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American Airlines boosts profit on higher revenue 07/24/2014 12:36pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Profit and revenue are up at American Airlines, and the company will share some of the gains with shareholders.American Airlines Group Inc. said Thursday that it earned a record $864 million in the second quarter, up from the $507 million that American and US Airways earned Stocks mixed...Jobless claims lowest in more than 8 years...New home sales plunge 07/24/2014 11:38am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are mixed in early trading on Wall Street as several big companies report second-quarter earnings. Facebook rose 5 percent after its earnings beat expectations. Caterpillar fell 2.7 percent after the construction equipment maker said quarterly profits rose a better-than-expec Oil drifts down despite China manufacturing bounce 07/24/2014 10:00am • PABLO GORONDI Associated Press The price of oil fell below $103 a barrel Thursday, giving back part of its gains from the day before, despite improvements in Chinese manufacturing.By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. crude for September delivery was down 20 cents to $102.92 a barrel in elect Breitburn buying QR Energy in $1.46 billion deal 07/24/2014 09:48am • HOUSTON (AP) -- Breitburn Energy is buying QR Energy LP in a deal worth about $1.46 billion.QR unitholders will receive approximately 72 million common units of Breitburn Energy Partners LP, or 0.9856 of a Breitburn unit, for each unit of QR Energy that they own. The consideration to be received by US economy, though sluggish, may now be sturdier 07/24/2014 08:10am • The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Out of a seemingly hollow recovery from the Great Recession, a more durable if still slow-growing U.S. economy has emerged.That conclusion, one held by a growing number of economists, might surprise many people. After all, in the five years since the recessio Honduran families deported back to a bleak future 07/24/2014 02:34am • SONIA PEREZ D. Associated Press TOCOA, Honduras (AP) -- Elsa Ramirez already had lost two brothers to violence in this remote Caribbean region when co-workers handling clandestine cocaine flights from South America murdered her husband four months ago.Then the killers came looking for her.Ramirez ha SEC votes to end $1 a share for some money funds 07/24/2014 12:48am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regulators have voted by a narrow margin to end a longtime staple of the investment industry -- the fixed $1 share price for money-market mutual funds -- at least for some money funds used by big investors.The idea is to minimize the risk of a mass withdrawal from the funds during Argentina president says country will not default 07/23/2014 09:00pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's president said Wednesday that her country will not go into default because it has been paying debts to bondholders on time.The government is in negotiations to resolve a dispute with creditors over $1.5 billion in unpaid debts that could lead Argentina to Ultra high definition TVs boost LG Display profit 07/23/2014 05:38pm • YOUKYUNG LEE AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- LG Display Co. said profit for the April-June quarter more than doubled as a stronger won reduced the value of its foreign debt and the World Cup boosted demand for ultra-high-definition TVs.The South Korean display panel maker said Wednes Argentina's embattled vice president back in court 07/23/2014 04:57pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's embattled Vice President was back in court Wednesday, this time over false data in documents for an old car that he bought about 20 years ago.Amado Boudou appeared before a federal judge and presented a written statement instead of speaking in his defense. Exclusive: Tory Burch on life 'perpetually' out of her comfort zone and why big risks pay big dividends 07/23/2014 04:43pm • A woman with a list of names stood by the open door. “How long will Tory Burch be here?” I asked, while checking in under an awning bearing Burch's signature double-T logo at SouthPark Mall in Charlotte. “Probably around 20 minutes,” the slim young woman with a chic bun atop Delta 2Q profit rises 17 percent 07/23/2014 01:59pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. said Wednesday that second-quarter earnings rose 17 percent, topping analysts' expectations, as passengers flew more miles at higher average fares and fuel spending declined.The results from Delta, the world's third-biggest airline company, produced a strong open Town Of Chevy Chase Wants To See Data On Purple Line Ridership Projections 07/23/2014 12:40pm • Purple Line foes in the Town of Chevy Chase are questioning the validity of ridership estimates for the state’s light rail project and will request details of how a consultant developed the numbers. The Town of Chevy Chase Council voted on July 9 to submit a Maryland Public Information Act req US hedge fund files suit against Puerto Rico gov 07/23/2014 11:20am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The government of Puerto Rico is now facing a second lawsuit in response to a new law that would allow certain public corporations in the U.S. territory to restructure their debt if needed.U.S. hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC says in a lawsuit filed Tues Lithuania to adopt euro currency in January 07/23/2014 08:50am • BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union is giving Lithuania the green light to adopt the euro currency starting next year.Ministers from the 28-nation bloc on Wednesday cleared the final legal hurdle for Lithuania to become the 19th member of the currency zone encompassing some 330 million people. The c