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Investors who stood by Boeing reap reward

Details: Published on 04/22/2013 - 12:14 pm; Written by Joshua Freed, AP Writer

Investors who stood by Boeing during its 787 crisis have been rewarded.

Hasbro says Monopoly contest helped lift sales

Details: Published on 04/22/2013 - 12:03 pm; Written by Associated Press

(AP) — Hasbro reported first-quarter results Monday that beat Wall Street expectations as the toy maker benefited from an online contest that let people vote to eliminate one of its Monopoly tokens and introduce a new one.

White House: Obama backs Internet sales tax bill

Details: Published on 04/22/2013 - 11:58 am; Written by Associated Press

(AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers.

McDonald's fails to boost sales with Dollar Menu

Details: Published on 04/19/2013 - 12:15 pm; Written by CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer

(AP) — McDonald's managed to eke out a higher profit for its first quarter even as the world's biggest hamburger chain failed to lift sales with its Dollar Menu.

Stocks recover slightly, ending tough week

Details: Published on 04/19/2013 - 10:20 am; Written by MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer

(AP) — Strong earnings from a pair of technology giants helped the stock market recover some of its losses Friday, a positive end to Wall Street's worst week in five months.

Toyota to build Lexus in Kentucky, add 750 jobs

Details: Published on 04/19/2013 - 9:38 am; Written by Associated Press

(AP) — Toyota will start building the Lexus ES 350 at a factory in Georgetown, Ky., starting in 2015, producing a luxury brand vehicle for the first time in the United States.

Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying

Details: Published on 04/19/2013 - 9:31 am; Written by SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, AP Airlines Writer

(AP) — Mass transportation to and from the Boston area was virtually shut down Friday as police conduct a massive manhunt for one of two suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The exception is air travel, as planes continued to take off and land at Logan International Airport.

Unemployment rates fell in 26 US states in March

Details: Published on 04/19/2013 - 9:16 am; Written by CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer

(AP) — Unemployment rates fell in more than half the U.S. states in March even though job growth slowed. Rates fell largely because many of those out of work stopped looking for jobs and were no longer counted as unemployed.

Obama, victims' families overcome by gun owners

Details: Published on 04/18/2013 - 4:01 pm; Written by NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press

(AP) — Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Turns out his power and the impassioned pleas of devastated families were no match for the force of gun rights advocates in Congress and across the nation.