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Medtronic adjusts $43B deal over inversion rules 10/03/2014 11:00am • The Associated Press Medical device maker Medtronic is switching to $16 billion in financing to complete its purchase of Ireland-based competitor Covidien a few weeks after federal regulators issued rules designed to curb overseas acquisitions that cut tax U.S. tax bills.The Minneapolis company say US employers likely stepped up hiring in September 10/03/2014 08:42am • CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers may have produced 200,000-plus job growth in September, a potentially reassuring sign after a hiring slowdown in August.Economists have forecast that employers added 215,000 jobs last month, according to a survey by FactSet Report: UBS faces $6 billion fine in France 10/03/2014 08:30am • BERLIN (AP) -- Shares in UBS AG are down after reports the Swiss bank could face a fine of 4.88 billion euros ($6.16 billion) if found guilty of facilitating tax evasion and money laundering in France.Geneva daily Le Temps on Friday cited prosecution documents obtained by French investigative news s Go figure: Indictment may not sink GOP's Grimm 10/03/2014 04:40am • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A 20-count federal indictment and threatening to toss a reporter off a balcony might immediately disqualify a congressman from a bid for a third term.Not in Staten Island and a stretch of Brooklyn where some defiant voters stand by pugnacious Republica Obama touts economic gains under his watch 10/03/2014 03:44am • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- President Barack Obama acknowledged his pivotal role in the midterm political campaign Thursday, arguing that the November congressional elections are a referendum on his economic policies and blaming Republicans for blocking his efforts to boost Court to hear cases over employment, housing bias 10/03/2014 03:20am • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Did retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminate against a Muslim woman who was denied a job because her headscarf clashed with the company's dress code?That's the question in one of the 11 cases the Supreme Court said Thursday it will take on in its new 12 smart tax moves to make this fall 10/03/2014 12:00am • Tax-filing season is months away, but the time to start planning is now. Until the end of the year, you have time to take steps to significantly cut your tax bill. Start by pulling out last year's return and evaluating what will be different when you file for this year. If you made more money, 3 Investing Expenses Worth the Splurge 10/03/2014 12:00am • Wasting money is easy. Case in point: a start-up company called Washboard launched this summer with a simple enough service aimed at consumers without a washer and dryer at home. Those signing up for Washboard received rolls of quarters (through snail mail) to use when doing laundry. Let me say tha Judge eyes Trump Entertainment pension obligations 10/02/2014 07:50pm • RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge is weighing a request by Trump Entertainment Resorts to get out of its pension obligations under a collective bargaining agreement with union workers at the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.After heari Detroit manager: Bankruptcy challenges costly 10/02/2014 05:17pm • COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- Court battles with one of Detroit's most antagonistic creditors would have been costly and had the potential to delay the city's restructuring efforts, city emergency manager Kevyn Orr testified Thursday.Orr, the key witness this week in Detroit's bank D.C. bag fees proving effective 10/02/2014 05:09pm • WASHINGTON -- While D.C. hasn't banned plastic bags, like California just did, charging for them is proving effective. For the past four years, D.C. has encouraged people to forgo the usual stack of throwaway plastic bags and to instead recycle and reuse with a 5-cent tax on disposable bags. T Column: With 2022 games, IOC turns magic into mush 10/02/2014 04:46pm • JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Columnist PARIS (AP) -- How do you turn one of sport's most magical events into unappealing mush? Let the International Olympic Committee manage it.After Norway dropped out of the running this week, the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics will be either China or Kazakhstan, eye The Right Note: Voting Has Already Started 10/02/2014 02:00pm • The Right Note is a weekly opinion column. The views and opinions expressed in the column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ARLnow.com. Four years ago, I ran against former Arlington County Board member Chris Zimmerman. In my first ever column, I took on one of his Beckham's earnings drop 10 percent after retiring 10/02/2014 12:16pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- David Beckham's income from personal sponsorship deals dropped by around 10 percent in the year the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star retired from football.The 2013 accounts for the company that handles Beckham's personal endorsements, Footwork Supreme Court takes up housing bias case 10/02/2014 11:50am • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the third time in recent years, the Supreme Court will consider taking away a powerful legal tactic the Obama administration and others have used to combat housing discrimination.The justices agreed Thursday to take up a Texas case that challenges