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Honda profit rises on weak yen, lowers forecast 10/28/2014 09:17am • YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Honda's net profit for the July-September quarter surged nearly 18 percent but the Japanese automaker lowered its earnings forecast for the full year Tuesday, pointing to difficulties in China and its home Japan market.Honda Motor Co. reported a 141.8 b Swiss bank UBS posts 32 percent gain in 3Q profit 10/28/2014 08:00am • GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss banking giant UBS AG is reporting a third-quarter net profit of 762 million Swiss francs ($803 million), up 32 percent from the comparable period a year ago based on solid returns from its investment banking and wealth management.But Switzerland's largest bank warns of intensify NBCUniversal settles with unpaid interns for $6.4M 10/28/2014 06:20am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly 9,000 unpaid interns stand to benefit from a $6.4 million settlement with NBCUniversal over back wages.Unpaid interns who worked on "Saturday Night Live" and other shows brought a class action suit last July in Manhattan federal court claiming NBCUniversal violated the law by Detroit makes final arguments to exit bankruptcy 10/28/2014 06:02am • ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- The city of Detroit urged a judge on Monday to approve its plan to get out of bankruptcy, calling it a sweeping effort to "solve some really bad problems" by wiping out billions in debt and spending $1.7 billion on better services in a long-term prescription Asian stocks muted after US, Europe declines 10/28/2014 03:56am • JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) -- Asian stocks were muted Tuesday after declines in Wall Street and Europe as investors looked ahead to this week's meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 0.6 percent to 15,292.64 while China's Shanghai Composite Index Newly re-elected Brazil leader faces house divided 10/28/2014 03:36am • BRAD BROOKS Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil's re-elected leader Dilma Rousseff on Monday faced a house divided after a bitterly fought election that culminated in the narrowest presidential win since the nation's return to democracy three decades ago.In a victory speech, Rousseff said Old-style populism lives on in Michigan race 10/28/2014 03:02am • DAVID EGGERT Associated Press WARREN, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan has gone through a wrenching economic upheaval in recent years, but as he runs for governor, Mark Schauer hopes that one thing hasn't been lost: the power of an old-style populist appeal to rev up workers and get them to the polls to vote How, When to Write a Medical School Interview Thank-You Note 10/28/2014 12:00am • A medical school interview day is a great opportunity for students to make a great impression with their potential medical schools, but it's not their last chance. If you're recently returned from an interview, it is always appropriate to extend a "thank you. " The admissions team pulled your applic 7 Surprise Retirement Expenses 10/28/2014 12:00am • What's the scariest thing about retirement? The things we don't know. There are bound to be some surprises in retirement. But here are seven retirement unknowns that you can prepare for in advance: 1. Unexpected expenses. We carefully plan our monthly budget. We need so much to pay for the house Ukraine looks to reform with an eye on Europe 10/27/2014 07:48pm • PETER LEONARD Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- As Ukraine's most ardently pro-European parties pocketed a resounding collective election triumph Monday, thoughts turned to a reform agenda that promises pain and progress in equal doses.Although the outcome of Sunday's vote is in part fruit of a Small battery maker touts big prospect for NC jobs 10/27/2014 07:10pm • JONATHAN FAHEY Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A small start-up company said Monday it would create hundreds of jobs when it moves into a massive, former Philip Morris USA cigarette plant to build batteries that it says will help power companies save energy and work more efficiently.North Car Business Highlights 10/27/2014 06:50pm • The Associated Press ___The SUV goes from All-American to global starDETROIT (AP) -- Once a hulking symbol of American excess, sport utility vehicles are quickly becoming the world's favorite way to get around.It's a surprising rebirth for a vehicle that was the subject of obituaries when gas price Layne Christensen paying $5.1M in bribes accord 10/27/2014 06:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Layne Christensen Co. has agreed to pay about $5.1 million to settle civil charges of bribing government officials in Africa in exchange for favorable tax treatment, customs clearance and other improper benefits.The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement Monda In Massachusetts, a race for governor, redemption 10/27/2014 05:44pm • STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- For Democrat Martha Coakley, the governor's race in Massachusetts is more than just a contest for the state's top political office. It's also a quest for political redemption.Four years ago, Coakley, the state's attorney general, crushed her party's hope Toyota at top in global vehicle sales over VW, GM 10/27/2014 04:28pm • YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota kept its lead over rivals Volkswagen and General Motors as the world's top-selling automaker in the first nine months of the year, Monday reporting record sales of 7.615 million vehicles, up nearly 3 percent from the previous year.Volkswagen said