the sell list.

Justice Dept. approves United-Continental merger

Justice Dept. approves United-Continental merger

Continental and United airlines won Justice Department approval of their proposed merger on Friday

Second-quarter GDP growth revised downward

Second-quarter GDP growth revised downward

The U.S. economy grew more sluggish than initially estimated in the second quarter, and corporate profits nearly dried up

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