Buffett makes annual stock donations to charities

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett is giving five charities more than $2.6 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock as part of his overall plan to give away his fortune gradually. Buffett announced the annual gifts Monday. The biggest block...

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Appeals court hearing BP challenge on spill claims

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court is hearing BP's bid to challenge what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses claiming they lost money after the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Lawyers for BP and Gulf Coast...

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Companies move ahead with Bangladesh safety accord

NEW YORK — A group of primarily European retailers and clothing makers said Monday that it plans to inspect clothing factories in Bangladesh that make garments for the companies within the next nine months and will concentrate renovations on those that...

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Thomson Reuters suspends early data access

Thomson Reuters will suspend its practice of distributing results from consumer surveys a couple seconds early to clients who pay the news and business information provider for advance access. A company spokeswoman said Monday that Thomson Reuters will...

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Gas up 3 cents per gallon in Mass.

BOSTON — Massachusetts residents are paying more at the pump this week, with a 3-cent per gallon rise in the cost of a gallon of gas. AAA Southern New England reports Monday that self-serve, regular jumped to $3.48 per gallon, a penny higher than the...

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40 still missing in deadly Canada oil train crash

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Hazardous conditions are getting in the way of firefighters' efforts to search for some 40 people still missing after the explosion of a runaway oil tanker train in Quebec over the weekend. At least five others were killed. Police...

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Facebook pushes search feature to more users

NEW YORK — Users who may have grown frustrated with Facebook's rudimentary search feature are getting an updated version designed to make it easier to find people, places and photos on the site. Facebook unveiled its social search tool in January, but...

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Fiat exercises option to buy more Chrysler stock

DETROIT — Italian automaker Fiat has exercised a third option to buy a small amount of Chrysler stock, but the sale won't go through until a U.S. court settles a dispute over the price. Fiat said Monday that it offered $254.7 million for another 3.3...

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Studies: Cyberspying targeted SKorea, US military

SEOUL, South Korea — The hackers who knocked out tens of thousands of South Korean computers simultaneously this year are out to do far more than erase hard drives, cybersecurity firms say: They also are trying to steal South Korean and U.S. military...

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Appeals court hears BP challenge on spill claims

NEW ORLEANS — An attorney for BP PLC says "irreparable injustices" are taking place because of the way a court-appointed administrator is making settlement payments from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Ted Olson argued Monday in a packed courtroom...

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