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Dow below 10,000 for first time in 3 mos.
Associated Press NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.
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HHS secretary asks insurer to justify premium rate jump
Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000 customers.
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FairPoint reorganization plan would cut debt sharply
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine - The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday.
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