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Burger King doubles tomato pickers pay
Fast-food chain agrees to deal paying 1.5 cents more per pound of tomatoes it buys from Florida growers with the money going to farm workers.
'Indiana Jones' makes $311 million
Memorial Day weekend sales for adventure sequel were about evenly split between domestic and overseas theaters....Kerkorian ups Ford bid financing to $600M
The billionaire investor gets an additional $100M in an attempt increase his ownership to 5.5% of the automaker....Dollar rebounds as oil prices ease
Greenback rises against euro and yen but falls against the pound....US Airways delays Philadelphia-Beijing route
The airline says high fuel costs would increase costs by 80%. Company hopes to launch the route in 2010, a year later than planned....Dollar down against euro, yen
The greenback reverses direction, sinking against foreign currencies as oil continues its run....French company to open U.S. nuclear fuel plant
Subsidiary of French nuclear manufacturer Areva signs $2.7 billion deal to operate plant in South Carolina....Is $130 oil a bubble?
Some say no. They say unlike the tech and real estate bubbles, there's no overabundance of supply. Others say these high prices are not sustainable....Vallejo, Calif. files for bankruptcy
The San Francisco Bay area suburb of about 120,000 residents votes for protection to deal with their budget deficit caused by soaring employee costs, declining tax revenue....Wall Street borrows less from the Fed
Investment firms are reducing the amount of money they borrow through the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program....
Holiday travelers paying more for gas
Gas prices rise again and force some holiday drivers to stay off the roads. Travel expected to lessen for first time since 2002....
Buffett sees U.S. in recession
Berkshire Hathaway CEO tells German magazine he believes country is now in recession....Vodafone CEO Sarin stepping down
Mobile phone operator says Sarin will be replaced with his deputy, Vittorio Colao....Stocks set for weak open
Futures point to lower start ahead of readings on consumer confidence, new home sales....
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