Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government

Tesla uses stock, note sale to pay off government loan early

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Am. Samoa to keep flier miles of govt travelers

American Samoa to keep frequent flier miles of government travelers; use for sick, students

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US home sales tick up to highest in 3 ½ years

US home sales rise slightly to 4.97 million in April, highest in 3 ½ years; inventories rise

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Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill

Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill as House immigration group struggles

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Oil falls near $94 on small drop in supplies

Oil falls near $94 a barrel on small decline in oil supplies, signs of weak demand for gas

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Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases

Fed minutes showed some officials willing to consider trimming bond purchases as early as June

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Target's 1Q profit drops 29 pct on weak sales

Target's 1st-qtr profit drops 29 pct on weak sales as weather, financial pressures take toll

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Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street

Lowe's 1st-quarter profit climbs but performance misses analysts' expectations

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Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

Bernanke warns that premature ending of Fed's stimulus efforts would carry substantial risks

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Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus

Stocks fall after Fed minutes show policymakers had weighed a pullback on its stimulus program

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Iceland forms center-right govt, halts EU talks

Iceland forms new center-right govt, plans to halt talks on joining 27-nation European Union

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Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog

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EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013

EU's 27 leaders agree to important step in fight against tax evasion by year's end

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Fiat Industrial aims to shift tax home to Britain

Fiat Industrial denies major damage to Italian tax receipts if shifts tax home to Britain

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Weak yen a help for Japan, but headache elsewhere

Falling yen may help Japan, but proving a headache for other countries, especially in Asia

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'BOOM TOWN BABY': African stock markets see gains

'BOOM TOWN BABY': African stock markets see big gains; Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria up big

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Half of D.C. houses sell in less than two weeks

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IMF calls on Britain to do more for growth

IMF praises British government's flexibility over austerity, but warns more growth needed

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Stocks edge higher as investors watch the Fed

Stocks open slightly higher on Wall Street as investors watch the Federal Reserve

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Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young

Germany, France seek to fight EU youth unemployment, aim for better use of existing funds

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