NEW YORK—So you're a guy? Poor you! You get slapped on your bottom at birth, then spend the rest of your life being shoved around by wives and girlfriends who make you mow the lawn, listen to their friends, return their phone calls, eat fruit at breakfast, shop for lingerie instead of watching the game, put your underwear in the basket
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TOKYO—Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems—the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
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DETROIT—You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in a couple of seconds, you do what comes naturally—hit the brakes.
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LOS ANGELES—A nature conservation group said Monday it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land near the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.
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WASHINGTON—Nebraska's Democratic senator says he will join Republicans in opposing a union lawyer's nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board.
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn.—Authorities in Connecticut have launched a criminal investigation into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they can't rule out negligence.
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BURLINGTON, Mass.—Speech-recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Monday it narrowed its loss in the fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company's two largest divisions, health care and dictation, and mobile and enterprise, increased.
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Reports: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses TOKYO (AP)—Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.
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PHILADELPHIA—Life insurer Lincoln National Corp. on Monday posted net income of $102 million for its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $506 million a year earlier, but it lost $485 million for the year.
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RICHMOND, Va.—- Owens & Minor Inc., a medical and surgical supply company, on Monday announced a stock split and said its board approved an increase in its quarterly dividend.
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STAMFORD, Conn.—Harman International Industries Inc., which makes speakers, headphones and audio equipment, on Monday said it moved to a profit in its fiscal second quarter, compared with a year-ago period when it recorded steep one-time charges.
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WARRENVILLE, Ill.—Combustion technology and engineering services company Fuel Tech Inc. said Monday its chief financial officer is resigning to become CEO of a privately held environmental consulting company.
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